Craig

I tried to go to the viewing gallery on Friday evening and was denied entry. Was told that I can only access the gallery if I wanted to go to the mosque. And yes SQ A380 is indeed in KUL today - saw it parked at a remote gate near C17. I'd imagine crew would have timed out by then and SQ 321 will be cancelled. Anybody know the reason for diversion? My friend in Singapore said the weather is almost perfect down there.

It's Fox news. Take it with a grain of salt!

I've been following this thread all these while and just want to chime in. I was in the forward part of the B738 cabin and I smelled cigarette smoke. I asked my seat mate and she agreed that it's smoke. I called the crew and told them about the smoke and they told me they didn't smell anything and a few minutes later, the cabin crew came around spraying WHO approved air disinfectant. Can someone smoke in the plane? Most likely not - but did someone? Absolutely. PS: I have absolutely no qualms about flying MH even after this incident. In fact, I am flying them this week to LHR.

Guess BA will not return to CGK (via SIN at least) then!

There are a total of 18 343s with 5 of the 343s with new F - all based in MUC (flew one December last year ). The rest of the 343s are based in FRA, some are 2-cabin with old C serving destinations like SHE, NKG etc. and some with with old F, old C and Y. I agree mid-2014 quite optimistic, they only have 2-3 ones with new C out now and they have another 10-11 more to go for FRA based 343.

Nope. All 744s will be refurbished to have its F class removed so it will only be C and Y configuration in the future (which is a pity because the 744 beds are so comfy - much better than the 380 ). Flights to KIX/NRT (LH 740/741) are already sold as 2-cabin flights for flights after 29 March 2014. 343 with new C are expected to operate to destinations like DFW, PHL, DTW, ATL and SEA (still a Russian roulette until they complete the C refurbishment sometime mid 2014). I believe LH's medium/long term goal is to base all 744s (C/Y), 748s (F/C/Y), 380s (F/C/Y) at FRA while all 346s (F/C/Y) will be based in MUC. No idea about the 343s (believe they are going to be based in both FRA and MUC) and the 5 343s with retrofitted F will continue to have F class. 333s will be based in both FRA and MUC as well.

According to this post, it seems like LH will be delaying its CGK tag-on until 01 June 2014 and at the same time, end its F service to KUL. Looks like KUL/CGK run will be served by a 2-cabin aircraft (B744 or A343?).

I think you are asking if will you get miles if you fly a BA coded, AA metal flight on Enrich? I don't know about Enrich, but on AAdvantage, those flights are eligible. I believe OW's rules dictates that miles earned based on marketing carrier (as long as the operating carrier is a OW carrier) as opposed to *A whereby metal dictates mileage accrual (so a MH coded, SQ metal flight earn miles on a *A program). eg. If I fly KUL-LHR-JFK on AA code all the way with KUL-LHR on MH metal and LHR-JFK on BA metal, I am still eligible for miles because both flights are operated by OW carriers and I will earn miles as if I am flying AA (I will get 100% miles even though I am ticketed in Q booking class on AA even though Q earns 0% on MH). However, I do believe there is a problem with MH crediting code-share flight. I flown NRT-SAN a few times (MH code, JL metal) and MH refused to credit my miles even though it's eligible. Thankfully an AAngel helped me post the miles manually

IMO, why MH is losing out to others: - 4 weekly frequencies instead of daily compared to others - Inferior products (both premium and back of the bus). MH probably has the worst business product compared to others that fly NRT-LAX. - Odd timing (not much connection left at LAX and oddly enough, MH's preferred interline partner at LAX is UA, not AA). Arrival into KUL at 04:00-05:00 is ungodly. Too long for another connection or too early to check-in to hotels in the city. MH air fares are competitive (usually one of the lowest) and it's reflected on yields.

Things look bleak as of now. MH has already zeroed out NRT-LAX but KUL-NRT remained open (oddly enough, they zeroed out KUL-NRT on MH 92/93 business cabin except for J booking class). That's usually an indication that they are going to pull the flight. If they are planning to terminate KUL-NRT-LAX, at least make the KUL-NRT departure earlier by 3 hours so it'll connect to JL's US departure bank (and a return around 17:00-18:00 will nicely connect from JL's arrivals bank).

