Asia Summer Trip Report – Kuala Lumpur Doubletree & Korean Delta Business Class Flights

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This is part five of our 2016 Asia Summer Trip Report. Our last few days together staying at the Kuala Lumpur Doubletree hotel. This is the final part, hooray! Not sure how other bloggers can keep doing these, they take so freaking long!.

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See Part One: Travel Hacking Totals and Japan Airlines Business Class Dallas DFW – Tokyo Narita NRT

See Part Two: Conrad Tokyo and Exploring Tokyo

See Part Three: Hong Kong for a Day With Son

See Part Four: Family Gathering in Sitiawan, Malaysia

We rolled into Kuala Lumpur, following Google Maps for directions…

20160627_155003We found the Kuala Lumpur Doubletree hotel , very nice!20160627_163551My welcome gift, as a Diamond elite Hilton Honors. Because, this is how I roll 🙂20160627_170402Very nice suite upgrade!20160627_170414 20160627_170428The lounge of this hotel is fantastic!20160627_174859 20160627_174918The view of the Petronas towers from the lounge20160627_183625We went out to meet brother in law's family and had dinner at a Japanese restaurant at  the Pavilion shopping mall.20160627_204727Next morning, we started the day at the hotel lounge. With my laptop. Brexit had just happened, I had to prepare email to clients not to worry about it, this too shall pass. I downed several lattes that morning!20160628_113204Room hallway20160628_120110Very cute smallish outdoor pool of the hotel20160628_122022We went out again, through some more malls, they are all over.20160628_150832 20160628_151021Rare selfie, I am just not a selfie kind of guy, all right?20160628_151123More food!20160628_155222Two cousins came over to hang out at the lounge.20160628_181026View from our suite, not bad hey?20160628_204200 20160628_204212Took daughter out to a late snack across the street20160628_210428Next morning, we had a magnificent breakfast at the Doubletree restaurant. Free of course, Hilton Honors Diamond elite perks!

Many food stations, you won't be disappointed!20160629_095858 20160629_095931 20160629_100239 20160629_100250 20160629_100300 20160629_100350I don't get along with cameras, you may have noticed? I get this co nstipated look…20160629_100360Doubletree hotel lobby area20160629_111852Check out time. 20160629_111857We drove to the Kuala Lumpur KUL airport20160629_124401And it was time to say goodbye, wife and daughter would go to stay with brother in law before they go on a two week tour adventure to China with daughter's dance team. Son flew back to Hong Kong.20160629_124500I had several hours to spend. The KL Express train comes from KL downtown and then also connects the KLIA terminal 1 to KLIA terminal 2. I had to take it to terminal 2. 20160629_132946Some shots around KUL airport. Puffy Buffy, don't ask!20160629_155352I spent some time at this Plaza Premium lounge, pretty small but adequate. 20160629_181121I went through security when I was allowed to, pretty smooth process here.20160629_202240 20160629_203951I proceeded right away to the lounge I was entitled to enter with my Korean Air Business Class ticket. It is the Malaysia Airlines Golden Business Class Lounge. I really enjoyed my time here, I was on my way back baby!20160629_204040 20160629_204200 20160629_210842This was my first time flying Korean Air. And in business class. Nothing really stood out now that I look back. I can not recall anything, everything was nice as expected. Or am I just exhausted for writing such a long trip report?

20160629_230748 20160629_230758I found the service better than JAL. Food was a bit better as well but not by much. I still like Cathay Pacific's food much better. 20160630_000014 20160630_042910 20160630_044231 20160630_051126 20160630_051141Landed in Seoul's Incheon Interrnational Airport ICN. And this is one of my favorite travel pictures. I am not sure why, maybe it is the precision of it all…20160630_052347 20160630_064336 20160630_064409

I found this airport to be very congested. So I made my way right away to the ICN Korean Airlines Prestige Business Class Lounge which was just decent, nothing spectacular about this lounge. At all.

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And then I was off to catch my Delta Business Class flight to Detroit!20160630_090425 20160630_091914

I have to admit, I really liked my Delta Business class flight!20160630_093752

The food and service was great. There is something about the older Delta flight attendants, they are very experienced and the one I had cracked several jokes during the flight #cool.20160630_094243 20160630_094335 20160630_094422 20160630_102313 20160630_110949 20160630_114224 20160630_115257 20160630_122815

As you may have figured out by now, I am no flight reviewing type blogger who will take 7 different pics of the seat and stuff like that. I found the seat to be very comfortable. Heck, I found it to be the best one of the flights in this trip! And the entertainment system was tops too. And I found the service a lot more personable than the robotic cold feeling from the (admittedly cuter younger) Asian flight attendants. Dang you Delta, I can't believe I just wrote this. But, you know, I am calling it like it is or comes to me, whatever.

Hello Detroit, hello Global Entry. If I had an intern and direct credit card links, I would have him/her blast you with all the ones allowing you to get it for freeeeee. But I don't. I just can not see myself lining up with all the others after you get this. Once Global Entry, you never go back 🙂

20160630_241532 And it was over. I hope you enjoyed it as much as we did.

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