Chrisrad From Australia, joined Dec 2000, 892 posts, RR: 9 Posted (4 years 6 months 6 days 20 hours ago) and read 32767 times:
Note this is a large photo report there are more than 100 pics!
Also please excuse the quality of the photos as some are awful....
My family and I recently took a RTW trip with MH/VS, they had a very cheap deal in Business Class from Australia, so we thought what the hell!! Once in a lifetime....
Our main ticket was MEL-KUL-PEN-KUL-LHR-LAX-TPE-KUL-MEL in addition to this we had LHR-BUD-LHR on BA and LAX-LAS-LAX on UA.
June 3rd 2005
MEL-KUL-PEN
MH 148, MH 1168
depart MEL:1500 Flight time 8 hours
Aircraft:B772
Melbourne Tullamarine International Airport
Malaysia Airlines Check-in
Entry into "the vault" immigration and customs
Going into the "Golden Lounge" very nice.....
Overview of the Malaysia Airlines lounge at MEL
We managed to get seats in the old First Class cabin, as they no longer offer First Class on B772 flights
MH's wonderful cabin crew as usual
Menu for today
Starter on today's flight is the famous Malaysian Satay in Chicken and Beef
Entree
Main Course, Prawn Suprise?
Cheese, crackers, quince
Tea, Coffee etc....
Inflight entertainment, no AVOD on this aircraft though....
Over central Australia somewhere....
Visit to the toilet, lovely flower inside
Finally leaving the coast of Australia, looks like a dog???
Our route on the airshow
Somewhere over Indonesia with the sun setting
Second meal before landing
Finally arrived in Kuala Lumpur
We travelled over to the main terminal building to catch our connecting flight to Penang
Here is the Domestic Golden Lounge in KUL
Some renovations on the flooring
June 3rd 2005
KUL-PEN
MH 1168
depart:2210
Aircraft: A333
The cabin of our Airbus A333
Even on the 35min flight we were served a hot meal.... amazing
Arrived in Penang, the aircraft we flew on....
After a few days in Penang we flew back to Kuala Lumpur
6th June 2005
PEN-KUL
MH1143
depart:1115
Aircraft: A332
Penang International Airport
Check-in Area
At the gate area
Our Airbus A332 arriving for our flight
The cabin
Back in KUL again...
We spent a few days in Kuala Lumpur, and were back at the lovely Kuala Lumpur International Airport KLIA, truly one of the great airports of the world
10th June 2005
KUL-LHR
MH 4
depart:1200
Aircraft:B744
Domestic Gate area in Main Terminal
Catching the "Aerotrain" to the Satellite Terminal where most international flights depart from
Inside the Satellite Terminal
Going to the Malaysia Airlines Golden Lounge in KUL
Inside the Golden Lounge...huge
Caught a glimpse of MH's new upgraded 744 in the Hibiscus Scheme,
unfortunately not our aircraft for todays flight to LHR
Going to the gate
Our flight attendent on this flight to LHR, she was probably the best cabin crew I have ever come across...
The old Business Class seats on this 744, this will be history by the middle of next year, cabin was rather empty with only 5 people...
Waiting on the ground in KUL
Once again meal service began with the Satay, MH's signature dish
Then the entree, something from the sea I think.....
Garlic Bread, yum!!
Main meal service right of the cart.... now this is service!
Stuffed Capsicum with some pasta
Herb encrusted chicken
Cheese and crackers
Inflight over somewhere??
Second Meal before landing in LHR
Cup of Tea
Another nice pic somewhere enroute to LHR
Coming into land at LHR
Our MH 744 at LHR
Waiting in for our BA flight to Budapest.... not quite KUL....
10th June 2005
LHR-BUD
BA 870
depart:2025
Aircraft: A319
On board our BA A319 to BUD
Almost 4 weeks in BUD and we were off to the USA
4TH July 2005
BUD-LHR
BA 820
depart:0820
Aircraft: B752
Check-in area at BUD, quite nice I must say
On board our BA B752 to LHR
4th July 2005
LHR-LAX
VS 007
depart:1200
Aircraft:B744
Virgin Clubhouse at LHR
Looking out of the lounge...