I think this is more of a "we will code-share with BA" (MH already code-share with AA LHR-JFK) where passengers will fly KUL-LHR on MH A380 continuing onwards to JFK/EWR on BA 777/747 (maybe 380 in the future?). I really don't see MH sending its 380 to NYC - the 380 will probably sit in JFK for a good 10-14 hours before flying back to LHR/KUL - a waste of precious aircraft. Same goes for YVR - from MH PR "MH Flies to YVR by Code-Sharing with JL" - that's a huge spin! And it seems like MH is adding a fourth daily flight to Phuket and a sixth daily flight to Bangkok for NS 2014. New Phuket flight: MH 794 KUL 1305 - 1320 HKT D 738 MH 795 HKT 1405 - 1635 KUL D 738 New Bangkok flight: MH 776 KUL 1850 - 2000 BKK D 738 MH 779 BKK 2050 - 2359 KUL D 738 The new MH 776/779 operates approximately one hour later than current MH 780/781.

How about attracting carriers closer to home - Asiana or ANA? ANA is going to fly twice a day to CGK and KUL is not even in their radar (at least not publicly)! Malaysia was did not even receive new HND daytime slots - Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore, Vietnam and the Philippines all received a pair of daytime slot!

IIRC, most international arrivals at Concourse B are moon buggied into the main terminal if DC is your final destination and maybe to C/D too if you have a connection on UA.

Lufthansa did not recently re-introduced flights to KUL - they will re-introduce nonstop flights to KUL. They have been flying to KUL for almost the past 10 years. And the GM targets 100% LF?! I want to fly LH - chances of VDB/IDB is going to be really high! EU has some really nice comp. for VDB/IDB.

Thank you! I've been to the NZ lounge before and loved it! BTW, the CX/MH lounge is not the only choice for MH passengers. You can use the QF lounge if you are not flying the red-eye out of MEL (MH 128).

I've been traveling in and out of Brazil/Argentina multiple times and never been stopped/questioned. But that's just from one person's experience. You should let them know that yellow fever is not endemic to Sao Paulo or BA. The only time when it was required for me to take the yellow fever shots was when I was traveling from Ethiopia to Malawi (or maybe it was from Zambia to Malawi) and the Malawian officials wanted to see my "yellow card".

The GL is a dump, but passengers could just use QF's JCL (for business/sapphire passengers) or QF's FCL (for emerald passengers). Better food and ambiance compared to the GL.

No. Yellow fever vaccination is not required nor it is recommended if you are only visiting Sao Paulo or BA. Yellow fever is not endemic to both cities.

First name is your given name while last name is your surname or family name. What bugs me most is that Malaysian passports don't differentiate between first/given name and last/family name in the machine readable part with an extra ">" to differentiate between the two. Immigration officers often have to ask me which one is my family name.

Replacement. CX flights are zeroed out while KA flights have already been loaded with very similar CX flight schedules.

You can't get any better than the A346? The FRA-based A346s are all old C/F and Y is just the same as the rest (maybe slightly better than the 744). Yes, of course from 30 March 2014 . If they are flying per their BKK rotation, they would: Day 1: FRA-KUL Day 2: Arrive KUL Day 3: Rest day in KUL Day 4: KUL-CGK-KUL shuttle Day 5: KUL-FRA I believe KLM has the same rotation as well.

Seems like Lufthansa will be de-tagging its Bangkok-Kuala Lumpur flight and fly nonstop to KUL instead. Flights are loaded into the GDS and are available for sale. Flight schedules beginning 30 March 2014: LH782 FRA 2205 – 1605+1 KUL 1725 – 1820 CGK 346 x23 LH783 CGK 1935 – 2235 KUL 2355 – 0630+1 FRA 346 x34 Ho Chi Minh City will be suspended while Bangkok will be a turnaround with a noon departure ex-BKK. LH772 FRA 1735 - 0935+1 BKK 346 D LH773 BKK 1200 - 1830 FRA 346 D Good news for KUL!

I think they flew 3 weekly SYD-KUL-SIN and 2-3 weekly BNE-SIN-KUL at its peak. And QF has cut down its international network a lot. I believe they only fly to Singapore, Bangkok, Manila, Jakarta and Bali now. KUL is ignored probably due to yield and competition from MH and D7.

Yes they do. Pretty basic and simple - not much in terms of food, but there is a small bar, a seating area and a small buffet. Oddly enough, there's a shower there too!

I am not keeping my hopes up for a change to something like QF or CX F lounge given the length of time it's closed (4.5 weeks for J and 8 weeks for F). How about better food at the F side now that OWE gain entry to the F lounge.