My roundabout journey from San Francisco to New Zealand was nearly complete. All I had left was a flight back across much of the Pacific from Kuala Lumpur to Auckland. Thanks to my generous award ticket routing, I flew on Malaysia Airlines in Business Class on their Airbus A330-300. When I tried to check in […]
In December 2015 – January 2016, I embarked on an epic trip around much of the Pacific Rim. I started in San Francisco, then went to Kuala Lumpur, New Zealand, Hong Kong, and Osaka before heading home. My trip was all on a single award booking. I booked the trip as my final booking using USAirways […]
After my last layover in Kuala Lumpur, and a visit to the Golden Regional Lounge, it was time to fly to Hong Kong. I flew on Malaysia Airlines in business class on a Boeing 737-800 on an award ticket. The boarding area was warm & humid, as if there was barely any air conditioning. I […]
With my 2nd layover in Kuala Lumpur complete, I was now off to Hong Kong on Malaysia Airlines on a business class award ticket. I was on autopilot on my way through the Kuala Lumpur airport, so I nearly headed to the remote terminal before realizing my flight was departing from the regional gates. This […]
On my way back from New Zealand, I had another layover of almost 24 hours, just as I had on my way there. You can read all about my first layover in Kuala Lumpur here. Thanks to a shorter journey & better schedule on my way back through, I was able to get a bit […]
On my first overnight layover in Kuala Lumpur, I stayed at the Aloft Kuala Lumpur. While it was nice enough, I like checking out new hotels, so on my second overnight layover, I stayed at the Le Meridien Kuala Lumpur since it was about the same price. Since my flight arrived at a reasonable time, I […]
My departing flight from New Zealand was the reverse of my trip from Kuala Lumpur to Auckland, this time going from Auckland to Kuala Lumpur on Malaysia Airlines in Business Class on an Airbus A330-300. It was still part of my generous US Airways award booking. After a faster-than-expected bus ride from central Auckland to […]
My final stop on my tour of Kuala Lumpur’s lounges in the satellite terminal was the Malaysia Airlines Golden Lounge. With Kuala Lumpur being the home base for Malaysia, this lounge is their chance to impress, as should be the case for any airline’s flagship lounge. I visited the main Business Class lounge, though there […]
Since I’d needed to check out of my hotel in Kuala Lumpur at 4pm, but my flight wasn’t until later that night, I had plenty of time to kill at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport. Between my onward ticket to New Zealand in Malaysia Airlines Business Class and my Priority Pass membership, I had several […]
I arrived at my hotel in Kuala Lumpur around 2:00 AM. By this point, it was 11:00 AM back home, so I was wide awake. Unfortunately, there wasn’t much going on in KL at this time of night. I wished I could have gone and seen Star Wars: The Force Awakens, since it had only […]
As I said in my last post, Kuala Lumpur’s express train into the city does not run all the time. It’s disappointing that Kuala Lumpur has this amazing express train into the city from the airport, yet doesn’t operate it 24 hours a day, or at least during a period that covers all of the incoming […]
There’s nothing like getting off a 14.5 hour flight across the Pacific Ocean and then having to race quickly to make a connecting flight. After my flight from Los Angeles to Hong Kong, that’s just what I had to do. After landing, I was one of the first people off the plane thanks to being […]
I still had a few hours to kill at the airport in Kuala Lumpur before my flight to Auckland, so after visiting the unimpressive Cathay Pacific lounge for a little bit, I was off to the Plaza Premium Lounge. The Plaza Premium Lounge in the Satellite terminal of KUL can be accessed by any passenger […]
A Singapore Airlines cargo flight from Adelaide, Australia to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia was diverted to Bali Denpasar airport on October 26th after sensors reported a possible fire & smoke in the cargo hold. When the flight landed, emergency services found the culprit – or should I say “culprits” – 2,186 goats that were being transported on […]
