Review: Garuda Indonesia First Class Arrivals & Chauffeur Service Jakarta

The Alphard! Love them with two thrown seats in the rear. Perfect to have one in an Asian city like KL. Though I love the S-Class the Alphard is excellent.

Lucky, did you ever manage a Police Motorbike Escort to any hotel/airport whilst in Indonesia?

Seems a little unsafe for that type of "immigration" to exist though, don't you think?

@Charlie... I too question them holding onto a Passport and then not having it for a period of time...

Wow, Garuda offer limo service to first class pax?

I booked first class with them from SIN to AMS, then AMS back to CGK, yes the 90% miles off, managed to grab the seat with SIN office and issued the ticket in KUL office last week.

I'm still considering if to pull over a night in Jakarta, if do, does it means I can request free limo service to my hotel as well? Or if I decide to fly back to SIN (maybe on LCC from CGK to SIN) on the same day, possible to request to spend some time in their lounge?

I travel to Indonesia frequently and immigration is always very simple and hassle free. Though I'd be a little nervous being separated from my passport, even if it's only for a few minutes.

You should review MIAT Mongolian Airlines. They operate a 767-300ER

Do you tip your airline airport escorts or the airline chauffeur? No judgy, just curious.

What is the problem of all the people here with the passport? You give your passport to an official airline employee that is clearly verified (since it is rather unlikely they will have random people in airline uniform standing around at remote gates) for immigration processing. If you feel uncomfortable with that do you also feel uncomfortable with giving your passport to an immigration officer who then takes it to some back office for checking, or even just puts it on his desk where you can't see it as it happens frequently?

I did not realize it was taken by a Garuda Staff member...

@ BenBen,

my problem isn't with giving the passport to "an official airline employee" if they are really so. My problem is that people are essentially allowed to enter a country, vouched for by an airline, with the immigration official stamping in passports without actually seeing the person entering, but trusting the "official airline employee" that the passports belong to the said persons.

But you're flying First Class! Hello!

The passport thing is not a random service carried by an airline. They have made some kind of "agreements" with the government in this case immigration special to first class passengers only. They must have procedures and the data about the persons traveling in F.

Previously they had also agreement about having immigration onboard.

@Charlie
Got it, well I presume they will have agreements and a proper process in place whereby the airline follows strict checking on their side to produce the same result as passing through immigration the traditional way would.

On a side note, as someone who lives in Malaysia, believe me in terms of immigration issues not checking first class passengers visually at the counter is literally the very least important problem these countries have.

Your review excellently portrays Garuda's First Class Service. My experience was similar through DPS airport (Bali) where I deplaned a Garuda flight from Jakarta on my way to Narita, Japan. My connection was tight and I doubt seriously I would have made the connection sucessfully on my own. My reception upon arrival was warm and welcoming. With their care and oversight we negotiated promptly all the cues and formalities. This exception service was discernably First Class. Safe travels always and Happy New Year!!

Talking about seamless experience on premium class, you should try Etihad's The Residence on any route 😉