Layover in Kuala Lumpur

Hi there,

I managed a tight connection between the two airports in Kuala, but it was a bit of a workout... (No checked luggage and both entry and exit formalities)

You’ll want to be at the front of the cabin to make things easier.

Okay, thanks for sharing your experience! [:)]

It’s usually getting off the plane that eats up time. For formalities and such, you just have to politely ask the people ahead of you to let you through since we’ve got a tight connection.

Hello, Flight from Phu Quoc to Langkawi via Kuala Lumpur with a 2H10 self-transfer layover. No terminal change, but you have to collect your cabin baggage, check in again for the second flight (same airline, AirAsia), go through customs and security... I don’t know this airport, which, if I read correctly, is large. For those who’ve had this experience, is the layover time enough? Thanks for your reply.

Maybe a silly question: this isn’t a connecting flight, you have two separate bookings? Because otherwise, you wouldn’t have to go through all that, and 2h10 seems plenty [;)]

I read "collect your cabin baggage": I’m guessing it’s a typo and you meant checked baggage? Otherwise, collecting cabin baggage is the quickest thing [:P]

If you have two separate bookings, I recommend checking in online for the second flight—that’s already time saved. If you do have checked baggage, you can print the baggage tags at a kiosk and drop them off quickly at the drop-off. Then security, and head to your gate—it should be quick, but don’t dawdle.

Thanks.

Hi, Thanks for your reply! I checked Skyscanner, and it says I’ll have a 2h10 layover on my own. These are two separate flights with AirAsia. Coming from Vietnam, I’ll need to go through customs and security. For luggage, it’s a carry-on—my mistake. No checked baggage unless they put the suitcase in the hold, which has happened to me before. No e-ticket option, and no online check-in if I understood correctly. It’s getting too complicated 😅

The first flight might be delayed, so I don’t want the stress. I’ll take the later flight with a 4-hour gap between the two, even if there’s a terminal change. That gives me more time and lands me in Langkawi in the late afternoon.

Thanks again! 😊

Hi Françoise,

You did the right thing; 2h10 is clearly not enough for an independent connection. At a push, it might work in certain airports where you disembark in the customs zone to reboard in the same terminal—Warsaw or Copenhagen, for example. That’s only if you have carry-on luggage only, which you absolutely shouldn’t agree to check at the last minute, and of course, an electronic boarding pass—but I think that’s pretty much always the case in major airports these days.

Michel