In Reply to: Hi Gary posted by Balisold on Thursday, 13. August 2009 at 05:31 Bali Time:
KL airport has two terminals. One is the KL International Terminal which is nice and swish. The other terminal is the Low Cost Carrier Terminal (LCCT) which is like a railway station. Air Asia uses the LCCT for all its flights.
There are no airbridges at the LCCT, so we had to walk down the steps and across the tarmac. There is no transit lounge, so we had to go through Malaysian Immigration and Customs. There is no visa fee when you arrive in KL and your departure tax is already included in your Air Asia ticket price when leaving KL.
I grabbed a free trolley for my luggage and bought a litre of Gordons Gin in KL Duty Free in Arrivals for 48 Ringgits. Next, I took a long walk to Departures which involves leaving the LCCT and going back in again. It is about a kilometre loop from the where your plane lands to the departure gate for your next flight.
Before you pass into the Departures area, there are various fast food restaurants. Above the entrance to the Departures area is the Departures Board where I worked out the location of my Air Asia Checkin Gate for my flight to Bali. Because of the liquids policy, I had to put my duty free alcohol in my checked in luggage.
I took another walk through Malaysian Immigration to leave the country. From there, I went to the Air Asia Departure Gate and waited. The atmosphere was like a train station with rows of seats facing a series of locked glass doors. Eventually, the Air Asia fellow opened one of the glass doors and we walked across the tarmac to the steps of the plane to Bali.