Malaysia Airlines Business Class 

About Malaysia Airlines

With redefined service at the airport to top-notch facilities on board, Malaysia Airlines is pitching for greater heights in the long run. The airline offers luxurious business class products for people who like to travel in luxury and comfort. Malaysia Airlines Business Class offers priority check-in and boarding, lounge access and many more facilities to business class passengers. 

Malaysia Airlines, the official flag carrier of Malaysia is headquartered in Kuala Lumpur International Airport. The airline currently operates throughout Asia, Oceania and Europe. It majorly operates from its hub in Kuala Lumpur however, it also has secondary hub Kota Kinabalu International Airport to Taipei and Tokyo. The airline currently has 80 aircrafts ranging from Boeing 737-800, Airbus A320-200, A330-300 and Airbus A350-900. 

What to Expect from Malaysia Airlines Business Class 

With cozy bedding, scrumptious authentic Malaysian cuisine with an extensive variety of beverages, seats with fully-flat beds with extra features, is just a small introduction to Malaysia Business Class. Malaysia Airlines offers business class on all its flights but it also has a distinct product called Business Suite on flights operated by A350 aircrafts. The Business class Suite is somewhat similar to a First Class flying experience because Malaysia Airlines has rebranded its first class into a ultra-premium business class product. 

Priority Check-in and Boarding Services 

One of the best perks of Business class is that passengers can enjoy the priority check-in and boarding facilities. To extend this premium experience the airline has established a special check-in counter for customers. Members of Oneworld loyalty programs who have achieved Emerald status can use the designated first class check-in counters at the airport for a more easeful experience just like Malaysia Airline Business Class. The premium service continues its boarding gate where business class passengers can board the flight before anyone else. 

Exclusive Lounge  

Malaysia Airlines has three “Golden Lounges” at KLIA, that are renowned for their impeccable services at Kuala Lumpur International Airport. . The immaculate designs, facilities and mouth-watering Malaysian cuisine makes these lounges some of the best out there. Business Class passengers will receive complimentary access to the lounges. 

The International Golden Lounge is located on the Mezzanine Floor that offers a spectacular view of the runway and Tarmac. The international Lounge features a range of amazing facilities like family rooms along with nursing rooms, Muslim prayer rooms and restrooms with showers to refresh before a long flight. The Malaysia Airlines Business Class lounge has an expansive seating arrangement with built-in universal power ports and USB ports along with complimentary Wi-Fi at every corner. The lounge features an extravagant and expansive buffet area with la carte fine dining options. You can also enjoy a live cooking station where Michelin chefs will prepare your meal. You can also find a Laksa station where you can enjoy a variety of Malaysian noodles.

As for beverages, you have a self-service  lavish cocktail with additional soft drink, tea and coffee station. Passengers travelling in Business Class with Malaysia Airlines can enjoy the access contract lounges of Oneworld partner lounges across the world. 

Seat Configurations and Facilities 

When it comes to Malaysia Airlines Business Class Seats on board, the airline has four enclosed Business Class suites in Airbus A350-900 and 35 standard Business Class seats in the cabin. Whereas, Airbus A330-300 features 27 business class seats in the cabin. The seat configuration on both the aircrafts is 1-2-1 or 2-2-1 alternatively. One of the best seats on-board is the “Throne Seat” because of spacious legroom and privacy at the front of the cabin. 

The business class seat features 22 inches width and 44 inches of pitch with a full flat bed, length of 78 inches. The seats are designed to offer optimum comfort and luxury. The seats have multiple features like smart seat firmness adjustment, work space, adjustable mood lighting, personal stowage with mirror. Also, MAS business class features a coat hook and bottle holder on the side of the seat along with a USB port and charging port.

Complimentary Meal and Beverage Service On- Board

Malaysia Airlines is one of the few airlines that offers pre-select meals to the business class passengers from an extended menu. The airline has a Chef-on-Call program which allows business class passengers to request for specific meals 30 days – 24 hours before scheduled flight. The inflight menu highly depends on the route of the flight, however, some dishes remain constant such as Malaysian Satays Sticks, Malaysia’s national dish -Nasi Lemak with prawn sambhal with coconut pandan rice with sweet shrimp sambhal and crunchy peanuts. While travelling with Malaysian Business class, you can expect a full fine dining experience.

