Edit: Oops. I failed to note the dates and managed to miss the final post after the OP's travels that bumped this up. Anyways, I supposed I'll leave the rest of this post intact for posterity.
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Originally Posted by rts123
Looking for feedback from those who have flown Skyteam to Malaysia recently.
I have a 50/50 chance of needing to make a last minute business trip to Malaysia, leaving Monday evening or Tuesday from BOS. Final destination is Penang, but I'm only interested in getting KUL, since flights from there to Penang are numerous and shouldn't be a problem. Return is expected to be from DXB. I am Silver on DL, no status with other airlines.
Northwest/KLM through AMS looks like it may be the best bet. Only one stop (two if I go through DTW), with 9-12 hours in AMS to work, sleep, sightsee. KE looks like a possibility but with at least two stops.
Any thoughts?
I would highly recommend KE via ICN if you don't mind the extra stop. If you are flying in J/F, make sure you get the flights with the new seats.
There's the added benefit that Connexion is free at the moment, so you can be online working (or at least trying to work) the whole flight. So assuming it's still up and running when you fly, KE is your only SkyTeam choice for Connexion service. With KE's comfortable seats (especially on the upper deck of the 747), the great food (steaks I can actually eat since they're cooked to order, unlike the horrible flavorless well-done stuff everyone else seems to serve), invariably pleasant flight attendants, and Connexion service, I could just stay in the air for weeks.
My favorite SkyTeam carrier at the moment, at least until Delta introduces proper flat beds in J (KE is lie-flat, though I didn't have any of those sliding problems many people seem to run into.) Even if you are in Y, all Connexion-equipped flights have REGULAR power outlets at every seat. No EmPower junk needed.
I flew KE LAX-ICN-AKL (after BOS-LAX on DL), SYD-ICN-NRT, and NRT-ICN-KUL a few months back at the beginning of an RTW award. Every flight with them was excellent. The lounges in ICN are extremely nice as well if you have access to them; great food spread and free high speed Internet (actual real high speed—at least 50 - 100Mbps going into the facility by my estimate) which are the two most important things to me. (Well, and the beverage selection. KE has won awards for their wine selection so no problem there.
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Make sure you try the bibimbap if you do fly KE!