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Summer adventures to Singapore and Kuala Lumpur – Back to KLIA and the Malaysia Airlines Lounge

04/10/2017 by Kevincm

Back to KLIA and the Malaysia Airlines Lounge
Summer adventures to Singapore and Kuala Lumpur

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Contents

  • Seriously – Take a holiday!
  • Morning Manoeuvres in the dark, Terminal 5 and Galleries South
  • BA776 London Heathrow to Stockholm Arlanda (Club Europe)
  • Exploring Stockholm on the cheap (Travel Plus!) 
  • Back to Arlanda, Stockholm Arlanda Lounge
  • QR168 Stockholm Arlanda to Doha (Hamad International Airport) – (Business Class)
  • Six Hours in at Al Mourjan Doha’s Lounge
  • QR944 Doha – Singapore Changi International (Business Class)
  • Intercontinental Singapore
  • Exploring Singapore by boat
  • From the Top of the Marina Sands
  • Back to Changi T2, SATS Lounge 
  • MH624 Singapore to Kuala Lumpur International Airport
  • Into KL, Holiday Inn Express KLCC, Kuala Lumpur
  • Adventures in KL
  • KL Tower (or yes, Kevin is in yet another tall building)
  • Back to KLIA
  • MH611 Kuala Lumpur International Airport to Singapore Changi
  • Exploring Singapore again with a tweep
  • Back to Premium, dnata lounge, Singapore T3
  • QR947 Singapore Changi to Doha (Business Class)
  • A Dash through Doha…
  • QR169 Doha – Stockholm Arlanda (Business Class)
  • From Premium to Economy featuring the Aurora Lounge
  • BA777 Stockholm Arlanda to London Heathrow
  • To have flown, To Wait…
  • I need another break…

 

With the alarm going off at 6am, it was time to fall out of bed, pick up the rucksack and head out. originally, I was going to take the train – but I decided to get a UberX to the airport.

Holiday Inn Express Art
Art in the Holiday Inn Express

Uber coverage in the KLCC area can be … variable to say the least – it took a couple of attempts to get a car – but eventually, I got one for the 40 minute ride to KLIA Terminal 1.

The ride was in dry and the rain – so it made for an interesting ride from down-town. I could had taken Uber to the train station, but to be honest, I honestly didn’t want to spend my time grumbling when I got to the airport about how badly signed it is.

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It felt like this.

From dusk to dawn, the car dropped me off at KLIA, and I was once again at an airport.

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Closing in…

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Madness at KLIA T1.

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A Malaysian Tower of Power!

Whilst Malaysia airlines insists economy passengers must use the self check-in kiosks, I went to the priority desks (well, I might as well make my oneworld sapphire work).

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Looks like I’m in the right place…

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Departures

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There was a short delay, but after a short while, my bag was accepted for check-in. A lounge invitation was also issued to the Satellite Lounge – as the regional lounge was shut.

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Annoying.

With that – it was time to exit Malaysia.

And again – lines everywhere. Lines to clear the country, then another queue to clear inital security (and of course – security at the gate).

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What madness is this?

After clearing passport control and the first security check, I was greeted by things that amuse me – model planes. Of different scales.

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I also checked on the state of Kinder Eggs with Airbus A330 models in them. And our survey this time stays it’s a big fat Nope.

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With a little time on my hand, I proceeded to the transit train, so I could head to the satellite.

Once at the satellite, I found some stairs to take me to the mezzanine level, and to the Malaysia Airlines Golden Lounge.

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Malaysia Airlines Golden Lounge

Malaysia Airlines Golden Lounge (T1 Satellite)

I was welcomed and directed to the left hand side to the main lounge. There’s a variety of different seating spaces when I explored.

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Malaysia Airlines Golden Lounge

Malaysia Airlines Golden Lounge

But of course – I was here for food. C’mon. It’s one of the few reasons to go to a lounge. Apart from allegedly reasonable Internet.

This lounge had a cook cooking… well do I even need to say? Laksa.

Malaysia Airlines Golden Lounge
Laksa number three this trip…

There were also plenty of help yourself options

Malaysia Airlines Golden Lounge

Malaysia Airlines Golden Lounge

Malaysia Airlines Golden Lounge
Including curry.

Malaysia Airlines Golden Lounge

Malaysia Airlines Golden Lounge

I got on the with the joy of waking up and checking if the person I was meant to be meeting in Singapore would still be meeting me (answer: yes). I also spent some time checking for safe luggage (which there is).

The views out of the lounge were reasonable too.

Cathay Dragon Airbus A330-300 at Kuala Lumpur International Airport - Image, Economy Class and Beyond
Cathay Dragon Airbus A330-300 and a Thai Smile Airbus A320

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Malaysia Airlines Boeing 737-80 and Sri Lankan Airbus A320.

ANA Boeing 787 Dreamliner
ANA Boeing 787 Dreamliner

Xian Airlines 737
Xiamen Air Boeing 737-800

Soon enough, time was up in this lounge – and it was time to head back to the main terminal.

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This time, at least I could watch the planes..

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Silkair Airbus A320 – A rare sight as the fleet migrates to Boeing 737 fleet.

ANA Boeing 787 Dreamliner
ANA Boeing 787-9

Malaysia Airlines Airbus A330-300

Malaysia Airlines Airbus A330-300

Malaysia Airlines Airbus A330-300
The many angles of a Malaysia Airlines A330-300.

I was soon in the main terminal, and headed to the G gate – where my 737 would be departing from  KLIA.

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I could go into a whole spiel about how Herseys doesn’t taste anything like chocolate… but… well – I’m in polite company here. 

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Down the travellator

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Not my gate thankfully 

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Or that gate.

I was soon at my gate, and cleared security one more time. With that done, there was a panic call in the lounge – not for my flight, but for a Malindo flight

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Malindo Boeing 737-900

Malaysia Airlines Boeing 737-800
Malaysia Airlines Boeing 737-800

There was a 10 minute delay for boarding ,but soon – priority boarding was called – and I headed for the plane for the short hop back to Singapore.

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Next: MH611 Kuala Lumpur International to Singapore Changi


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