Malaysia Airlines

Flew MEL to BKK with a 2 month old A330 and a new 737. The standout was the new aircraft. The A330 was so comfortable modern and beautiful! The seats were extremely comfortable for economy. However everything else was pretty poor most of all the cabin crew. They were horrific! I never thought that cabin crew could be so rude to the point that it made passengers feel uncomfortable. The only reason I would fly with this airline is because of the new aircraft and its beautiful hub (KUL) is always a pleasure to transit through. Everything else was atrocious! If you want service do not fly MAS!

Flight from Kuala Lumpur to Melbourne 8/9/13. Plane a little dated but I can cope with this bad service however is a different story. Just after meals were served I got quite a bad blood nose after which I fainted. My traveling companion recognised the need for me to lay flat and recoup. He quickly took our untouched meals to the stone faced stewardess to enable me to lay flat and asked for assistance she showed no concern for me whatsoever. When asked for some extra tissues she threw a couple of handtowels my way. We complained to the head steward who apologised and offered us our meals back which we declined. Having flown over with British Airways who were professional on every level it was very clear to me that there was an enormous difference between these similarly fared airlines. I will never fly Malaysian Airlines again.

PER-KUL-BOM in Economy Class on September 13th. PER-KUL was on an A330-300 and KUL-BOM on the super congested 737-800. The only meal served on the PER-KUL leg was breakfast at 5am (choice of quiche with sausage or rice with shrimp sambal) since the flight had taken off at 1.30am. Perhaps it was automatically assumed that people would've had a nice heavy dinner before boarding the plane. Whilst the food served on the KUL-BOM leg was good (Roti and chicken curry) it was a bit disappointing to know that none of the FA's spoke Hindi which pretty much made it very hard for a few passengers who could not speak or understand English. Overall I think MH's quality seems to have dropped a bit.

LAX-KUL-HKT round trip. B777 from LAX was great service food and AVOD. Seats are angle flat and first generation. Bit narrow but comfortable enough for 5 hours sleep on long transpacific legs. B737 service to Phuket was also very good and no problems with crew or plane.

KUL-ADL 8th September. Morning departure from ADL. Check-in was efficient and well handled by ground staff. Boarding was very well managed by ground staff in Adelaide. Once on board the plane things were different. Cabin crew were just plain disinterested had poor English skills and again there was minimal interaction. Tray tables were dirty video screen was smudged and talk about a sticky in flight magazine pages were stuck together! The food was mediocre this time and before landing a flight attendant went around barking "seat belts seat belts"! This is a 5 star airline? I think not.

Flew from Sydney to London and back 4/9/13 - 9/9/13. A330 and A380. Have to say disappointed in comparison to Emirates and Singapore. Seats seemed small even on A380. Biggest gripe was that it was freezing - on all legs. I did ask why it was so cold and was told I could have an extra blanket. Staff were ok nothing remarkable. No eye shades and I was so sore because of the seats. Entertainment was average. Food ok. It was alright but I'll never book with them again as it was too cold and uncomfortable.

Flew business class Istanbul-Kuala Lumpur in an aged Boeing 777. The seats are not lay flat but angled very hard for me to get any sleep. Service and menu was disappointing. This airline needs to move with the times on long haul the competition is doing a much better job and offering a better product.

LHR-KUL A380. Great check in given exit row seats for long legs. Customer service was non existent like we were an inconvenience. Prodded my wife in the shoulder to get her to put her seat upright. Very little verbal anything and bad English when used. For a flight with 90% westerners I would have expected better. KUL-Phuket on Boeing 737 a shocker. Cabin was filthy spent half the flight planning how I would clean it. Will never fly with this carrier again.

7 September. LHR-KUL-BKK on A380 and 737-800. Having flown on a Singapore Airlines A380 on several occasions I was keen to see whether the experience with Malaysia was comparable. I had managed to get a seat in the smaller front cabin. Check-in was efficient. The LHR lounge was pleasant with good service champagne on tap and a great view. Boarding was smooth with a priority line for business passengers. I was fortunate in having an empty seat next to me. The cabin crew were efficient and pleasant. I had pre-ordered my food with Chef-on-Call and the quality was excellent. There were however three problems. The A380 seat although flatbed was simply not comfortable - it seemed as it was raised in the middle slightly and it was not easy to sleep on. Secondly having reserved a seat at the front of business on the 737 I was moved to the back with no explanation given. And thirdly they failed to transfer my bag at KUL and it would be following on a later flight. I will need a lot of convincing to book with Malaysia Airways again.

Jakarta (CGK) to Amsterdam (AMS) via Kuala Lumpur (KUL). It was a long flight. The flight attendants were really nice friendly and helpful. They served delicious food. I really enjoyed the flight. MH offers great in-flight entertainment with plenty of films music and TV channels.