Save 50% money or save time? KLIA Transit’s Price hike!!! Here are Ways to get to KLIA2 / KLIA Faster / Cheaper? KLIA Ekspress /KLIA Transit?

Gone when the days we can choose KLIA Transit for a cheap (Below RM30 cost with ~35mins ride to KLIA airport.

Previously KLIA transit is the fastest and the cheapest way to travel between KL Sentral, Bandar Tasik Selatan and KLIA Airport.

Now a ride from Bandar Tasik Selatan costs RM35 vs previously RM15. That is a 233% increase in fare!!!  Sometimes, it is even more expensive than my Airasia flight tickets!!!

 

Alright, so now, we can either bite the bullet and pay the 233% increase in price or find some way to workaround the system.

 

I have found a way around this. However you’ll need to sacrifice time to save money. It is down to the old talk about time vs money.

If you are not in a hurry and willing to spend some extra time waiting at the platform of the KLIA transit, then there is a solution for you!!!

 

KLIA Transit Fares

I’m going to walk through how to calculate the cost of your travel by breaking down the table above.

For example, Scenario A, if you are going from Bandar Tasik Selatan to KLIA2.

 

Option A:

Take the direct route from Bandar Tasik Selatan to KLIA2 (3rd Column from Left and 6th row from Sector as circled by the picture below, it will cost you outrageous price of RM38.40.

 

Option B:

If you have the time, then you get on at Bandar Tasik Selatan station and then you can stop at any station you want prior to KLIA, either “Putrajaya & Cyberjaya” or “Salak Tinggi”. Then exit and buy another ticket from that station to KLIA.

 

Example below circled the price you as a passenger will pay total only RM17.30.

1st Trip: Bandar Tasik Selatan to Salak Tinggi  = RM12.40

2nd Trip: Salak Tinggi to KLIA2 = RM4.90

Total = RM12.40 + RM4.90 = RM17.30

 

Option A: RM38.40 – fastest – reach there within 35mins

Option B: RM17.30 – cheapest – reach there within 1 hour

 

*** No matter which option you choose, remember to use the Kiosk to buy (Credit card accepted) and get additional 10% discount.

 

In case you don’t realize this is their KLIA transit/Ekspress Kiosk, here is a picture. It is quite hard to notice with their very plain color.

 

Final Discount:

Option A: RM38.40 * 90% = RM 34.56

Option B: RM17.30 * 90% = RM 15.57

 

Now, if you choose to go to the Airport a bit earlier than usual to save more than 50% of your fare. You might ask, what are you going to do there? That’s an excellent question. There is KLIA lounge that you can go in for FREE!!!

In the next post, I’ll share exactly how you can do so.

 

Till then. Happy Holiday / Travel!!!