Have Perut Will Travel...: BKK to KUL │ Suvarnabhumi to KLIA!

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Saturday, 22 March 2025

BKK to KUL │ Suvarnabhumi to KLIA!

Leaving on a Jet Plane!

Where did seven days go? The idiom "time flies when you're having fun" doesn't even begin to describe our feelings!

I woke up at seven as always and began working on our videos. We got ready at ten and together with our yellow submarines we headed down to the lobby an hour later. We then deposited the unit key in the designated mailbox and our yellow submarines with the front desk as we booked an airport transfer.

The fare was THB600 (approximately USD18/EUR16/MYR79) and we scheduled our pick-up for 2:000m. We then walked over to the in-house cafe, The Gourmet House for lunch where we ordered the:

American Fried Rice
Radna with Pork
Iced Orange Americano
Coca-Cola

which came up to THB620 (approximately USD18/EUR17/MYR81). Later I added a hot Mocha for THB120 (approximately USD4/EUR3/MYR16).

After lunch we retired to the common area to relax with my hot Mocha. Our airport transfer duly picked us up at 1:55pm. The traffic was quite bad so the ride to Suvarnabhumi took roughly an hour as we were dropped off at Gate 7.

We quickly located the Malaysia Airlines baggage check-in counters. As explained in a previous video learning our costly lesson from a previous trip we made sure to purchase additional luggage allocation for this return trip.

Our luggage including the two new yellow submarines came to exactly the allocated weight of 45 kilograms, which was a huge relief. Boarding passes in hand we took a seat at a bench as we contemplated our next move since we were frightfully early.

With almost four hours to departure we decided to head into the security checkpoint first. Ten minutes later we emerged unscathed and walked straight into Immigration, where we scanned our passports at the auto gates and breezed through.

A quick scan of the FIDS confirmed that MH775 was on time to depart at 6:40pm from Gate F2. We then walked the length of the promenade and settled on the Dean & Deluca outlet where I got a Caramel Macchiato for THB 198 (approximately USD6/EUR5/MYR26) as Cat went window shopping.

I spent the next hour or so working on our videos as Cat eventually returned with several items from the various souvenir shops.

We realised at 5:30pm that Gate F2 was open for boarding. Apparently Malaysia Airlines sent an email at 5:16pm.

We immediately took the escalator down to Gate F2 then took our seats before being allowed to board the plane at 5:50pm. The flight was surprisingly not full, and the final group of passengers boarded at 6:10pm. The plane finally pushed back at 6:40pm and after some time taxiing onto the runway MH775 eventually took off ten minutes later.

The two-hour flight was largely uneventful, and the plane began its descent at 9:20pm. MH775 touched down at 9:50pm local time.

Kudos to Captain Nigel and Chief Steward Jamal for an excellent flight.

We disembarked 10 minutes later and headed to Carousel J to collect our luggage before heading down to the KLIA Express Transit station. The train to KL Sentral departed at 11:00pm and we arrived half an hour later. Traffic was very bad even at this hour due to the impending Eid Fitr celebrations so Brendan picked us up at the KLIA Express KL City Air Terminal Arrival doors about an hour later. We were finally home by 1:00am.

Thank you for joining us on our adventures in Thailand, and see all of you real soon!