Malaysia Airlines

✅ Trip Verified | Bought two air ticket departing from Johor Bahru to Chicago via Kuala Lumpur and Doha for August 2021. Received an email 6 days before departure that my whole flight was cancelled and was reschedule August 8, 2021. However the third sector from Doha to Chicago was not confirmed. I called many times and asked customer services what can they do? They all said just go there and wait if there anyone cancelled their flight then you can go. The other way is to change to open ticket? Why would I want to spend a few thousand for a ticket and made it Open ticket? Ask for cancellation, Customer service said here is a US200 penalty for each ticket. That is US400. First you cancel my flight but I check Qatar is still flying on the same day. Postpone my flight to another day but cannot confirmed the 3rd sector of my trip. Ask me to write and have to wait for 7 to 14 days to have someone to look into this matter. Now that I cannot make my trip and there is no flight for the next 7 days or more. I think the whole experience with Mas airline is terrible and I have made more than 10 calls and most of them hang up in the middle of the call as they couldn’t help me in anyway. I have been a loyal and support using Mas airline for most of my trips. But this one is truly a very disappointing one. Why do you sell the tickets when you cannot commit to delivering them. I was forced to cancel my tickets as they cannot provide any tickets for me so I have to rebook two other tickets to make the trip. The refund take up to 3 to 4 months. I am really disgusted that I still have to pay for penalty for cancellation where the airline cannot fulfil its services to their customer. It was a horrible experience that the airline has put me through the hassle of hotel and transport cancellation and rearrangement.

✅ Trip Verified | MAS used to be somewhat a national pride for Malaysia but as of now I would not recommend anyone to fly with Malaysia Airlines as they are taking bookings for flights they have no intention of flying under the pretense of COVID. I booked a flight last month to KUL which was promptly cancelled by the airline less than 24 hours later, and the airline refused to rebook me on an alternative flight. I had to rebook with SQ, while my money is stuck with MH as they refuse to refund. I will be lodging a complaint with MAVCOM.

Not Verified | Flight got cancelled by Malaysia Airlines (Covid-19) and since then I have been asking for a refund of the ticket fees. With West Australian borders closed for 2020 and 2021, there is no way we could have travelled - yet they refuse to give our money back and sorry is only reply I get from customer service . This is beyond frustrating.

✅ Trip Verified | Check-in was a little disappointing because the queue was very long but only a couple of check-in counters were available. Priority check-in counter was not easy to spot without any signage or marker. The boarding procedure was great as they board passengers from the last row to the front (business class passengers is prioritized obviously). Cabin crew were satisfying, although some just stares at you as you walk through the aisle looking for your seat. Since it is a domestic flight, blanket and pillow is not provided except headset. The headset was the same headset I used over 5 years ago so it would be great if they change it to a better headset. The IFE system is decent, although it is not responsively occasionally. The entertainment content is great and up to date. In this flight, the food choices were Noodle with Chicken and Nasi Lemak. I chose the noodle and it was decent. The portion is enough for me but the sauce used is a little bland. Usually the meal will come with a few snacks, but this time only the salted peanut is provided together with a water bottle. The beverage choices were great, although my favourite guava juice was not available. The seat was decent, but it is the same seat I sat 5 years ago. There was no changes to the seats, so it is a little disappointing. If there are any changes needed, it would be changing the leather seat to a smoother and softer seat with headrest. Overall, it is a decent flight but some things need to change because it is outdated.

✅ Trip Verified | Had a booking cancelled and been waiting for almost 7 months now for my refund. The reason for cancellation is not even my fault, they rescheduled my 3rd flight and advanced it by one day making the whole trip useless as I would've arrived at Kuala Lumpur to transit to another flight that already took off a day before I even arrive. Never given other options, and it looks like they also do not want to give my money back.

✅ Trip Verified | This review is related to booking and cancelling process and not actual travel of Malaysian Airlines. I had raised a booking for May 2022 to travel from Bangalore to Bali with my family. Due to other reasons and also COVID guidelines of quarantine, decided to cancel the ticket. First i had to call the helpdesk which is Malaysian number and had to wait for 30-40 mins twice to get connected. After that the support person says I am eligible for refund but it will take 3 to 6 months for refund and also the refund money they said they cannot say and asked to call again after a month to check status. Each month i need to follow up to get my money back is what it looks like. Now i am not sure if i will get my money back and if yes by when is still a mystery. This is the first time i had booked this airline and this information sharing to others to ensure they are aware of this issue and be careful choosing this airline. Also the support team said they cannot send any email on cancelling as well, asked to check in airline website the status will be cancelled. So now i am confused what is the proof of refund?

