Silver status is really nothing special....no access to lounges, which is the main attraction of airlines status....so I would bother spending money trying to achieve it...

In any case, partner airline travels only give you miles...but not elite miles or sectors for status purposes....

This post has been edited by limeuu: Dec 4 2018, 07:25 AM

Yeaa..but in order to get Gold...still need Silver right
Any short cut go direct to gold? Haha

Silver can que on business lane during check in luggage right?

No need to go through silver....once you reach the gold requirement, they will automatically upgrade to gold....

Yes, the only perk is business class check in, and priority boarding....the later is poorly managed at KLIA, as they do not have a separate boarding queue for status/j class passengers....you get this long queue in front that cannot board yet, and have the unpleasant task of "cutting queue" to wade to the front to board first....

This post has been edited by limeuu: Dec 5 2018, 10:59 AM

Funny story to share from earlier this year...it's cheaper to fly HKG-KUL-LHR than it is to fly direct KUL-LHR.

I redeemed my Enrich points for this journey, paid lesser miles than I had if I took KUL-LHR, and get to spend an extra 4 hours flying business class out of Hong Kong and enjoying the incredible Cathay lounge (MAS shares their lounge with Cathay in HK). It took about 240k miles for my family to travel business class return (two adults and one baby).

I suppose MAS is trying to fill up their KUL-LHR flights and this is the reason for it...until today I wasn't very sure why this is the case.

Anyway the only down side is the flight was very tiring but that was probably due to the baby being cranky and not letting us get much sleep even during the flight to London. On the plus side she got a seat all to herself because there were not that many people travelling in Business, and the flight attendants were kind enough to cheer her up.

This is a known strategy in the airline industry. A one-stop service will often times be more expensive than direct service. They are taking advantage of the convenience they provide.

Imagine you’re staying in KUL and wanted to head to LHR. MH offered you a direct flight which cost 1000 and takes 12hours. CX (somehow) knows that you are going to LHR, and instead of letting MH earn your business, CX will try to woo you over, by providing you with a cheaper price (eg 850), at the expense of time (one stop will take probably 16hours) as this will now be KUL-HKG-LHR. You’ll also have additional risk, eg if your KUL-HKG is delayed causing you to miss the connecting flight or baggage didn’t make it etc. For CX, if they’re not taking your business, they’re gonna fly empty anyway so a bit discount won’t hurt.
— Might not be the best example but my understanding is as such.

In your case, MH will not know that you just want to fly KUL-LHR, they’ll just know that I’m gonna be competitive and try to win some passengers from other countries. And hence they’ll sell you cheaper for HKG-KUL-LHR. And airline rule is such that if you miss your first leg or HKG-KUL, your entire journey will be voided, so you cannot be funny and just turn up in KUL for the KUL-LHR without taking the first flight.

Exactly.
In some scenario, you may book flight LHR-KUL-HKG but jump off without taking the last leg. Do take note that you can only do so without checked in luggages. Also, best to acknowledge airport / airline counter that *whatever reason* you can't board the last leg.

This post has been edited by charlesj: Dec 8 2018, 06:44 PM

don't quite understand
How do you get from KUL to HKG to start your journey?

Just to add to this, in fact I called the airline and they said you could try changing the ticket to an open ticket once you land in KUL, so that you can use the KUL-HKG leg on a later date. I think within 6 months was the time I was told.

By staying and living in Zhuhai and taking the HKZM Bridge to HKIA, haha.

I have around 200k enrich miles now...I need to claim it all by May next year...any suggestions where to go? The only problem is I stay in China so HKG enrich redemption is quite limited. The longest haul was to LHR...I might have no choice but to claim that route again.

I saw some comments about claiming miles into Dubai as a stopover, maybe worth a thought.

Seems like First Class has been completely scrapped? Now can see MAS pushing their 'Business Suites' with 'First Class' experience

Don’t think so, with mas quality, it will eventually become business class, btw when u visit partner lounge, u can only enter business class lounge going forward, no more first class lounge

what is the 2nd best credit card to accumlate Enrich Miles after best CC M2C Premier?

lol, why'd you want to know the 2nd when you already have the best?

Can consider HKG to New Zealand, slightly shorter than LHR, but still worth it I think. If you’re bored of UK

Oh. Didn't know u live in China 😂

I think this depends on your booking class, and not all booking class allows such flexibility. Best to read the fare rules before going to the counter, just in case they charge you a no-show fee when they find out your intention to not take the last leg of the flight.

This post has been edited by noslek: Dec 13 2018, 09:08 PM

Other than the inability to access partner F lounge, and less earn rate on Enrich, the onboard product and services are purported to be the same, but it’s now cheaper! It may sometimes be cheaper than buying business flex ticket. So you can still have a pretty ‘first class’ experience if you are departing KUL.

Maybe I haven’t been on any proper F, but I thought MH’s pseudo-first on business suite will be more enjoyable compared to let’s say US domestic F or QR’s short haul F where you’re basically getting business class on board product, with additional access to their F lounge.

guys if using promo code VISAWEEKEND but ticket class V is eligible for miles upgrade to Biz?

It's almost the same 'first class' experience because the First Class is terrible compared to other airlines at least that's what I watched on most flight reviews on MH's First Class. It's not significantly better than Business Class in terms of the service that they are offering.

Better to downgrade it to Business Suite, charge it cheaper and more people are willing to buy it.

Yes, v class is eligible for upgrade to j class...