[QUOTE=Llantarnam; 1405544]KLIA and LCCT are 2 different terminals at the same airport. The problem is there is no proper connection between them. If you arrive at KIA with Malaysia Airlines and want to transfer to an air asia flight from LCCT, you need about 4 hours for the connection.
I was in KL last week and arrived at LCCT. Taxi into town was RM 75. On the return to KIA the taxi was RM 90 (about 45 minutes each way). You can use the express train, but you have to get to the station at the airport, wait for the next train, and then arrange transport from the station in KL to your hotel. Might be cheaper, but probably a lot slower, in anything less than the KL rush hour.[/QUOTE]You're right they are different terminals of the same airport but you don't need 4 hours connection time for any other reason than you're on a long haul flight and uncertain of arrival time. There is a shuttle bus between terminals but it doesn't take more than half an hour. If you allow for Air Asia check in timing of 45 mins plus a half hour for queuing that takes you less than 2 hours. You normally allow 3 hours at most airports for connections from long haul flights anyway in case of delay so the only issue comes up if you have a delayed arrival. Incidentally there is a coach / train service from LCCT to Sentral. It reliably takes just under an hour regardless of traffic jam and costs just RM 12.50 each way. You can take an LRT train from Sentral to several areas in KL like KLCC. The monorail will be a convenient air-conditioned walk away once they finish the shopping centre near Sentral. The monorail takes you directly to Bukit Bintang without having to change train.
[QUOTE=GeorgeJBush;1404955]There is a 3rd airport to access KL. It's Subang (IATA airport code SZB) , and Firefly Airlines operates there. Subang is a mere 30 minutes from KL (exclude peak hours traffic jam). Subang (and adjacent areas like Subang Jaya and PJ) is also a "happening" place by its own right. Residents here prefer to play here than to brave the traffic to KL.[/QUOTE]If anyone wants to check it's [url]www.fireflyz.com[/url] but my issue is that taking the train from KLIA will be much faster than a taxi from Subang during heavy traffic - let alone full on rush hour - unless you're going to be in Petaling Jaya / Subang area.
[QUOTE=Manny51;1408439]I didn't mean to say that it was impossible to get the KUL from LCCT, just that it's either more complicated, or much more expensive. I have been to SE Asia many times and am generally familiar with getting around. I got on the wrong bus, and went to KLIA instead of the airport express terminal. And riding a bus with a check-in size baggage is a pain in the ass. My advice was to the newbie, to make it as simple as possible. LCCT is also a much more "third world" airport. It's a cargo airport that has been converted to do passenger service. When I go again, I am definitely flying into KLIA. The difference in transport costs and aggravation more than outweighs cost savings of flying Air Asia.[/QUOTE]Mate, if you're familiar with the ins and outs you wouldn't have gotten on the wrong bus (you went to KLIA instead of Sentral?). The best option for travelling from LCCT during rush hour is the LCCT transit where the coach takes you to Salak Tinggi ERL station then by train to Sentral for only RM 12. or so. I fly using both terminals all the time and while I do appreciate that the main terminal at KLIA (as oppose to KLIA LCCT) is less hassle, I only have marginally more trouble (albeit a bit more time taken) going through the LCCT.
[QUOTE=Black Page;1408786]I have a question since first times I was reading this thread. Why prices in KL spas are always "strange" figures like RM 218, or 198, or 258, etc? Why not a round figure like 200, 220, 260? Do patrons expect to receive 2 RM change when they pay 200?[/QUOTE] That's a very Chinese "thing" whereby 8 is an auspicious number which carries the meaning of fortune/wealth/luck if I'm not mistaken. The most definitely will not charge you 164, 264 etc where 4 carries the connotation of death. And yes you will get your RM 2 change.
[QUOTE=Llantarnam; 1405580]BC is on the oposite corner of the junction from FP and as I walked around the footway a figure appeared out of the shadows and asked "do you want to have sex with me". I declined on the grounds that I wasn't certain if it was a man or woman. As I approached the corner of the road outside of BC I noticed 3 or 4 black girls loitering. They tried to offer me a good time but I said I was looking for a drink first.
I was half tempted to approach one, but this was my first time in KL and I wasn't certain about the etiquette of taking girls back to Fraser Place.[/QUOTE]First point to note is that there are a lot of ladyboys who hang around outside BC so you were probably right to have said no. Secondly however, I have yet to encounter any service apartment or decent hotel that makes a fuss about bringing girls back to the room. Of course you may get stares depending on the style of your girl's dress but Fraser Place is pretty quiet. I had a party with some friends in Ascott (just across the road from FP) where there were 3 of us and 3 Thai girls which I alone brought in through the lobby (it was a friend's "birthday party"). Distance from lobby entrance to lift was short and they weren't too badly dressed so (as far as I could see) most of the stares were in envy. If you are going to bring these girls into your hotel, just ignore act confident. After all most of the men would want to be in your shoes if they could. I have also walked through Shangri-La with two Russians and that's a looooong walk from the car park lift to the room lift. A local guy with two tall blonde women at 4pm sticks out like a sore thumb. But hey, I was doing a favour for a friend.
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