Onboard our 744 to LAX with the lovely Upper Class Suites, very comfortable
Looking back the the bar
The Bar
Taxing past the Concorde!!!!
Entree on this flight
Main Course, chicken
Main Course, Rissotto
Cheese and Crackers
Enroute to LAX
Over Greenland area
Our seat's converted to beds, window shades pulled down
Getting close to our destination....
Coming in to land at LAX, beautiful smog over the city....
OK I don't have any photo's from the LAX-LAS segment, or the LAX-TPE-KUL
on the 12th July, upon arrival back in KUL we had a 9 hour connection for our return flight to MEL
The view from the Transit Hotel in KUL, coincidentally this was the aircraft that took us from LAX
and later that evening...
13th July 2005
KUL-MEL
MH 149
depart:2115
Aircraft; B772
Finally we had an upgraded 772 with the new seats!!!!!
Cabin light's were the new mood lighting variety, very cool at night
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Chrisrad From Australia, joined Dec 2000, 892 posts, RR: 9 Reply 3, posted (4 years 6 months 6 days 19 hours ago) and read 32767 times:
Thanks for the nice comments, I'm just annoyed at the photo's because I couldn't work out how to take better photo's inside the aircraft, because the camera certainly takes much better pics outside
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Chrisrad From Australia, joined Dec 2000, 892 posts, RR: 9 Reply 6, posted (4 years 6 months 6 days 18 hours ago) and read 32767 times:
Well the old C class seats are definately wider and more comfortable to sit in, than the new ones which are narrower, but for reclining and sleeping, the new ones definately take the cake.
Virigins Upper Class Suite are much more comfortable, but I think the distinction here being that it is aimed as a "in-between" First and Business Class product, though that being said if I had to pay what they are asking for on a regular fare, then no way. It's only worth it on this MH/VS combo RTW
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Chrisrad From Australia, joined Dec 2000, 892 posts, RR: 9 Reply 7, posted (4 years 6 months 6 days 18 hours ago) and read 32767 times:
Huaway, here is the only extra photo I have of the new MH C class, it's the best I could do considering the zero light, this is the seat it it's "sleep" mode
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Shortfinals From Malaysia, joined Jul 2000, 153 posts, RR: 0 Reply 10, posted (4 years 6 months 5 days 19 hours ago) and read 32767 times:
Very very nice trip report.
The pic of the lady in the MH lounge in MEL - i believe her name is Anne. This incredible person went back from the lounge to the check in area to fetch my Enrich FFP card which I had inadvertantly left behind, despite the fact that I asked her not to as it is a long walk. Top asset to MH she is
If you don't mind me asking, how much did you pay for your MH/VS RTW ticket ?
It was $5000 AUD or 2143 British Pounds or $3831 USD, a relative bargain for example:
SYD-HKG-LHR VS Upper class between $7000-$8000 AUD
MEL-KUL-LHR MH Business Class between $5700-6500 AUD
and when you look at Australia-USA it's even higher, QF is towards the$10000 region
so in perspective for MEL-KUL-PEN-KUL-LHR-LAX-TPE-KUL-MEL, which if you added up the individual legs would cost triple what I payed it was well worth it.Plus the 150% Enrich FFP points, and we got triple miles on the KUL-LHR and the VS LHR-LAX.
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BG777300ER From Bulgaria, joined Mar 2005, 242 posts, RR: 1 Reply 14, posted (4 years 5 months 2 weeks 4 days 12 hours ago) and read 32767 times:
The food on Malaysia Airlines looks better than a lot of restaurants I've been to!!! Looks like you had fun flying with all those different airlines and airplanes. I can't wait to fly on a B747-400 some day.
Fbgdavidson From United Kingdom, joined Oct 2004, 3448 posts, RR: 34 Reply 15, posted (4 years 5 months 2 weeks 4 days 11 hours ago) and read 32767 times:
Nice report and good photos!
The MH food and lounges look pretty good, as does the VS Clubhouse.
The VS food on the otherhand looked pretty piss poor in comparison, especially bearing in mind it sits somewhere between J and F.
£2150 also represents superb value for money, I've paid not much less for just LHR-IAD-LHR in J and thought it was superb value!
