Travel Tips to South East Asia – Malaysia Travel: Malaysia Airlines has launched Facebook application that lets travellers check in for flights on the popular social networking site.
MHbuddy on Facebook, which can be accessed from the new Malaysia Airlines Facebook page, allows the social network’s 500 million users to book and check-in for a flight while sharing their trip details with their social network.
Developed with Malaysia Airlines by SITA Lab, the research group of air transport IT provider SITA, MHbuddy is an application on Facebook Platform that allows passengers to book and check-in for a flight while sharing their trip details with their friends.
Malaysia Airlines executive VP commercial strategy, Dr Amin Khan said: “Our customers are spending more and more time on social networks and Malaysia Airlines is one of the most active airlines using social media to drive revenue. We have over 380,000 fans who actively engage with us on our existing social media channels.”
In addition, MHbuddy users can check in via Facebook and select their seats. During seat selection, they will also be able to view the seats of their friends who are travelling on the same flight. This gives MHbuddy users a really easy and convenient way to connect with their friends when they travel on Malaysia Airlines, wherever they are.
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Dear Sir/Madam,
My name is Dr. Ettgiounder Ponnusamy, United States citizen living in USA. Recently my son Karthikeyan Ponnusamy, a United States citizen and graduating medical student from Stanford University had a bitter experience with Malaysian Airlines. Please see below his recent experience with Malaysian Airlines on his own words:
“I would like to inform you of the horror story of my Malaysian Airlines ‘Hospitality’ experience. I had gone to India in April to visit my relatives. From there I went with my relatives on a 10 day vacation to Australia as a passenger on Malaysian Airlines from Bangalore to Sydney with no mishaps. I returned on Malaysian Airlines from Brisbane to Kuala Lumpur (KL) on May 14th with a transit day spent seeing the tourist sites in KL.
On the night of May 14th, I boarded MH192 from KL to Bangalore. Bangalore’s Immigration desk refused my entry into India despite a valid multiple entry Indian visa because I had returned within 60 days of leaving India. I discussed with immigration the possibility of staying in the airport until the next day when my return flight to the United States was scheduled to leave from Bangalore. In the background, the Malaysian Airline representative was arranging for me to be sent back on the same plane I came on back to Kuala Lumpur (MH 192 leaving May 15th at 12:45 AM). The Malaysian Airline representative did not inform me of this until the last moment when they started physically pushing me towards the plane. They would not let me get my relative’s contact information. After struggling with them, they finally conceded to write down the contact information on papers they would not give it to me. They also kept my passport and would not return it either. After writing down the information, they continued to physically shove me to the soon to be departing MH193. I was not given a chance to get any money from my relatives. Just before boarding the plane, they had yet to return my passport and they did not give me my relative’s contact information. I resisted their shoving until I had confirmation that my passport was on the plane (although they refused to return the passport to me). After several minutes of resisting their shoving on the jet bridge outside the plane door, the individual with my relative’s contact information arrived and finally gave it to me. Thus, I was sent back on MH193 to Kuala Lumpur with little more than the spare change in my pocket and the clothes on my back, I did not even have my passport. The checked bag with all my possessions was not sent back with me.
On arrival in Kuala Lumpur, I was escorted by a Malaysian Airlines representative to the immigration office and left there. That was my last contact with Malaysian Airlines. The Malaysian immigration officer quickly approved my entry and left me on the arrivals floor at KLIA. This was the first time I had my passport returned to me since it was taken in Bangalore. Malaysian Airlines dumped me in KLIA without allowing me to get the money needed to arrange alternative transport back to the US. I was fortunate that my relatives and parents in the mean time had arranged an alternate flight for me to return to the US the following day. Nonetheless, I was forced to survive in KLIA with my minimal cash. I have now returned to the United States, and it has now been 5 days since this experience yet my checked-in bag remains missing with no idea of when it will be returned. The slogan may be ‘MH’ is Malaysian Hospitality, but after my experience horror is a more apt meaning for the ‘H.’
Karthikeyan Ponnusamy, MSE
MD Candidate, Graduating on June 11, 2011 at Stanford University School of Medicine”
The inhumane treatment of my son by Malaysian Airlines people caused him an unrepairable mental agony to him.
I can be reached at 636 236 4475 (cell) if you have any questions related to this or reply to this email address.
Thank you for your attention.
Sincerely,
Dr. E. Ponnusamy