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Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for return flights from Kuala Lumpur to Kota Kinabalu that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.

Recent return flight deals from Kuala Lumpur Intl to Kota Kinabalu

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Flights from Kuala Lumpur Intl to Kota Kinabalu - Travel Insights & Trends

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Kuala Lumpur Intl to Kota Kinabalu to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Kuala Lumpur to Kota Kinabalu?

The average price of all round-trip flights from Kuala Lumpur Intl Airport to Kota Kinabalu clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
When flying from Kuala Lumpur to Kota Kinabalu, you should consider leaving on a Tuesday and avoid Sundays if you are looking for the best rates. For your return to Kuala Lumpur, you’ll find the best rates on Saturdays and the most expensive ones on Mondays.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Kuala Lumpur Intl Airport to Kota Kinabalu?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Kuala Lumpur Intl Airport to Kota Kinabalu, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.
The cheapest month for flights from Kuala Lumpur Intl Airport to Kota Kinabalu is July, where tickets cost S$ 105 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are February and September, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is S$ 165 and S$ 162 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Kuala Lumpur Intl Airport to Kota Kinabalu?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Kuala Lumpur Intl Airport to Kota Kinabalu, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each week.
To get a below average price on the flight from Kuala Lumpur Intl Airport to Kota Kinabalu, you should book around 14 weeks before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 16 weeks before departure.

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Low season

April

High season

December
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 17% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly (18% more expensive on average)

When to book flights from Kuala Lumpur Intl to Kota Kinabalu

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Kuala Lumpur Intl to Kota Kinabalu based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
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FAQs for booking Kuala Lumpur to Kota Kinabalu flights

  • Which parking options are available at Kuala Lumpur International Airport?

    For those who are being dropped off at the airport, you can use the Long-Term Car Park for free (up to 30 minutes) to set down, and from there you can take one of the regularly-running shuttle buses to the main terminal. If you’re driving to the airport and want to leave your car there for the duration of your trip, the car park costs RM 32 per day approx.

  • How do I get from Kota Kinabalu International Airport to the city?

    From the airport, you can take either a taxi or a bus to Kota Kinabalu. Taxis operate on a coupon system so you don’t have to worry about the meter during your trip. You can purchase a coupon at the desk on Level 1 for a set price of RM 30 approx. Alternatively, you can take the bus, with a one-way ticket costing RM 5 approx.

  • What are the lounges like at Kota Kinabalu International Airport?

    There are two Plaza Premium Lounges that you can access for a fee. The one for domestic flights is located in the domestic terminal near gate A10. Inside, you’ll find plenty of comfortable seating, good Wi-Fi, and complimentary food and drink. Shower facilities are also available. Prices start at RM 160 approx. for 2hr.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Kuala Lumpur to Kota Kinabalu?

    The Boeing 737-800 is the aircraft model that flies most regularly on the Kuala Lumpur to Kota Kinabalu flight route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Kuala Lumpur to Kota Kinabalu?

    oneworld, SkyTeam, and Star Alliance are the airline alliances operating flights between Kuala Lumpur and Kota Kinabalu, with oneworld being the most commonly used for this route.

  • On which days can I fly direct from Kuala Lumpur to Kota Kinabalu?

    There are direct flights from Kuala Lumpur to Kota Kinabalu on a daily basis.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Kuala Lumpur to Kota Kinabalu?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights from Kuala Lumpur to Kota Kinabalu.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Kuala Lumpur to Kota Kinabalu?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Kota Kinabalu from Kuala Lumpur is likely to change within 7 days, so travellers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from Kuala Lumpur to Kota Kinabalu?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional return ticket. You could then fly to Kota Kinabalu with an airline and back to Kuala Lumpur with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Kota Kinabalu?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying to Kota Kinabalu from Kuala Lumpur up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

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KAYAK’s top tips for finding a cheap flight from Kuala Lumpur Intl Airport to Kota Kinabalu

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found flights on this route for S$ 70 or less one-way and S$ 39 or less round-trip.
  • If you would like to check your emails or surf the web, there is Wi-Fi available throughout Kota Kinabalu International Airport (BKI). Simply select Airport@Wifi on your device and enjoy surfing the web for free.
  • For passengers who would like to pray after arriving, Muslim prayer rooms are available on Level 1 and Level 3 in Kota Kinabalu International Airport (KUL).
  • If your electronic devices are running low on battery upon arrival at Kota Kinabalu International Airport, simply head to the charging point on Level 3 of the Public Concourse.
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Prefer to fly direct from Kuala Lumpur Intl to Kota Kinabalu?

Find which airlines fly direct from Kuala Lumpur Intl Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport, which days they fly and book direct flights.

