The difference is worlds apart. MAS Golden Lounge is so much nicer especially the newly renovated lounge located in the Main Terminal Building. It is dubbed the Regional Golden Lounge with Rimba theme


They do accept walk-in Economy Class passengers ... if you have the right frequent flyer card with the right status

This post has been edited by MilesAndMore: Mar 23 2011, 12:27 AM

The regular Citibank Platinum card also entitles you 12 free visits to the Plaza Premium Lounge at KLIA satellite terminal.

Is there a monthly quota or something ?

Thanks

Not the much more posh airline lounge though. Just the privately operated or third party lounge.

Buffet, variety of alcoholic drinks, ice-cream etc.

One of the perks of flying Business Class/First Class or having a FFP Gold and above status


I wasn't aware that one can enter the MAS Golden Lounge with SCB Platinum Card...

Citibank Platinum credit card holders can enter PPL at KLIA, LCCT, Langkawi Intl Apt and Johor Apt FOC.

At Kota Kinabalu International Airport, the Plaza Premium Lounge is located at the international departure area after immigration check. So only passengers going overseas from KKIA are able to use the lounge. I am not sure if the lounge has opened yet as when i took an international flight out of KKIA just last month, the lounge was still under construction. But there was this notice outside the lounge and i was actually very surprised to see that Maybankard 2 Card AMEX (Platinum) was among the cards listed that give free access to the lounge.

No. It is not available to passengers flying domestic flights.


They still do, just no more free access to the LCCT PPL.

No free entry for MBB2 Platinum card members unfortunately. I think they put up quite some wrong information in the notice i saw last time. The PPL hasn't opened yet last time i saw the notice and it was during the time when they were just about to finish renovating the PPL.

By the way, there are two PPL at KKIA Terminal 1. One in the International Departure/Arrival area and another one in the Domestic Departure/Arrival area.

**Above information applies only to Kota Kinabalu International Airport Terminal 1.

This post has been edited by MilesAndMore: Sep 27 2013, 11:33 PM

I always call 1800-82-1010 every time i need to call Citibank as it is free, whether i call it from my mobile phone or TM fixed line.


I always call all the banks using my TM fixed line because my TM fixed line comes with unlimited nationwide call, unless i'm in the rush or desperate I had to call a few banks twice using my mobile phone from the airport last time because i forgot to tell them i was going overseas

This post has been edited by MilesAndMore: Oct 3 2013, 09:10 PM

But meat and poultry products are all more expensive in Sabah than the rest of Malaysia. The newspaper here too, is more expensive. RM5.50-RM7.00 is the normal price for economy rice in normal kopitiam. Normal wonton kon loh mee is around RM6 now. Some kopitiam are charging RM7 for kon loh mee because theirs come with a very small, very thin, single slice of fish cake Not fair to us also

Anyway, i think the very reason Citibank is willing to provide a toll-free line to its customers in East Malaysia is because they do not have a single branch over here. May be they think that if they provide a toll-free line, it'd be easier for their salesperson to sale their credit cards.


You can try now


Can you please give me the HSBC VS toll free number ? May come in handy in case i really need to call HSBC from my mobile phone

This post has been edited by MilesAndMore: Oct 3 2013, 11:11 PM

Thanks a lot

The shower signage is still there. So they probably still provide the shower facility now.


True. I spent more than 2 hours inside KLIA PPL back in August in the late evening. The lounge was full to the brim as there were many First/Business Class passengers and also SkyTeam Elite Plus members from the Air France and KLM flight leaving for Paris and Amsterdam respectively inside the KLIA PPL that night. There were passengers from Ethiopian Airlines too and the staff did not ask me to leave. There were so many people inside the lounge then. So they probably couldn't tell who has been there for more than x hours anyway.

Good thing they never asked for my boarding pass. There were a few times that i just came off an international flight and instead of going straight the the gate my connecting flight back home (domestic) was going to leave from, i went to the PPL at the satellite terminal

The T&C is quite clear actually. It says you can use Plaza Premium Lounge in Malaysia up to 4 times only (for free using your CIMB Preferred VI). For The Green Market at Changi, you can use it as many times as you want as there is no restriction on how many times you can use it in a year.


If you are holding a Business Class ticket, you'll get an invitation to the airline's lounge or the airline's partner lounge is the airline you are flying with does not operate its own lounge at the airport you are flying out from. Alternatively, you may also use the airline's lounge if you hold a Gold Status (airline frequent flyer program) even when you fly Economy Class.

Really ? I am an Enrich Silver cardholder aka OneWorld Ruby but i am not aware of such benefit.

Since you are Enrich Gold, aka Oneworld Sapphire, you can use any Oneworld carriers lounge and normally airline operated lounge is way better than third party lounge such as Plaza Premium Lounge (excluding American Airlines - no foods). So you should try to use your Enrich Gold to go into any Oneworld lounge instead of Plaza Premium Lounge. Cathay Pacific and Qantas both have very nice lounge. Check if they have their own lounge at the airport you will be departing from tomorrow.


There is no mention of Plaza Premium Lounge access for Enrich Silver in the link you gave. The only two real benefits i've enjoyed since i got my Enrich Silver status last year is i can talk to a human much faster when calling their hotline and the other benefit is i can check-in at Business Class counter even when i'm only flying Economy.