Normally on arrival home, people just want to get home as soon as possible.....

But if you want to use the ppl, your bags will either be left on the carousel or at the side.....take a note of which carousel as the information will have disappeared from the screen by then....

Or you can collect your bags and go over to KLIA2 to use the landside lounges.....they accept arriving boarding passes.....or used to.....not sure if the recent changes by some banks have affected that...,

How about this scenario.

1. You arrive from overseas.
2. You have to collect your luggage.
3. Go to connecting flight check-in counter but counter wouldn't be open for another 6 hours and you don't want to drag your luggage around.
4. So may as well stay on airside to kill time.

Happen more often than you realize.

Then it's not "arriving home" per se, but on transit....and if I need an overnight transit at KLIA, I will make sure I am able to check through my bags, so I don't have to worry about them....and then just spend the night somewhere.....have done this multiple times in Changi.....and either spend time in ppl.....or book a 6hrs block at a transit hotel.....

For KLIA, I would usually book a night at tune hotel if it's more than 9hrs overnight.... otherwise just stay in the ppl.....

like I said, there are times one would want to spend/kill time on airside PPL and yet have to worry about luggage on carousel.

Aerotel lounge accept arriving boarding pass. I always go there, eat dinner before I head home haha

They generally do....just that the new rules by ambank and rhb states "international departure".....so no domestic departure.....and maybe no international arrivals....lol

ambank and rhb doesn't allow aerotel access... be it international or domestic...

Wasn't referring to aerotel in particular.....but the change in rules, and whether they still allow entry on arrival....

when i back from SG last week, i use the Aeon card to go in the PPL in KLIA 2 (opposite burger king)... the food variety no bad even for dinner

Presume that's the aerotel ppl....so looks like no change in practice, arrivals still can enter....

But just to confirm, Aerotel still does not allow visits without a boarding pass right?

Last week I have accidentally just provide IC only as for verification although i got valid boarding pass

The banks have not been able to get the lounges to implement the guidelines, hence decided to either remove the landside lounges (ambank) or restrict to international flights (rhb) forcing the lounges to check the boarding pass to verify destination....

For the other banks, you can continue to "abuse" the system with just your IC....

This post has been edited by limeuu: Mar 11 2019, 10:30 PM

Other banks means like Aeon?

Actually, most other banks have restricted number of entries, so they have factored in the cost which is finite in their operations....others have even before, limited use to airside, and/or international travels....

The main card being abused was ambank....free for life, unlimited use in all listed lounges....so people enter/eat at gateway or tgm without travelling.....and bring their friends too....

That's why we cannot have nice things in msia... They get abused.....

Yes thats true.

BTW, RHB Premier VI also offers unlimited lounge entry (if spending more than RM 100k per year), else, complimentary free 10x entry for spending less than RM100k per year

P/s: I confirmed with RHB customer service, as well as my RHB Premier Relationship officer that for RHB Premier VI, both principle and supplementary card holders are entitled for separate complimentary access to lounge, which is clearly explained in their T&C.

For a lot of people, the unlimited entries is no use, as it only applies to international travels....so unless you do a lot of international travels, may not even exhaust the 10 entries....

if i come back from bangkok to kota kinabalu,, transit in klia2, may i entry wellness ppl or the bar when i arrive klia2? or just only landside ppl?

International arrivals are separated from departure, so no access to airside lounges....only landside accessible after you clear immigration....you also have the option of passing into domestic side without exiting the airside....

Hi all,

If I earn an income of around 108k/pa, and the nature of my job requires me to travel frequently (domestic and internationally), which card would you recommend for lounge access? Preferably those with at least first year annual fee waived or can be waived with conditions. Are there any cards that can be used in overseas lounge too?

I read about SC Worldmiles MC, my choice so far but only international departures and only in Malaysia. Aeon CC only 3x access which I will exhaust pretty quickly.

Thanks for your help!