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Daron4000 From United States of America, joined Mar 2005, 671 posts, RR: 2 Reply 16, posted (4 years 5 months 2 weeks 4 days 9 hours ago) and read 32767 times:
Where did you find such a great deal, plus amazing report?
Chrisrad From Australia, joined Dec 2000, 892 posts, RR: 9 Reply 18, posted (4 years 5 months 1 week 3 days 16 hours ago) and read 32767 times:
Quoting Fbgdavidson (Reply 15): The VS food on the otherhand looked pretty piss poor in comparison, especially bearing in mind it sits somewhere between J and F.
It wasnt as bad as it looked, I think the seat comfort factor made up for the food.
Quoting Daron4000 (Reply 16): Where did you find such a great deal, plus amazing report?
It's a standard airfare available here is Australia, I booked through Flight Centre. I think also because the airfare is limited in some respects, you can only fly to where MH/VS fly to. Therefore there are NO domestic flights included in Europe or the US, but MH/VS do fly to many destinations thankfully.
Quoting BG777300ER (Reply 14): The food on Malaysia Airlines looks better than a lot of restaurants I've been to!!! L
Well would you beleive they are actually improving the whole menu and delivery service, inline with the new aircraft upgrades!!!
Thanks for the comments everyone, much appreciated!
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Chrisrad From Australia, joined Dec 2000, 892 posts, RR: 9 Reply 22, posted (4 years 5 months 4 days 18 hours ago) and read 32767 times:
Quoting ZKSUJ (Reply 21): Excellent report. Some very very nice photos, I really like some of those shots.
I wish they could only be better, I forgot to take the manual for the camera, and hence all the low light shots are blurry as I did'nt want to ruin the ambient lighting... oh well better luck next time
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RoseFlyer From United States of America, joined Feb 2004, 5727 posts, RR: 28 Reply 23, posted (4 years 3 months 1 week 4 days 10 hours ago) and read 32767 times:
Wow I loved your photo report. I have considered doing one like this with all photos and few words. It looks like MH and VS served you very well.
I definitely recognized the places where you took some of your photos in PEN. Unfortunately I only got a 734 when I flew MH to Penang and not the widebody: Malaysia Airlines SIN-PEN-SIN 5-Star Service! (by RoseFlyer Oct 15 2005 in Trip Reports)
My job is to make it so your flight is not delayed. Come fly the friendly skies!
Chrisrad From Australia, joined Dec 2000, 892 posts, RR: 9 Reply 24, posted (4 years 3 months 1 week 3 days 2 hours ago) and read 32767 times:
Quoting RoseFlyer (Reply 23): I definitely recognized the places where you took some of your photos in PEN. Unfortunately I only got a 734 when I flew MH to Penang and not the widebody:
I made sure our flights were on the widebody flights for the day... that way I go to experience the A332 and A333
Where did you stay in Penang?
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25 RoseFlyer: Bayview Beach Resort. It was an nice hotel way far away from town. It definitely was not a five star resort though. But I didn't get to choose it as
26 Chrisrad: Most of the beach resorts are far away from town, basically on the other side of the island. Whilst Penang is the most popular tourist island, Malaysi
27 Anxebla: It is a real --not relative-- bargain for a Round-the-world Business Class journey. With OneWorld you need to pay also 5000 ...5000€ which today ar
28 Chrisrad: Definately a real bargain, let alone all of the frequent flier points we got as well. I can't see QF,BA,AA being worth $3000 more for the same journe
29 Tt80: Great Trip Report. Are you planning another RTW anytime soon?
30 Chrisrad: Hopefully around September next year, I would like to do the same airfare, by that stage MH would be nearing the completion of their cabin upgrades.
31 MAS777: unsure about the price rise in Oz but ex-UK fares with Malaysia Airlines are now the highest in GCC and FC to Malaysia.
