After 6 months in Japan, I'll be heading to KL before flying to Europe for a month. It's a connecting flight, so I won't be able to go through customs. I'll have a lot of stuff (items bought in Japan etc.) which I don't really want to take with me through Europe. Is there some way that I can send the luggage to Australia from the KL airport? Or would it be cheaper/easier to keep it all in lockers (I knows this is around RM40 a day so I'm not too stoked about going down this route..)
I've had a little look around but can't find any info about this. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!
jascination
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julie_l
Why not post it. Posting from Malaysia is cheap and reliable. I posted home five times when I was in Malaysia two years ago - all made it home between 3-6 weeks.
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henningwessel
Agree, post it. Check with a post office beforehand what the weight limit is per parcel, I've forgotten, might be 20kg. I've sent frequently by surface mail and everything has arrived.
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greenmango
Yes, post if. Post is cheap in Msia. And there's a post office at KLIA although I don't know if they sell the packing boxes.
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jascination
Thanks for the help everyone, this is exactly what I was hoping for, I thought it would be far more expensive than this. Great news.
So if I use the post office in KLIA, I won't need to go through customs or anything will I? I arrive in KLIA at 17.25 and leave for France at 23.25 that night, so don't really want to have to go through customs (I've never flown internationally before, but I've heard that going through customs takes a few hours?)
Also, is "RM" interchangeable with "MYR" for Malaysian currency? (i.e. is RM85 = AUD28?)
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henningwessel
Yes, RM is the same as MYR. I've never even been stopped at customs at a Malaysian airport. If you have nothing to declare use the green lane to exit customs. I think GM has a point. You'd need your own packaging. At the post offices in town you have to use brown wrapping paper and string to tie it all up. It is not available at the post offices that I go to.
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