The transit “hassles” in Colombo made the 2h10 transit go really quickly. We boarded the Malaysia Airlines B737-800 for the 3h40 flight to Kuala Lumpur departing at 0055 and arriving at 0705 due to the time difference. It wasn’t long enough to sleep properly but I must have dozed off briefly after the meal service. Incidentally, the hot meal on Malaysia Airlines was uplifted in Colombo and had the same chicken peppery curry as on the previous flight on Sri Lankan; I should have opted for the lamb but sometimes that’s tough.
It was a short transit of 1h10 in KL but it’s quite efficient transferring from international to domestic I even managed to get a bottle of duty free. Unfortunately, upon arriving in Kuching, my bag didn’t appear on the carousel.
An airline staff approached me and said “You must be Alex Chan”. I replied “My bag missed the tight connection in KL?” and she said “Yes darling, my colleague at the counter is expecting you already to do the paperwork”.
Sure enough, my bag was seen in IATA’s tracing service on the next flight 2 hours later. It was delivered to my apartment 1h15 after the flight touched down. It must have gone into the taxi as soon as the carousel stopped for the flight. Very pleased with Malaysia Airlines’ handling of the delayed luggage.