✅ Trip Verified | I purchased return flights to go from Melbourne to Chennai for December 2021. The tickets were already expensive at $2,800 return but I have been waiting to see my parents back home in India and was prepared to pay the high fares. I tried for 2 hours to book tickets directly through the Malaysian Airlines website but I kept getting error. I therefore had to book the tickets via 3rd party - Trip.com Then the airlines canceled the flights, after which I contacted Trip.com for a refund. I was told the airline would not refund any money and only provide a travel voucher to be used before Dec 2022. I then contacted the airline and after much persuasion and heated discussion the agent agreed to charge a cancellation fee of $200. I questioned this charge, as the flight was cancelled by the airline so I do not understand why I should be the one to pay a penalty. The agent said this policy is mentioned in my ticket booking. I asked him to direct me to where I can view this policy. There was no cancellation policy within my booking. I requested the agent to send me a screenshot which I could see and confirm. He said he was unable to email me anything. I have since spent hours and much of my frustration talking/emailing Trip.com and the airlines but to no avail. It is very clear that the airlines and travel agents such as Trip.com are easily abdicating any responsibility and are taking advantage by fleecing customers like me. The airline says sorry, you didn't book through us and Trip.com says its the airline decision. Even if I did rebook for later, the tickets are expected to be cheaper than $2,800 certainly. So the airline have made money by cancelling the flight, the travel agents have made money and we as customers desperate to see family are at the mercy of these entities.

Not Verified | We had tickets booked by Malaysia Airlines to fly from Auckland NZ, to Mumbai, India during Dec 2020. Due to the pandemic the flights from NZ were cancelled. We now need to travel to India in December this year, however I understand the flights are not operational to NZ route. But dealing with their customer service team is a nightmare. First of all there is no option at all for a refund or a partial refund minus the booking fees or whatever. Secondly I have hardly had any responses to my queries about my refund on compassionate grounds as the only reason we need to travel is due to personal family reasons. We would prefer flying them as we already have tickets, however if they aren't operating flights, they should at least partially refund our money so we can make other arrangements. So far I have 0 responses to my messages to them. Their call centre staff were unable to help me with our flights as they are unsure when the route will begin operating. Now we have booked our tickets with another airline to travel in Dec with the unwanted Malaysia airlines tickets still on our name which they only keep extending so we can rebook another date, even though we do not have travel plans in the future after this date. Now it is not my problem that they aren't operating on the dates we need to fly on. Again I would have preferred using them but since they aren't operating flights to NZ, I am stuck with an extra ticket to India on which I may not travel anytime soon in the foreseeable future. Thanks Malaysia airlines for nothing. Customer service gets a 0 for ignoring all my messages. Will never choose to travel with them ever again. Happy to pay extra for other airlines and get the assurance of customer service.

✅ Trip Verified | Stay away from Malaysia Airlines I have booked tickets in March 2020 from MEL to BLR for a family of 4 and the travel is cancelled due to pandemic. After a long struggle and multiple calls to Airlines, they issued travel vouchers. I thought I could use these vouchers next time I travel. But, it remained as a dream. Surprisingly they issued MH-Evouchers when things are settled and deducted A$150 for each ticket. In addition, one of E-voucher is not redeemable. Prolonged waiting time and multiple calls each day to customer care doesn't yield any desired results. The customer care is really useless, every-time during the call they go through all details and comes up with standard answer- 'We are sorry sir, we know that it's an issue but we can't do much about it' This is going for multiple hours for the past 7 days. I haven't expected such unprofessional & below standard response. Even, the ticket prices are tripled now when things are slowly getting normal. The website is either slow or doesn't work at all most of the times.

✅ Trip Verified | Still waiting on a full refund for a planned flight in June 202o, after multiple calls, emails, bank disputed transactions and legal notice of demand. Keep away from this unethical airline. The audacity to still sell flights from Australia while hundreds of customers are waiting for their refunds. The mentality of those managing the customer service, public relations and management is a warning sign to safely stayaway from booking flights with them.