Direct departures

Kuala Lumpur Intl to Kota Kinabalu

Monday

AirAsia, AirAsia X, Batik Air, +14 more

AirAsia, AirAsia X, +15 more

Tuesday

AirAsia, AirAsia X, Batik Air, +14 more

AirAsia, AirAsia X, +15 more

Wednesday

AirAsia, AirAsia X, Batik Air, +14 more

AirAsia, AirAsia X, +15 more

Thursday

AirAsia, AirAsia X, Batik Air, +14 more

AirAsia, AirAsia X, +15 more

Friday

AirAsia, AirAsia X, Batik Air, +14 more

AirAsia, AirAsia X, +15 more

Saturday

AirAsia, AirAsia X, Batik Air, +14 more

AirAsia, AirAsia X, +15 more

Sunday

AirAsia, AirAsia X, Batik Air, +14 more

AirAsia, AirAsia X, +15 more

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Direct returns

Kota Kinabalu to Kuala Lumpur Intl

Monday

AirAsia, AirAsia X, Batik Air, +14 more

AirAsia, AirAsia X, +15 more

Tuesday

AirAsia, AirAsia X, Batik Air, +14 more

AirAsia, AirAsia X, +15 more

Wednesday

AirAsia, AirAsia X, Batik Air, +14 more

AirAsia, AirAsia X, +15 more

Thursday

AirAsia, AirAsia X, Batik Air, +14 more

AirAsia, AirAsia X, +15 more

Friday

AirAsia, AirAsia X, Batik Air, +14 more

AirAsia, AirAsia X, +15 more

Saturday

AirAsia, AirAsia X, Batik Air, +14 more

AirAsia, AirAsia X, +15 more

Sunday

AirAsia, AirAsia X, Batik Air, +14 more

AirAsia, AirAsia X, +15 more

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Top 3 airlines serving from Kuala Lumpur Intl to Kota Kinabalu

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Kuala Lumpur to Kota Kinabalu. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Kuala Lumpur Intl to Kota Kinabalu? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
7.3
Malaysia AirlinesOverall score based on 292 reviews
7.6Boarding
8.1Crew
7.5Comfort
6.8Entertainment
7.0Food
Airline reviews

Jia yung was the flight attendant that made this a miserable flight.

2.0 MediocreDiane, Nov 2024DPS - KUL
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Jia yung was the flight attendant that made this a miserable flight.

The flight isn’t great, as the plane has faulty with light and noise. It blinks and make noise for 8hrs non stop! Causing health and sensory issues! Causing Hazard matter to all 3 babies that on bassinet seats. This matters affected 12 passengers and the most horrible flight I ever experience. Have been flying with MAS for more 30yrs and this is the worst! Very disappointed

AC not working, just slowly blowing room temperature air. Long taxi time does not help as well. Sweating all over the whole trip.

Did not take as cancelled 3 time so took another airline

It was a 2-hour flight so they didn't have much time for serving food. There was some turbulence so they could not serve hot coffee or tea for the safety reason. Good service, good tasting food, nice plane, a little bit of delay.

The IFE is quite unconvenient if using our own device. Not all passenger brought their own earphone/headphone.

Ok, but legspace on MH0127 from Kul to Per was too small. It was not possible to tilt my seat which I don't understand because the seat in front of my could do it. So I didn't rest on the flight. Also, the crew was probably understaffed because it took very long time to take trash after the meal. Everything very different from the flight with Malaysian Airlines from London to KL.

Service / food has to be much better. Staff were not very attentive to requests. Requested for a second serve of coke and got a weird look back from the host! Was also told they don’t have extra water bottles when I requested for one before sleep! Dinner time food was very minimum and average.

An overnight Doha to KL. Great sleep, good service and tasty food in business class

chaos boarding. Crew in business class seemed short staffed and lacking in attention to details initially, but did improve during flight.

Instead of landing we had to go around and landed in Kuala Lumpur International Airport instead of Subang. Then we had to restart and arrived over 2.5 hrs late

As usual, poor communication on delays. No info, no updates, no apologies.

Boarding was nuts. Gate change. Delayed. No communication from gate staff. They seemed lost. Rest of the flight went well

Premium check in was worth it. Boarding process was a little chaotic. Seats were super cramped and I am less than 80kg and 180cm

It was good. The FACE check in at KLIA2 was not working.

should remind people who cough must wear the mask. A few persons surrounding keep coughing.

The flight delay... but bus from the airport be on time

Bad experience, delay like no tomorrow. Original schedule departure time at 9:30pm, delayed until 12:05am only depart.

Great. Very satisfied with a direct flight from Penang back to HK international. Stewards in the cabin were very friendly and helpful. Would not hesitate to fly with Air Asia in the future.

Second time flying on AirAsia. They’re fine for a low cost carrier, so I don’t expect high level hospitality. They could have informed us that the flight would be delayed even if by a few minutes, instead of the passengers asking the gate agents why we’re not boarding 8 minutes before takeoff. And given some of the passengers on this particular flight were problematic, the crew did great handling such people.

Need to improve the availability of the food. Seems like everything sold out

Did not like that we were not informed about the 4 hour delay, crew not friendly, noone at terminals to consult with...all employees for Batrik were behind glass aftervgoing through security at the gate again. Why no agent at Gate H 10 to answer questions? And no apology. Updates would have eased anxiety. Boarding is disorderly also.

During this flight all the crew just focused on making money by selling food and drinks. There was only one washroom open. And it really smelled bad and wasn’t usable. Even to watch something onboard entertainment u have to rent headphones pathetic airline but only one with direct flight so pretty much the only option from Karachi to KL

Delayed for 3 hours, need to pay extra for drinking water.

The OD2204 KUL-LGK was delayed 40 minutes due to air-condition malfuntion, after inspection the technician give green light for the flight to go as usual but the air-condition is still not working properly, passengers complaining to the stewardess but they cannot do anything, I did tweet to @malindoair to complaint but no reply from them … hope this Batik Air is not having problem like Rayani Air and I do hope the management do respond to my complaint as well

Nasi lemak was horrible. Plain white rice, tasteless sambal, no cucumber, no kacang, no ikan bilis. And the chicken was colourless and tasteless, tasted like boiled chicken. Entertainment system didn't work at all.

2 delayed flights - hotel layover in a different country- lost baggage.

Silly to not even offer people water for free when they are paying so much for tickets.

You get what you pay for. It’s functional and gets you from point A to B in good comfort. However, food options are limited and cash only, Crew is a hit and miss .. they get your attention if you reach out.

Good leg room ... air conditioning was a bit warm don't Book row 8 ... no windows

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directOman Air
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directEmirates
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directTurkish Airlines
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