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Your airline will fly you directly to Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA), the main entry point into Malaysia. This mammoth new airport is situated in Sepang, about 50 km south of Malaysia’s capital city of Kuala Lumpur.
Please visit KLIA’s website: http://www.klia.com.my/ for useful information and photos.
·
After
arrival at KLIA, walk out of your gate (at the Satellite Terminal
Building).
·
Then
take an aerotrain (shuttle train) to the
International Level of the Contact Pier of the
Main Terminal Building.
·
Take the
escalator down one floor to the Arrival Level.
·
Clear
Immigration and proceed to Baggage Claim area on the same floor.
·
Proceed to
the Customs checkpoint (if nothing to
declare, go through the green lane) and proceed to the exit that
leads you to the Arrival Hall of the Main
Terminal Building.
At
the Satellite Terminal Building, look out for a currency changer counter
or bank to change your currency to Malaysian currency (RM = Ringgit
Malaysia; US$1.00 = RM3.77 or better). You need RM to pay for your train or
taxi fare later.
After
the exit of the Arrival Hall, there is also a bank where you may change your currency to Malaysian currency.
You
may wish to do some shopping, especially tax-free liquor
and tobacco, at the Satellite
Terminal Building before taking the
aeorotrain or at the
Main Terminal Building after clearing immigration.
From
KLIA to Cititel
(Mid Valley), Kuala Lumpur
You
may choose to go to Cititel by taking the KLIA Ekspres
or taxi.
KLIA
Ekspres is the
train service that links KLIA and KL Sentral Station and the train
journey takes only 28 minutes.
For more information, visit http://www.myERL.com.
After
coming out of the exit immediately after clearing customs, you are at Level 3
(Arrival Hall). Take a lift down to Level 1 to take the KLIA Ekspres
(trains) to KL Sentral Station.
Cost: RM35.00
(adult, single trip)
or RM65.00
(adult; return trip)
RM25.00 (senior citizen, single trip) – please ASK if you qualify for this rate!
As
the train approaches KL Sentral Station, look out of the window and you will see the Mid
Valley complex,
including the hotel (Cititel), on your left.
At
KL Sentral Station,
buy a coupon (budget taxi,
RM7.00) from the Taxi Counter before boarding a taxi to Cititel (Mid
Valley). You are only about 5 to10 minutes away from Cititel.
Taxi (from KLIA) operated by Airport Limo
Board only taxis registered
with the airport and not board the unregistered or pirate taxis who employ touts
on rendezvous at the airport.
The registered taxis
can be boarded after buying coupons from Airport Limo counter at Level
3-Arrival Hall (at the exit immediately after clearing customs). Then queue up
near Door 3 at Level 3 to board the registered metered taxis. Show your
coupon to a person on duty before boarding a taxi. The taxi journey takes 50 to
90 minutes (depending on the general traffic condition on the roads).
Airport
Limo provides two services dubbed budget (economical using
Proton Wira)
and premier (more expensive using
Proton Perdana, Mercedes Benz E220, or Multi-Purpose Vehicles)
and their charge depends on zones.
The fares from
KLIA to Cititel
(Mid Valley), Kuala Lumpur, are RM66.80 for budget taxis
and RM91.80 for premier taxis.
Note: Each budget taxi
can carry 3 passengers (maximum). For a party of 2 or 3, it is more economical
to take a budget taxi to Cititel (Mid Valley), Kuala Lumpur,
from KLIA.
The Airport
Limo imposes
a surcharge (please ask) from midnight 12:02 till 5:59 am.
The metered taxi
imposes a surcharge of 50 percent from 12:01 midnight till 5:59 am.