The sop has always been to ask for boarding passes, at both landside outlets (never been to the Aerotel ppl yet)...but it's to confirm identity of the credit card owner....so showing a passport or IC also works....

I have always maintain that the land side outlets must only allow actual passengers to enter, so must have a boarding pass, or at least an e-ticket if you haven't check in....to stop abuses....

I thought RHB vi card has always been "unlimited", subject to the 1st 1000?

Which is why I choose the signature rather than vi.... guaranteed 5 better than trying luck every month....

The restricted free food menu at the bar is also pretty awful..... basically the airside lounges in KLIA2 are very ordinary food wise....even TGM quality has slipped...

But the Changi ppl and tgm are still very good....

The klia ppl is 24hrs....

The kind of food however will change depending on the time of day....

Have stayed overnight at ppl T1 Changi, their alacart stops after MN, only got some basic buffet food....then the bf menu starts at 6am.....I think about the same in ppl klia.... although the quality of food is much better in Changi than KLIA....

There is only the crowded ppl or the public access flight club....

Unfair if them to cancel the regional airports.... really stupid move, penalising their customers in Penang and Borneo....

While I have always maintained that unlimited access is not sustainable and landside lounges susceptible to abuse, their recent restrictions are excessive....if they want to limit down access times, then remove the spend conditions....

I wonder how many cancellations of cc they will start to receive....

There is no lounge accessible by cc in KLIA domestic....a vacuum for a long time already....

Neither is there one in KLIA2 domestic airside....the ppl gateway and Aerotel are land side.....

There is one but no access with cc....

Personally, all lounges should be airside....with the exception of some arrival lounges which is perhaps best past luggage collection....

The aeon cards allow access to the KLIA2 landside lounges, so you can still use traveling domestic....just need to give yourself enough time to go through security and reach the gates on time....some even use the land side lounges at KLIA2 although they are departing from KLIA....

The banks, and ppl have been very lax in how they regulate this. ..in the past, you don't even need a boarding pass to enter the lounge...so many people abuse it by using it as free meals....

And ppl don't really care, and every entry is income for them...so they will allow your friends to enter by swiping your cards too....

For banks with restricted annual entries, it's not too bad, they know their commitment is within the numbers allowed....

It was a big problem with Ambank cards...as they allow unlimited entries....after they removed the 3 times swipe requirement....

They realised this, and reintroduced restrictions, this time spend of at least rm500 per entry....and removed the much abused land side lounges in KLIA2....

And now they further tighten the rules, restricting to only 5 entries a year, unless you are Signature status....

To me, the best card, win win for all will have the following conditions:
1. Free for life
2. No restriction for entries. I don't mind clearly defined limits in number of times you are allowed, whatever....but trying to consciously keep track of spending as a condition is a no no...
3. Supplementary cards also allowed to enter... seriously banks want the customer to enter and leave his wife/children outside?...
4. Broad range of lounges in the list....all local airports should be included (Ambank went overboard here in removing pen and Borneo)...

There is unfortunately no card that satisfy all these now....if the banks are serious about keeping premium customers, they should get feedback from their customers and should introduce a card like this....

This post has been edited by limeuu: Jul 8 2018, 06:05 PM

You don't need that kind of money to be with the private banking services...most bank will accept you with 200k+-

The biggest "high nett worth" group are not the millionaires, but the group of successful professional/upper management people with maybe half a million of liquid assets to "manage"...

Not true....the only people who fly business class are those on business/official travels....I can tell you if it's from own pockets, they will fly y class.....and welcome use of such free lounges....

It was obvious Ambank was in expansion mode, to grow their cc business....the last 2 years.....

Just like Maybank did years ago....

And now consolidating....they hope they have captured enough hnw customers and aim to keep them....hence separating out the priority banking signature cards from the Tom dick and Harry ones....

Set menu or the buffet....

It's been there for some time....used it since last year....

Actually, the RHB cards complement the Ambank cards...one purely for domestic/Msia and the other purely for international travels....

Also just found out hlb mach card allows 2 entries a year, if you spend 50k a year....not in the list in front...

This post has been edited by limeuu: Jul 13 2018, 04:04 PM

If you can get the priority banking signature versions, it's still the best cards, free for life, unlimited entries into international ppls without conditions....and then get the RHB cards for local ppls.....also free for life....

Wonder if they are using priority pass membership....

Have never banked with SCB....so not going to get any invitation for this "invitation only" card....lol

Loungekey is a subset of priority pass (same outfit) designed to accommodate cc holders....pp comes with a separate card, and anyone can buy into the scheme....

Loungekey is tied to your cc, no extra card needed....so similar with the banks arrangement with ppl....

The effect of the ambank decision is basically they close access to lounges on domestic travels....so you only have access on international flights....

The removal of kk and pen is puzzling....there are international lounges there too... should at least maintain that....

I think principal and supplementary cards no problem....the question is using a second card from the same bank with your name to bring a guest in....

Of course got catches....read carefully....

Limited international lounges range....max 10 entries if less than 100k/year....