Where will you fly in 2004

nwa757 · Post by **nwa757** » 21 Jun 2004, 01:35

I'm going to Phoenix on June 25th on America West!

My segments will be:
Milwaukee, WI to Phoenix, AZ - Boeing 737-300
Phoenix, AZ to Milwaukee, WI - Boeing 737-300

This will be my first time on a 737 and my first time on America West.

jgp · Post by **jgp** » 21 Jun 2004, 01:41

AW is a good airline...good service...nice FA's..good seats...hope u enjoy ur flight nwa757

Concorde777steward · Post by **Concorde777steward** » 26 Jun 2004, 10:33

firrech wrote:30/06/04 : BRU-AMS KLM
30/06/04 : AMS-KUL MH
01/07/04 : KUL-BKK MH
04/07/04 : BKK-CNX FD (Air Asia)
07/07/04 : CNX-BKK FD
07/07/04 : BKK-SIN FD
13/07/04 : KUL-LGK FD
15/07/04 : LGK-PEN MH
18/07/04 : PEN-KUL MH
18/07/04 : KUL-DPS MH
23/07/04 : DPS-KUL MH
23/07/04 : KUL-LHR MH
24/07/04 : LHR-BRU BD

A big trip through Asia for leisure. Do you have some more informations about Air Asia? That will be the first time i fly with this company.

The Air Asia's cabin crews r really nice, they r friendly. However their ground staffs in all airports around Malaysia r VERY VERY rude and useless.

firrech · Post by **firrech** » 27 Jun 2004, 15:32

Hi Concorde777steward,

Thank you very much for informations.
Can you give me some more informations about regulary delayed or not? If AIR ASIA is very strict about luggage limits?
Do you often fly on Air Asia?

Thanks

Concorde777steward · Post by **Concorde777steward** » 27 Jun 2004, 22:46

Hi Firrech,

Did u mean the carry-on baggage ? well, i'm not sure about that now, but they r a low-cost carrier , so i think they r pretty strict about that. I just noticed it, u r on FD (Air Asia Thai), not on AK (Air Asia). May be the ground staffs in Thailand will be nice.

Yes, they got a serious problem about the delayed flights but they r getting better now. On-time performance for last week was 81%.

I used to be their regular customer before the took-over in 2001 - early 2002. As i said before, cabin crews r charming and friendly, but ground staffs

.

if your flight is less than 1 hour 15 minutes, u may fly with them, but if it's over 1 hour 15 minutes, better not. cramped seating (29") and they charged USD0.79 just for a bottle of water and USD1.05 for a can of coca-cola. May be it is very cheap for u guys but not for Malaysian. I can get a bottle of water for just USD0.18 and USD0.26 for a can of coca-cola in a supermarket in the town.

I always fly with Malaysia Airlines now because my flight between Kota Kinabalu and Kuala Lumpur will take 2.30 hours on B737-400 and 2.05 hours on A330-200, A330-300, B777-200ER, B747-400. MAS served a full hot meal on this flight and if u r gonna to fly on this route, make sure u ask for the A330-300, B777-200ER or B747-400 because they have the AA's "MORE ROOM THROUGHOUT COACH" features on these aircrafts.

This was the menu on my MAY flight from Kuala Lumpur back to Kota Kinabalu.

Appetizer:
Potato salad with roast chicken

Entree:
Chicken Rendang
Or
Fish Oriental Style

Fruit Tartlet

Chocolate - Kit Kat

Bread Roll - Butter

A round-trip ticket between Kuala Lumpur and Kota Kinabalu (YEE30) will cost u just USD187.11 including all applicable surcharges and taxes.
We have many beautiful beaches in Kota Kinabalu. We also have the largest flower (Rafflesia) in the world and the highest mountain (Gunung Kinabalu) in Southeast Asia. U may live in Shangri-la Beach resort, Pan Pacific Sutera or Hyatt Regency hotel in Kota Kinabalu, very near to the airport. All of them r 5-star hotel but Hyatt Regency is quite old. There are more than 60 Malaysia Airlines' cabin crews/pilots stay in that hotel everyday.

If you like to drink, may be you should go to Labuan (in East Malaysia, near Kota Kinabalu). It's a tax-free port, a can of beer (Anchor, Danish, Carlsberg, Tiger etc.) will only cost u USD0.39.

If you like to gamble, Genting Highlands is the perfect place for you. The place is quite beautiful, it has the LARGEST CASINO in Southeast Asia.

Make sure you have your passport with you if u want to go to East Malaysia from the Peninsula Malaysia because they will check your passport. Even West Malaysian have to show their passport if they want to stay in East Malaysia for more than 3 MONTHS. Very weird, right ? Every flights arriving from the Peninsula Malaysia are counted as an INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT.

Now back to the luggage, if on MH, u can carry as many bags as u like into the aircraft. I've seen many people carrying more than 4 BIG BAGS per person into the aircraft.

.Malaysia Airlines is not strict about the luggage/carry-on baggage.

Hope you will enjoy your trips in southeast asia.

Post by **sn26567** » 28 Jun 2004, 09:25

Will,

I would love to visit your area. Quite impressive description you made. It would fit in the City Guide of this forum.

Concorde777steward · Post by **Concorde777steward** » 28 Jun 2004, 15:03

Thanks, Andre. You guys are always welcomed here (in Malaysia).

firrech · Post by **firrech** » 28 Jun 2004, 17:33

Hi Concorde777steward,

Thank you very much for your informations (sorry for my bad english).
On Wedneday, i fly to Thailand via KUL but i go back to Malaysia after trip in Thailand and Singapore.
I can confirm Malaysia is A VERY BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY and unfortunely not very known over the world!

