State of Malaysia Airlines Lounges at KUL

[Sprucegoose]

Sadly, they no longer serve "adult" drinks on flights under 2.5 hours, such as BKK-KUL ...

Thanks for that update, Serfty; I will need to revise my assessment given this information. I haven't flown them post covid.

 

[oz_mark]

Thanks for that update, Serfty; I will need to revise my assessment given this information. I haven't flown them post covid.

The change to not serving alcohol on short flights predates Covid.

 

[Quickstatus]

there used to be a space/room reserved for invite only guests.

IIRC (wrong so far) the little room was a dining room available to actual F passengers only but I've been able to get in no questions asked.

 

[Sprucegoose]

The change to not serving alcohol on short flights predates Covid.

I used to do KUL-HKG and MNL flights so medium-haul is still good.

I thought it's the other way around?

You're right. It is.

 

[Kiwi_Flyer]

IIRC (wrong so far) the little room was a dining room available to actual F passengers only but I've been able to get in no questions asked.

Correct. There were also sleep rooms.

 

[Danger]

Contrary to the oneworld website which seems to be regularly out of date, the Platinum lounge is now open 24 hours (although dining finishes circa 11pm). This includes the nap rooms which has allowed me to cancel the Sama Sama transit hotel I had booked. The nap rooms can't be pre-booked, though, so it will be interesting to see if I end up sleeping on the floor of the lounge.

 

[serfty]

Contrary to the oneworld website which seems to be regularly out of date, the Platinum lounge is now open 24 hours (although dining finishes circa 11pm). This includes the nap rooms which has allowed me to cancel the Sama Sama transit hotel I had booked. The nap rooms can't be pre-booked, though, so it will be interesting to see if I end up sleeping on the floor of the lounge.

In November I had a 10pm arrival, 11am departure.

Booked 6 hours at the aerotel at KLIA2 for MYR135.

After 6 hours I had a shower and checked out. 5:30am went back to KLIA and the lounge where I had another 2 hours nap. (Espress between terminals cost MYR1.80 each way.) Note the "nap rooms" are gone - there are two rooms segregated for male and female with 5 and 3 lounges respectively.

Breakfast followed.

 

[WLGFlyer]

A bit OT - have a 12h layover coming up in KL, arriving and departing on MH international flights. Am I thinking correctly I can freshen up in the lounge and then go through immigration?

 

[Danger]

A bit OT - have a 12h layover coming up in KL, arriving and departing on MH international flights. Am I thinking correctly I can freshen up in the lounge and then go through immigration?

If it's the same day, yes, there should be no problem.

 

[WLGFlyer]

If it's the same day, yes, there should be no problem.

So arrivals and departures are at the same level, similar to SIN?

 

[Danger]

So arrivals and departures are at the same level, similar to SIN?

Correct. Note that the Platinum lounge is in the satellite terminal so if you arrive at the main terminal, you'll need to take the airtrain to the satellite. Or you can simply use the regional lounge, which is in the main terminal

 

[Danger]

Contrary to the oneworld website which seems to be regularly out of date, the Platinum lounge is now open 24 hours (although dining finishes circa 11pm). This includes the nap rooms which has allowed me to cancel the Sama Sama transit hotel I had booked. The nap rooms can't be pre-booked, though, so it will be interesting to see if I end up sleeping on the floor of the lounge.

I had my overnight in the KL lounge this week and it wasn't great. The private nap rooms are gone. In their place are male and female nap areas, like a hostel dormitory, with five or so chaise-type lounges. It's not remotely private. The lounges are made of leather so any move you or anyone else makes is perfectly audible. There are now pillows, just the large, leather cushion. It took some effort for the lounge staff to locate paper-thin blankets.

More broadly, every time I visit that MH lounge, I'm thoroughly underwhelmed. It was impossible to get just plain cold water. It was either cucumber 'infused' or room temp. Breakfast in the restaurant was average. Croissants were at least a day old (probalby two). Only one cereal on the buffet (the J lounge had two). The baked beans and mushrooms that were served to me as part of the breakfast looked awful. My black tea was a Lipton tea bag, literally the type you find at any CWA hall. Even the J lounge at least had Sir Thomas Lipton. If there were 10g of mushrooms, I'd be surprised. On the F lounge buffet at breakfast there were simply dried peaches, nuts, cookies and packaged yoghurt. That's it.

 

[serfty]

I had my overnight in the KL lounge this week and it wasn't great. The private nap rooms are gone. In their place are male and female nap areas, like a hostel dormitory, with five or so chaise-type lounges. It's not remotely private. The lounges are made of leather so any move you or anyone else makes is perfectly audible. There are now pillows, just the large, leather cushion. It took some effort for the lounge staff to locate paper-thin blankets.

Those changes predated COVID - I never got to use the rooms in the original configuration. Another issue is the 'dorms' back onto through thin walls a staff work area - who can be heard regularly moving around, opening and closing doors and cupboards, even talking.

I was there on Saturday early Afternoon. They did have a buffet of sort laid out - more drinks than food; of course the restaurant was operational.

 

[Austman]

For possible interest, there is what the rooms looked like in their original configuration. I used them a few times:



They were pretty small and simple. Just a bed, a shelf, a lamp and a box of tissues.

And they were quite noisy from next door guests and airport announcements.

But handy to the bathrooms that were next door.

Apart from reserving 2 rooms (?) for actual first class pax, they were allocated on a first come basis. But you were given a key and had the room for as long as you wanted until you handed the key back.

 

[puchu]

Would like to solicit feedback on the regional golden lounge. Is there any point arriving slightly earlier to go to the Platinum satellite lounge when I have an 11am flight to Singapore, or should I simply stick to the regional lounge? I suspect my flight will leave from the main terminal.

 

[QF_Flyer]

Would like to solicit feedback on the regional golden lounge. Is there any point arriving slightly earlier to go to the Platinum satellite lounge when I have an 11am flight to Singapore, or should I simply stick to the regional lounge? I suspect my flight will leave from the main terminal.

The satellite lounge is much better than the regional lounge. The only issue is the train is out of action and it's a bus transfer at the moment, but that's only added around 10 mins each way on to my transit (two weeks ago, train was still working in November when I last passed through).

 

[QF_Flyer]

Correct. There were also sleep rooms.

There still are, in both J & Flounge sections.

The dining room in the Flounge was open to me as OWE flying J. Food limited but good, and better than the Jlounge section by a long way.

Staff couldn't have been friendlier, however on arrival they seem to direct you by default to the J section, I simply enquired as to whether the Flounge was open, and had no problems entering (they just hadn't bothered to look at my status).

Last visit the lady on the front desk gave me a MH Enrich keyring for no particular reason, which was a nice gesture!

 

[WLGFlyer]

Recent data points from me as well, the satellite lounges are absolutely fine in my opinion. Nice quiet space to relax (almost eerily so) and miles better than anything else in the satellite terminal.

The F lounge was almost empty each time I visited, everything including the showers was squeaky clean. The dining section has a limited menu (I think someone posted it earlier) but quality is good. Breakfast buffet looked a bit stale but then again you can order something from the menu.

Stuck my head into the J lounge and while a little bit busier still not crowded and good selection of food.

Regional lounge is smaller and doesn’t serve alcohol I think. Probably not worth taking the bus to the satellite unless you have plenty of time.

 

[serfty]

Regional lounge is smaller and doesn’t serve alcohol I think.

The "Domestic" lounge has no alcohol, but the international regional lounge in the main terminal has a bar where alcohol is served on request.