Back in Batavia
Barely three months had passed since our last visit. Brendan was knee deep in his post graduate exam week but still managed to send us to KL Sentral’s KL City Air Terminal at 8:30am. We said our goodbyes and headed inside.
As always, we bought our KLIA Express return tickets online, enjoying RM15 off each, so they cost RM85 (≈ USD19/EUR18) per person. This is important because the only way to access the KL City Air Terminal is with these tickets. We scanned them at the turnstile and were in.
For now, KL City Air Terminal caters only to Malaysia Airlines, Batik Air, and KLM.
We submitted our yellow submarines for security screening before checking them in. Our bags weighed 32kg, well within our 40kg allowance. Learning from our previous Jakarta trip, we had already purchased extra luggage for the return.
We exited the terminal and crossed back through the KLIA Express gates using the same tickets. The train arrived shortly after.
KLIA & The Long Wait
The train departed KL Sentral at 9:20am and arrived at KLIA half an hour later. We rode the elevator up to Departures and wandered around before stopping at Borneo Pearls, where Cat bought a pair of earrings for RM28 (≈ USD/EUR6).
We then chilled at Nooodles, sharing some finger foods for RM54.60 (≈ USD/EUR12). Just as we were settling in, MAS notified us that our departure gate had changed to H4.
We were due to board MH721 at 1:30pm, so at 11:00am we headed to the Departure Hall. It was our first time using the MyBorderPass mobile app instead of the autogates — smooth and fuss free.
We cleared Immigration and Customs easily, then browsed the shops.
Then came the dreaded news:
- Flight delayed from 1:30pm to 3:40pm.
- And the gate changed again — now H10.
With nearly four hours to burn, we camped at the Starbucks closest to the H gates. At 2:40pm, we made the long walk to H10… only to discover MAS had switched it back to H4.
After a long wait, we passed the final, intense security checkpoint and took our seats at the lounge. Boarding began at 3:00pm, and we got on board ten minutes later. The plane pushed back at 3:55pm and took off around 4:10pm.
Touchdown in Jakarta
The flight was smooth. About 1 hour 20 minutes later, we began our descent. MH710 touched down at 4:55pm local time.
Kudos to Captain Salleh Salleh and Chief Stewardess Sharina for an excellent flight.
We disembarked and boarded a shuttle bus to the main terminal.
This time, we came prepared — all health and customs declarations were completed in advance:
Cat had trouble with her eVisa application, so we had to get our passports stamped the old fashioned way.
From there, everything was smooth. We collected our yellow submarines from Carousel 2, then presented our printed customs QR code to the officer.
Welcome to Jakarta
Be sure to catch our next video — our train rides into Jakarta Pusat. And once again… welcome to Batavia!
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KLIA Ekspres - https://maps.app.goo.gl/aMxKXzeH29zWT1799
KLIA Express Transit Station @ KLIA
Kuala Lumpur International Airport
Terminal 3 Soekarno–Hatta International Airport
Stasiun Kereta Bandara Soekarno Hatta
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