Upon boarding, you will be greeted by the crew with a glass of champagne or fresh Fruit juice on board. The meal service will commence sometime after takeoff. The meal service features 3 course meals including appetisers, main course and delicious dessert. The appetiser begins with Malaysia’s famous Satays Sticks while the main course can be anything from Continental seafood, chicken, beef dishes. Considering the variety of passengers, Malaysia Airlines offer child and baby meals, dietary conscious meals, and special meals on board that are requested at least 24 hours before flight. 

Malaysia Airlines has a policy which foretells that alcohol is only available on long-haul flights with more than three hours. Malaysia Airlines Business class passengers can enjoy a choice of two premium quality champagne -Bruno Paillard Première Cuvée Extra Brut and Bruno Paillard Rosé Première Cuvée Extra Brut. Other alcoholic beverages include a selection of beers, aperitifs cider and spirits while non alcoholic beverages are pretty standard which includes juice, soft drinks and water along with hot tea, coffee. One of the remarkable beverages on board is “Teh Tarik” the national drink of Malaysia which is loved by all the passengers. 

Inflight Entertainment 

Passengers travelling Malaysia Airlines Business class don’t have to worry about being bored because business class has an extensive IFE system. 

Every Malaysia Airlines Business Class seat features an individual 16 inches HD touchscreen that can be operated by a touchpad handset. The IFE system has a variety of entertainment options including Malaysian, Chinese, Japanese, Hollywood and Hindi movies and more than 300 television shows and games. 

Another perk of travelling in Malaysia Airlines is the high-speed Wi-Fi facility branded as MHconnect that is available on all Airbus A350 flights with regular data plans that suits usage of every person on board. 

Luxurious Amenities 

In case of long-haul flight, you can enjoy the refreshing and soothing amenity kit that is Navy Aspinal wash bag containing PAYOT’s skin and body range including lips balms, luxe hand and body lotion and eye mask, comb , pair of socks and essential earplugs. Malaysia Airlines Business class passengers who would like to take a comfortable nap on board can request for a cozy blanket, fluffy pillow, mattress covers and cushion soft slippers. 

Inflight Services

One of the most impeccable things about Malaysia is their top-notch service. Upon boarding, every passenger is greeted with traditional Malaysian Music featuring instruments like gamelan and sitar. Every member of the crew is very eager to make sure that you are having a comfortable flight. In the case of a small snack. Business class passengers can politely ask one of the crew to offer inflight complimentary snacks like crunchy nuts or ice cream. 

How to Get a Malaysia Airlines Business Class Ticket? 

You can book Malaysia Airline Business class either from the official website or the third-party websites with paid fare or you can choose to book your flight with miles points. You can book directly from the airlines by using the Malaysia Airlines Enrich points. Another way to buy Malaysia Airlines Business class is to redeem miles of other Oneworld partners, only if you are a member of any Oneworld loyalty program. 

• Paid Fares
  One of the options to get Malaysia Airlines business class is through purchasing the ticket. Undoubtedly, business class tickets are relatively more expensive than economy class. However, you can buy a Malaysian Airlines economy ticket and later on you can get it upgraded to business class with some Enrich points. 

• Malaysia Airlines Enrich Points
  To buy Malaysia Airlines Business Class seats, you can use your mile points present in your Malaysia Airlines Enrich account, then you can simply login to Malaysia Airlines to book an award flight in Malaysia Airlines. For example, one-way business class seats from Kuala Lumpur to New York (LGA) will cost around $902. However, with Enrich points, you can get an award seat without any additional cost, only if you have enough points. 
  
  While this class requires more miles than economy, it is worth booking to experience a lavish and luxurious journey. You can also upgrade your seat from any lower class to Malaysia Airlines Business Class if you have sufficient points in the account. 

• Partner Airlines Miles Points 
  To book Malaysia Airlines Business Class, you can redeem a partner program’s miles to book the same flight. Malaysia Airlines is part of Oneworld and thus any member’s loyalty program can be used to do the booking. 

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