Window Seat Preferred

We returned to the Shangri-La Kuala Lumpur for a full week, this time using a Premier Selection Suite as a remote working base.

From Horizon Club access (and my beloved Cocktail Hour!) and consistently strong service to one unexpected in-room issue, this stay gave a more complete picture of why this hotel remains one of KL's most reliable luxury stays.

Full review: https://windowseatpreferred.com/2026/04/shangri-la-kuala-lumpur-revisited/

Our Luxury Ride Home ✈️👑
(Pics/Events from December last year - thankfully nowhere near or related to what's happening now...)
Continuing from my last post and our unexpectedly 'creative' way home from KL last December, Oman Air rebooked us from Muscat, to Dubai, and on to Dublin - giving us another unexpected flight with , increasingly the airline we don't book with, but fly with 😂
Some thoughts;
- Emirates' "new" business cabins on these planes are such an improvement over what came before; private, plush, and spacious...and, still with stars in the cabin ceiling at night ✨
- There can be no bigger a Business Class lounge than Emirates' home in Dubai Terminal 3 (though it's starting to show its age).
- For those of us like myself with admirable dedication to a beverage or two, the lounge is amply stocked and on-board cocktails are - accept my influencery-speak apologies - a must 🥂
- After our Oman Air 737 KL/Sharjah/Muscat voyage, the whole Emirates experience felt like the height of luxury; the food was good, I had a great sleep buffered, of course, by several cocktails/glasses of wine either side, and we were back in Dublin before we knew it after what was quite the journey (see previous post)...
Overall, it was a lovely final flight of our trip (and another unexpected Emirates flight to cap off 2025) after all the ups and downs!

Before our surprisingly eventful trip home last December, we had a chance to unwind in the Plaza Premium Lounge First, KLIA.

Thoughts? Far easier to find a seat, great airfield views, engaging staff and decent food. A definite step-up from the regular lounge next door.

Full Review; https://windowseatpreferred.com/2026/03/plaza-premium-first-klia-review/

Long-Delayed Malta Part II 🇲🇹
Yep, just took me 4 months to post the rest of our Malta trip, and now I can barely remember any of these places 🤦‍♂️
A summary;
- We had a daytrip to Gozo; beautiful scenery, an interesting boat ride through a cave which I wasn't sure about ⛵
- Followed by a much longer road tour thanks, seemingly, to most roads being unexpectedly closed.
- Moved to St Julians to a gigantic suite, rooftop pool and great views at
- Btw, St. Julians is party central. The streets were madness by night. Very unexpected.
- A lovely shot of us looking terrified at the Popeye theme park. Overall I'd avoid and wish we had, though it was comedy gold for 40 minutes 🤣
- Last day in Valetta, with hangovers galore so why not city explore in searing heat to make it all worse?

Huttons Hotel looked as budget-friendly as it gets in London, in a decent location.

We hadn't quite counted on a less-than-fragrant bathroom, internal-facing rooms with lovely views...of other rooms, a tired interior overall, and then an unexpected £3.50/item luggage charge on check-out.

Here's the full review;
https://windowseatpreferred.com/2026/02/huttons-hotel-london-a-review/