Originally Posted by
Agent69
I'm looking at going from UK to New Zealand in October, with a stopover in SE Asia for a few days on the way out to break up the journey.
It looks like either BKK - KUL - AKL, or SGN - KUL - AKL, with the option of either a day time or night time flight for the long leg. If I take an afternoon flight to KUL connecting to the 8:40am flight the next day does my luggage get checked through to AKL or do I have the option of collecting at KUL and checking back in the following day.
If I have a choice is it better to stay airside without my hold luggage, or clear immigration and stay landside with my cases
You can choose the schedule best suits you. Most MH revenue tickets also allow a stopover (at the very minimum, if not 2) at KUL if that interest you.
You can take the afternoon BKK/SGN-KUL, overnight in KL and take the next morning KUL-AKL OR you can take the last flight out of BKK or SGN and take the next evening flight out. Bags will automatically be checked through if you didn't request to short check them. If you need your bags for the overnight, there shouldn't be any problem for you to request the check in agent to short check your bags just to KUL. Any connection over 24 hours cannot be checked through.
IME, I prefer the evening departures to AKL so I can sleep on the plane. The daytime departure is a very long day flight and you arrive just after midnight.