We woke about 0600. Kim had an 0945 to Singapore for an overnight before flying to Auckland. I had an 1145 to KL for an overnight, especially to collect my Uzbek visa before flying to Auckland. Uber to the airport was super cheap at MYR16.10.
Kim dropped off his bag but it was too early for mine to be accepted. We had breakfast together before going our separate ways.
Airside, I headed to the lounge. AirAsia had a sale on (officially tomorrow but I can get earlybird access to the sale rates using my member login). I checked the prices for a flight I needed to connect to my super cheap Tehran flight in May 2018.
Flights on that day had been consistently excluded from promotions (but only available as low or regular fares). Sure enough, it remained undiscounted when I checked. To make it worse, when I logged-in to access the member’s pre-sale prices valid from tomorrow, the prices were higher. So I booked it, logging in only at the later stage of the process to enjoy the lower fare. There must be something happening on the day for them to not discount the fare even many months before.
Boarding commenced about 45 minutes before for my flight to KL and nearly everyone was seated 30 minutes prior to departure. The crew in charge made an announcement to suggest that we look at the inflight menu and catalogue so we could spend more money on board! We closed up and pushed back 15 minutes early. I do find AirAsia the most reliable amongst the Malaysian domestic carriers.
Unfortunately, I found my ears to be blocked during the flight. They were definitely blocked and uncomfortable without being painful. I’ve had slight sore throat and a little mucous on and off together with my long-lasting Sicily Belly but the symptoms have evolved further. Time to see my GP back in Auckland. No symptom on its own was bad enough but for all of it to go on for a month, it is definitely worth checking out.
Upon arrival in KL, I took the MYR12 bus to KL Sentral rather than the pricey train. It only took about half an hour more and I got to the hotel about 45 minutes after official check in.
I rested for the afternoon before being picked up for dinner by an old school acquaintance Thomas. He had picked me out of a crowd at KL Sentral about 6 years ago despite not having seen each other since school. Someone like that is worthy of a second catch up!