32 Chrisrad: Prices have not risen much from what I have seen here in OZ, MH is about the middle of the road with prices, Gulf Air etc being the cheapest, QF the
33 BA319-131: What a great trip, loved the photo's. Not sure I like the colour of the MH headrests in the new 772 interior though! Rgds Mark
34 Amhilde: WOW! (sorry, couldnt think of anything more original to say!) I love to watch The Amazing Race and recognize some of the airports from the show- but t
35 Chrisrad: Same here, I find it very boring, compared to the wizz-bang cabins of VS. I like the old purple they used on the old Golden Club seats. KLIA is a bea
36 GSPSPOT: Am I the ONLY one who thinks all the "new" business class seats (except the "suites") don't look like improvements? They've gone from big, welcoming,
37 Mexicana757: Great trip report and the pictures are very nice.
38 Chrisrad: The old business class seats where more comfortable to be sitting in. But ultimately for sleeping they were not as good as the new lie flat shells. T
39 Fbgdavidson: A fully flat bed in business class is a good billboard selling point. Personally I agree the older style seats were a lot more comfortable for dayfli
40 BAe146TOM: WOW! really good report i loved the pictures! thanks for the time u must have spent doing that! TOM!!!
41 Chrisrad: Thanks, the pleasure was all mine! Well it does look good, if you can afford the price. For the price I payed I was more than happy.
42 Christao17: Brilliant report - I wouldn't worry about photo quality at all, I thought they were quite good. Plus, interior shots can be tough unless you're carryi
43 Skippy777: great report, What do you think was better Virgin Atlantic or Malaysian ?
44 Chrisrad: Malaysian was better for food and service, Virgin took the cake with the seating, those upper class suites are great
45 Chrisrad: I have added 2 videos Landing at LHR Landing at LAX
46 ZRHnerd: *jealous* What a trip! But one thing got me confused, what the hell did you do in Budapest for 4 weeks?
47 Chrisrad: I am of Hungarian descent, was with my parents visiting relatives etc.
48 Fbgdavidson: Anything else up your sleeve so you don't have to bump it again next week?
49 Cabso1: Excellent trip report!! If you don't mind me asking, where did you buy the ticket from because for £2100, its a steal and for so many indiviual legs.
50 Chrisrad: No sorry, I wanted to include the video initially but the files were so large I did'nt know where to host them. Until I found you tube. Why would I w
51 Paul: Hey dude. Great report. The service and food look fantastic (especially the satay- I love that stuff!. Loved the photos too. I am heading to Brissie i
52 Fbgdavidson: Seriously? None at all? Not even the 'one transatlantic crossing' or whatever it is like in most RTW trips? I'm just joking! If people are still resp
53 Chrisrad: The limo service was part of the service, we only took advantage of it on our arrival back in MEL. As far as i know you can use the limo service at a
54 Kingsford: Great report ! Malaysian and Virgin are two airlines we wanted to look at for another business class flight, we had however an amazing series of meals
55 Chrisrad: I looked at your trip report, and the food does look very nice. From all other accounts though MH does seem to be a better airline than EK. Seating o
56 TR763: Oh my God, what an awesome trip you've made! Congratulations for this excellent report! I loved the amount of details you were able to show us, only t
57 YYZPHIL: Outstanding report and excellent pictures. Thanks for sharing.
58 Brendan03: Interesting report... Took a good hour to look at it entirely (Dialup) But was worth the time spent loading... Looks like enormus fun... Would be a ni
59 BNE: Nice photos but I especially liked the landing videos; I just need a faster internet connection.
60 Pianist718: Wow, great pictures and quality is very nice. What camera did you use for this???
62 VHVXB: Wow Chrisrad another great trip report. Excellent pictures as well. MH's new C class product looks awesome. I'm guessing that you liked MH more the VS
64 Chrisrad: Funny that my old Trip report came up again, this was from June/July 05, most of the food service has changed on MH now. Will have to try it next yea
65 Leezyjet: Nice pics, although that was the old VS clubhouse at LHR. It is now twice as big and has been fully re-furbished. Great deal you got on the tickets to
66 767747: Incredible report! Malaysia Airlines sounds like a great airline, and the food service in "Golden Club Class" looks excellent. Wow, KUL looks like an
67 CoolSkyGuy: This the best trip report that i have read so far... Thanks for the sharing!
69 Alphafloor: Excellent trip report thanks for sharing... I'm hungry now !
70 Chrisrad: LOL guys this report is almost 1 1/2 years old now! Thanks for the comments anyway, check out my newer one from this year http://www1.airliners.net/di
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