Off to Jakarta

Continuing from Happy Birthday Pasha.

We arrived very early at the KLIA. Some shops were still closed and the check in counters would not be opened until 6:00am. We checked ourselves in via the check-in kiosk but for some reasons whatsoever, after spending many minutes trying to figure out how the machine works, it was unable to dispense the boarding pass... So, we still had to go through the manual process at the counter. Later I was told that it could be running out of pass... Oh well...

So, to kill the time, we had a little breakfast (with a big price tag) somewhere near the MAS check in counters so that it would be easier to see when they are open...

Right at 6:00am the check-in counters opened and we got our boarding passes, with the seats that we selected during the self check in at the kiosk. At least this one worked much batter than the one used by AirAsia that could not even read the passport details... One up for MAS.

The flight was on time and we boarded the aircraft via the bridge from the terminal. No more walking to the aeroplane like we used to do when we took AirAsia at the LCCT. Not long after the flight took off, we had our breakfast served. The choice of food on the MAS flight might be limited but the great thing is that the set came with a complete main dish, a drink and a dessert. On top of that, you can order additional drinks for free. Imagine how much it would have cost you if you were having that on an AirAsia flight... Times 3 pax... It just does not make sense...

Pasha woke up very early for the 7:50 flight to Jakarta. Shortly after breakfast, he went back to sleep...

Now a little note about our flight. When we hunted for the tickets to Jakarta, the MAS and AirAsia tickets were about the same price. We decided to go for MAS due to:

1. Depart from KLIA instead of LCCT. KLIA is way much more comfortable compared to LCCT.


2. We did not have to talked to sour faced check in staffs at the AirAsia counters (especially in the morning). The MAS staff who checked us in was very cheerful at 6:00am.


3. We did not have to worry about paying for extra baggage as the allowable weight by MAS is much higher than AirAsia.


4. We did not have to worry about paying extra for food.


5. Kids would always get to board the plane first without having to pay for such privilege.

That should be enough reasons. Do you still want to go on AirAsia? Only if MAS have more flights, AirAsia could be flying only goats and cows... lalalala....