[jo b]

Hi we are looking at flights.

Cheapest is Malaysia Airlines.

£650 for Ian return. and £1,500 for 2 ad's 2 kids one way in Jan. Best deal we can find.

Has anyone flown with them and if so what are they like.

Thanks

Jo

[Moorf]

Hey Jo,

We've both flown to and from Kuala Lumpur many times with Malaysian Airlines as we lived there. Warren actually wrote part of the software for their flight sims! Their service was always excellent, quite like Singapore Airlines, and the planes well equipped. Mind you, it's been a few years since we flew with them.

If it was a good price option I'd take it. However, if it was within, say £100 each of a Singapore Air equivalent flight, I'd go with Singapore Air. :nice1 I just love 'em.....

Moorf

[Lisa T]

We flew with Malaysian airlines last Easter. They were really good and the late flight (8pm from Manchester) meant that the children slept all the way to KL. Food was good, good in-flight entertainment and KL airport was great (they even took euros from us as we hadn''t thought to bring Malay currency with us). Coming back we stayed over at the airport hotel - great service again and a lovely "golf-cart" picks you up and takes you to the airport or you could walk.

We would definitely use them again - they were as good and perhaps a little better than the other airlines we have flown to NZ with (JAL, Quantas, AirNZ, Singapore).

[kiwidebs]

Hi Jo

A friend of mine flew with them last year and raves about them. Says the same things Lisa said about service and so on.

Debs

[chips]

yup, Malaysia get the thumbs up from me, especially at that price!!

[jocalla]

Have to agree. Last time I flew with them I was on my own with the 2 kids. Excellent service. Flew with Singapore this time and gotta say both airlines are the top of my list!

Joanne

[robothamma]

I'm liking the look of these flight times, but can anyone tell me what their baggage allowance is like? (We have alot of baggage!) I'm sure I looked at Cathay Pacific a few weeks but I think the baggage allowance was only 25kg each! We have got a quote for 9th Oct one way 2 adults 4 chimps from Manchester to auckland £2509. Air New Zealand is coming in at £2436 but is from Heathrow. Also we have to consider whether getting an internal flight from Auckland to (wherever we end up!) is more cost effective and practical than a Camper Van bearing in mind there will be 6 of us plus luggage! Any thoughts anyone? Would all that luggage fit in a camper van as well as us?

[stu&patsy]

if you fly via L.A. you get a better baggage allowance than the asian airlines.but you have a 4 hour stop over in America were you will be finger printed and have mug shots taken, new security measures implemented since 9/11

[jo b]

Ah

this was our dilemma baggage.

We found out that nz internal flights cost around just under £5 per kilo for excess so an extra suitcase of say 20kilos would be under £100.

We are going to act numb on the connecting flight as we will have pr stamped and will have come off an international flight and see if they take pity on us and let us off. If we look knackered enough they might do.

Air NZ do give the best baggage allowance but they ain't the cheapest flight so we worked out that it's swings and roundabouts and if we do get let off with extra baggage then great. If not then what we pay is the extras we would have paid for the fare.

Jo

[denisesykes]

May be a stupid question but I'll ask anyway ,if you book say London to Wellington but have to go via Auckland do you only get the Domestic Luggage Allowance for the internal flight or do you still carry the International Luggage Allowance over?

[Smiler]

Surely your baggage should be checked in all the way, so should be the international allowance all the way.


Deborah

[bob_the_engineer]

Call me paranoid, but I chose an airline like this

http://www.airsafe.com/events/regions/asia.htm

Malaysia Airlines are good, Air New Zealand is better Qantas are without a blemish and air India seem to have a frightening record!

Some airlines are banned from flying in certain parts of the world because of their record, I guess that’s a bad sign.

I think all these records date from 1970, but no account is given for number of flights relative to record. (That I can see)

I know it’s not a nice subject when you’re about to fly, but in my opinion well worth considering

Regards Bob

[stu&patsy]

I've recently read somwhere that Qantas have never had a major air crash and are the safest airline, probably a quote from "rainman" the dustin hoffman film don,t know the validity of this info got it on the web somewhere.
try readig this on www.uk2nz.co.uk then go on "just for fun"

[jo b]

We are booking our internal flight seperate as malaysia do not have a recipricol ticket agreement online.

jo

[robothamma]

Flights Booked £2166 all in 2 adults, 4 chimps one way 11/10/2005 (Now you all know what flight to avoid in October! LOL)

Michelle

[denisesykes]

Hi Michelle, What airline are you flying with and where are you flying to and from? We are aiming to go out around that time but cannot book until OH has this meeting with this NZ company on Thursday.Did you have any problems regarding avaliablity?

[robothamma]

Hi,
First I went on travelsupermarket site (Excellent site searches loads) The actual flight was booked through ebookers and would have been £60 cheaper if we could have booked it over the net, but because we wanted to buy a seat for the little chap and he is still an infant it wouldn't let us do it over the net :no We also have to pay an extra £5 because they will only send tickets to a max of 4 passengers! :no we are flying from Manchester to Auckland via Koala Lumpur and are going to book that Transit Hotel for the 5 hrs that we will be there! No probs with availability BUT M A have a sale on that starts today for a very short time (see Malaysian airlines website!) Sorry I haven't posted any links but (Sshhh!) I'm supposed to be putting the kids to bed! :roll If you want them pm me and I will pm them back later! Also need to ask loads of questions about M A and Koala Lumpur Airport so will post these later.

JoB, is it ok if I pm you and pick your brains over Danniverke and surrounding area later? I have a vision...Zack Dingle and Hill-Billy Rock spring to mind! :laugh

Michelle

[jo b]

No problems

you can pick away................now't much there like but you're more than welcome

Jo

[Rimbo]

Hey!

Jo cant help you out on the air company comparison, but we have just used singapore airlines and they are great, I rang then and ask about luggage allowance, they asked what visa we had, and said it will be wavered upto 30/40 per passenger.

The day after I rang again to ask how many pieces of luggage i was allowed as i was emigrating, the guy asked again what visa we had, then said we would be allowed three pieces each and upto 40kg, he said he would make a note of this against my name for check-in so there would be no problems, and there wasnt, it was so easy.

Speak to you soon

Suzy X