London - Kuala Lumpur £99 one way including taxes

FunkyFeet

FabLad75 please check your pm's, sent you a pm re: local knowledge

Divadee thanks so much for your helpful advice, stayed at mandarin oriental last time it was gorgeous but it cost a bomb so looking for something slightly cheaper this time, renaissance may just be it! could i please get a list of things to do from you please, ill pm you too! also wasinterested to know if the buffet brekki was nice, the buffet breakfast at mandarin oriental is to die for! costs enough tho!

Jono258

Ok all booked. 17th June. 2 people, 2 comfort kits, 2 20kg bags, 2 meals and seats in exit row one way as going to Oz for a year after a month or 2 in Malaysia/Thailand... £270. Paid for on credit card. :beer:

fifeken

sanfly wrote: »

Has anybody got an idea about their seat pitch and seat size, seem to remember reading that both were small, however cannot find the reference now, also their site does not seem to specify. Used Malaysian airlines several times to PG, long way to travel if you are cramped in, also guess there is a stop somewhere??

Google is your friend!

32 inch pitch in Economy and 60 in Business. Plan is for "beds" in business but not at start-up I understand. Seat sizes are rarely/never quoted.

It is non-stop from Stanstead to KL

nico26

Jono258 wrote: »

Ok all booked. 17th June. 2 people, 2 comfort kits, 2 20kg bags, 2 meals and seats in exit row one way as going to Oz for a year after a month or 2 in Malaysia/Thailand... £270. Paid for on credit card. :beer:

Well done exit seat sould give you a bit more room. They do cheap flights from malaysia to Aussie as well for when you get there

Donnie

Jono258 wrote: »

Ok all booked. 17th June. 2 people, 2 comfort kits, 2 20kg bags, 2 meals and seats in exit row one way as going to Oz for a year after a month or 2 in Malaysia/Thailand... £270. Paid for on credit card. :beer:

Onward flights from KUL with Air Asia X: £82 to Perth £135 to the Gold Coast £140 to Melbourne

Well worth booking now if you are sure of your dates.

divadee

FunkyFeet wrote: »

FabLad75 please check your pm's, sent you a pm re: local knowledge

Divadee thanks so much for your helpful advice, stayed at mandarin oriental last time it was gorgeous but it cost a bomb so looking for something slightly cheaper this time, renaissance may just be it! could i please get a list of things to do from you please, ill pm you too! also wasinterested to know if the buffet brekki was nice, the buffet breakfast at mandarin oriental is to die for! costs enough tho!

The west wing was very upmarket for us!!! The pool is approx 50m from one end to the other but it is free form so not in a straight line. They have a poolside bar that you can swim up to. No worries about towels etc.. they give you them at poolside and they have lovely changing rooms and lockers etc..

the bedrooms are lovely and spacious, if you are lucky to get a corner one (my mum and dad did), then they are huge absolutely massive. our room was a standard room but was still more than big enough for 2 adults and 1 child (aged 10) on a put me up single bed.

The price i quoted was per room not per person so for £92 the 3 of us got breakfast and evening meal both buffet but stacks of choice of local and international food. My dad wanted roast potatoes one night to go with his beef and they made some for him!!

it is close to all the action, and is just a 2 min walk from the monorail/tube type thing they have to take you anywhere.

Taxis are very very cheap though approx 10ringetts (1.50) to get to the petronas towers (we had to get taxis as my mum has severe athritis)

If you do go we visited the royal selangor pewter factory it was a great way to spend a morning. They have a courtesy bus that will pick you up free from the hotel and drop you back. The tour was a great laugh and it was all free!! You can do a a workshop to make a pewter bowl which costs 50 ringetts (about £9) which was a great laugh and a great mometo to take home.

some pictures below







The above are all the pool ones.



The view from our hotel room window of the kl tower



The view of the hotel (the 2 curved buildings) from the top of the kl tower



the hotel room bed it was huge!!

divadee

the breakfast was a real mix of local and international food. you can have fish, meats, potatoes, noodles pancakes, cereals, fruit, yogurt, toast, eggs (all cooked fresh how you want them), beef bacon (no pork as i am sure you had in the MO), fruit juices, porridge, and so much more that i cant remember.

little miss divadee will eat anything and loved it, im a bit more fussy and i tell ya i was full to burtsing every morning!!

rbulph

Seats now seem to start at £179 each way, so not especially attractive.

nico26

I can see the Rennisance it from my apartment. Very nice hotel Mind you cant see it at the moment as pouring down and a huge thunderstorm. It is in a good position as divadee says. If fit you will be able to walk to Petronas Tower only 5 mins. Mind you the shops might divert you. The Traders hotel is a good one as well.I stayed there a couple days before the apt was ready. if Ren is to expensive.Sits behind the Mandarin Oriental .

Donnie

I think that this corresponds to the aeroplane which is being utilised:



http://www.aircanada.com/en/about/fleet/a340-300.html