Whenever I fly budget, I will choose Tiger Air. The main reason being, after trying Jet Star vs Tiger, I find flying with Tiger a more pleasant experience, in terms of service as well as air-craft space and facilities. Just a few months ago when I was holidaying in Bali and was flying TigerAir when the Bali airport was closed for 6 hours due to volcanic ash threat. 6 hours, it was really exhausting! But a few hours into the waiting, Tiger made an announcement for their passenger to collect food and water, FOC. I notice inside the airport, Tiger was the only airline that gave out free food and water to their passengers. And food means rice and meat, not bread or cakes. NICE gestures indeed, right! It won my vote for the best budget airline for SURE! hehe... So now SIA is making a takeover offering at $0....