I have to reserve miles for family trips as well

That said, you are right, miles are earned to be burned. Maybe I'll do a A380 F sampler trip: SIN-DEL (SQ) //BOM-AUH-LHR (EY). Coming back either via BA or QR.

"With the Emirates partnership, Malaysia Airlines’ customers will have access to 38 European, 15 Americas and 38 destinations in the Middle East and Africa and Indian Ocean, whilst Emirates’ customers will have access to Malaysia Airlines’ extensive Asia Pacific network with up to 300 daily departures in the region. Sales under this codeshare agreement will commence from February 1 2016."

Link to MH press release

Do you have a lot of Enrich miles already or do you have unconverted treatpoints? I would wait a while if I have sufficient Enrich miles to redeem for the intended class of travel.

Thanks for the tip!

Will MHUpgrade be available for codeshare flights? I hope so. If it is offered, then I think it should be honoured. Early days I think but interesting developments for us.

Dreamliner

We should have this in Malaysia's property and real estate market:

https://www.flyhomes.com/

Sweet! 3,000 miles and PPL lounge access

hey bro, enjoy your trip and thanks for the photo update!

That's pretty lame.

On a separate note, many thanks for the pointers re redemption for large group/families. Just redeemed KUL-HKG-JFK return in First for myself and Business for one of my sons. Another 4J seats are available as well (same flight) but as usual, I'm short of points (why am I always just short) and waiting for MBB to update my treatpoints before conversion. Agonising wait! Hope the 4J seats remain, if not, will have to break the gang up into two flights.

This post has been edited by dctravels: Feb 7 2016, 08:59 AM

Gotta give credit when it's due: Maybank was super-efficient in handling my last TP conversion. I rang last night and my Asia Miles have already appeared tonight. Flying KUL-HKG-JFK on CX. Bonus is we've got 1F +5J on the same flight for HKG-JFK both outbound and inbound.

Special thanks to tishaban for showing the way to redeem award seats for groups/families. Owe you one bro!

YQ details (same for adult)

Asia Miles Asia Miles 145,000 Child x 1 Asia Miles 145,000
Carrier Surcharges HKD 0.00 Child x 1 HKD 0.00
Taxes/Fees/Charges HKD 682.00 Child x 1 HKD 682.00
Total: Asia Miles 145,000 + HKD 682.00

This post has been edited by dctravels: Feb 8 2016, 09:55 PM

145k AM for KUL-JFK return.

Nice

Just came back from a family trip to Japan on MH Economy. Luggage arrived 3 days later. Food was horrible. Service was ok. Bright side is, the kids can appreciate business class better now.

Seating in Y with 11 kids aged 13 and below... I wouldn't wish it on my worse enemy.

This post has been edited by dctravels: Feb 18 2016, 03:56 PM

I've got 4. The day time NRT-KUL flight was tough, keeping three energetic boys occupied was a struggle (there's only that many games of Pong you can play on a 7-hr flight and remain amused). The IFE and supplied headphones left a lot to be desired. Passengers in front were treated to random kicks from behind while the 2-3 year olds ensured a good cry every 30 minutes or so.

The chef-on-call meals are very nice, yes.

We were in economy Rows 32 and 33. I think it would have been worse if the whole gang were in Business as we all know economy passengers are more understanding and forgiving than J of F passengers. I had to keep on apologising to a few Japanese sitting in front of my boys who had to endure kicks, shouts and loud noises throughout their flight.

Am trying to get the whole gang into the mini-business cabin just behind First class. Managed to get one seat so far.

Etihad Apartments!!!

Poor. BA Club World = Premium Economy IMHO.

Nope. I was referring to BA Club World long-haul and not the con-job Club Europe herc was referring to (which I've experienced and totally agree in that it's a rip-off). I really mean that BA's business class product is like premium economy on other airlines. I hated it that much (CW being the first truly flat J class seat notwithstanding). Hope that's clear and no one's "confused".

I'm not basing my comments on what others write. I'm basing it on my experience travelling BA's Club World on both 777-200 and A380 in Nov/Dec last year. Both experiences sucked, flatbed notwithstanding. Food was bleh, service and IFE was poor but the worst part is the seat layout. Then again, YMMV.