FIRRECH

Concorde777steward · Post by **Concorde777steward** » 29 Jun 2004, 14:17

Hi, Firrech,

It's good to hear that u like Malaysia.
No, no, no, your English is much better than mine. It's shame to tell people that i already starting to learn English at the age of 4 but i still can't speak it fluently or pronounce it correctly.

Post by **sn26567** » 29 Jun 2004, 16:18

As for my 2004 flights, there have been a lot of changes and additions since I made my first input in this thread: 5 flights to Manchester, 2 flights to Franffurt, the flights to Lanzarote and Barcelona,...

Next week end I am going for a 4-day city trip to Warsaw via MUC (outbound) and VIE (return). Four flights, four airlines

:

Air Dolomiti (BRU-MUC: a surprise to see that LH subsidiary on that route)
Lufthansa (MUC-WAW)
LOT (WAW-VIE)
Austrian (VIE-BRU)

vince1975be · Post by **vince1975be** » 02 Jul 2004, 17:46

My flights so far:

12/7: Brussels - New York (on Continental - B767-400ER), inbound 18/7
29/7: Brussels - Florence (on SNBA - RJ85), inbound 1/8
24/8: Brussels - Cuba/Varadero (on BelgiumExel - B767-300ER), inbound 4/9

Post by **luchtzak** » 03 Jul 2004, 07:32

vince1975be wrote:My flights so far:

12/7: Brussels - New York (on Continental - B767-400ER), inbound 18/7
29/7: Brussels - Florence (on SNBA - RJ85), inbound 1/8
24/8: Brussels - Cuba/Varadero (on BelgiumExel - B767-300ER), inbound 4/9

Can we expect trip-reports Vince1975be

vince1975be · Post by **vince1975be** » 05 Jul 2004, 13:36

Sure ! That was already on my mind

I'll post them as soon as possible !
Greetz - Vince

B744skipper · Post by **B744skipper** » 08 Jul 2004, 14:34

I already flew on the 15th of May NRN-SXF towards the ILA 2004, and the same day I headed back SXF-NRN. 8)
The aircraft was a V-Bird A320.

On July the 22, I will fly HAM-RIX on Air Baltic, and the return trip will be on the 26th of July, also on Air Baltic. The equipment both ways will be an Avro RJ70 Avroliner, which will be my first flight on the type and on a Regional Jet overall. So I am looking forward to this trip.

And maybe there are more flights ahead of me this year, let's see what the future brings.

Flybe · Post by **Flybe** » 18 Jul 2004, 14:37

Finally i managed to book my first flights for the year! On the 17th of August, i'll go to katowice from Charleroi with Air Polonia (my first low cost experience) and then i'll come back from Warsaw on the 30th of August with SNBA (best buy ticket).

Then somewhere at the end of september, i should go back to Warsaw, but no tickets are booked yet. And with Christmas again to Poland, but probably Poznan or Katowice with Air Polonia (best would be to Wroclaw, but then i need to go to Paris for direct flights).

That's about it for me this year, i guess, hopefully next year, i'll travel to some further destinations 8) .

Anyway, as the SNBA flight is more then 2h, i hope to get a nice hot meal

.

Greets,

Pieter

Post by **sn26567** » 19 Jul 2004, 08:56

@flybe

May we expect some trip reports?

Also don't forget that from 15 September Wizz Air also flies daily from Charleroi to Warsaw.

chunk · Post by **chunk** » 20 Jul 2004, 10:38

So far in 2004 I have done

ABZ - DXB via AMS 3 times - KL return
ABZ - IAH via AMS once - KL return
ABZ - SFO via AMS once - KL return

IAH - MSY once - CO
MSY - SAT via IAH - CO
SAT - IAH - CO

DXB - DOH - Qatar Airways
DOH - BAH - Gulf Air
BAH - DXB - Gulf Air
DXB - KWI - Sri Lankan
KWI - DXB - Kuwait Airways

Not sure what is next....but definately

Oct ABZ - DXB via AMS
Dec ABZ - DXB via AMS
Dec PIK - Shannon ......

Flybe · Post by **Flybe** » 22 Jul 2004, 21:18

May we expect some trip reports?

I'll do my best! If i have some time i'll write my first trip report ever!

Thanks for the info about Wizz air, more competition is always welcome, then i can choose the lowest price! 8)

Greets,

Pieter

waldova · Post by **waldova** » 23 Aug 2004, 08:30

This year I flew already:

17/06 BRU-VLC VLG6021
25/06 VLC-BRU VLG6020

Trip planned:

3/06 BRU-VLC VLG6021
6/06 VLC-BRU VLG6020
19/06 BRU-VLC VLG6021
26/06 VLC-BRU VLG6020

??/11 BRU-VLC VLG6021
??/11 VLC-BRU VLG6020

30/11 BRU-LIS TP601
30/11 BRU-GIG TP177

??/?? GIG-LIS TP182
??/?? LIS-BRU TP604

Voila, this in my plan for the year. Probably there will be some more flights that are not planned yet to Valencia because my girlfriend lives there. But for the moment tickets are not yet sold to Valencia for November with Vueling. So I'm waiting for this.

OrientThai · Post by **OrientThai** » 30 Aug 2004, 18:02

This year I already flew to:

BRU-LHR-BRU with BD

BRU-AMS-BKK with KL
BKK-AMS-BRU with KL

BRU-VIE-BKK with OS

BKK-DAD (Danang) with 9Q

DAD-SGN with VN
SGN-BKK with VN

BKK-VIE-BRU with OS