Kuala Lumpur - Post Report Question and Answers

What is your home city/country? How long is the trip to post from there, with what connections? How easy/difficult is it to travel to this city/country?

Trip is long, 30+ hours just about any way back to the states. Connect in Doha/Japan/Korea usually depending on which way you go. - May 2022


San Francisco. Best case it's 21 hours with a two hour layover in Narita. - Aug 2018


New York area. The flight between NYC or DC and Kuala Lumpur averages 26-26 hours including connections. From the East Coast of the U.S. you'll usually fly west with one connection in Asia (Tokyo, Taipei, or Hong Kong). There are sometimes flights heading East that will connect in London. With a two leg journey, one flight will be about 12-14 hours and the other will be about 8. - May 2018


Malaysia is a long way from the U.S. We usually fly to Tokyo and then enter the U.S. in California. It is at least 24 hours traveling door to door. - Apr 2017


Washington DC was our home base. We flew DC to Boston to Hong Kong to Kuala Lumpur. It was about 30 hours with connections. - Apr 2017


Our home base is the Washington, DC area. The trip to post is usually about 30 hours, connecting through Hong Kong or Tokyo. - May 2016


Washington, DC. Long journey, about 30 hours. - Feb 2015


My home base is Hyderabad in India. It's a 4.5 hours direct flight via Malaysian Airlines, no stops. - Aug 2013


United States. - Aug 2011


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