Royal Skies Lounge Brunei

The Royal Skies Lounge was refurbished recently, and it offers a quiet and pleasant space to passengers. The food on offer is quite reasonable, though the lack of passengers suggests that turnover at the buffet is not so great. There is a good range of soft drinks and quite good coffee. The wifi is reliable (I love the note on the agents desk- do not unplug the wifi to charge handphones!) There are also a number of computer terminals hidden away nicely if you have work to do.

I get access to this lounge when flying on Malaysia Airlines- either in Business class or as a sapphire member of the oneworld alliance. Of course, it is also available to those flying in Business class on Royal Brunei and to passengers who have status in their loyalty programme "Royal Skies". (Silver members of this programme get access to this lounge, Gold members get access to lounges in other airports aswell.

Royal Brunei Airlines

If you are travelling to Brunei and there are time constraints RBA offers early(ish) and late flights to and from Brunei to KL and Singapore. If there is any flexibility in my schedule I will usually use Malaysia airlines to make the most of my status in the one world alliance. Sometimes I'll even fly to Miri (often very inexpensive) and drive up to Brunei.

My desire to avoid RBA has been reinforced recently, when a booking I had for a late departure from Brunei- allowing a full day's work in Brunei, followed by a full day's work in Kuala Lumpur was cancelled. Although not offered instantly, a free cancellation was forthcoming, but it is disappointing that I will have to let someone down.