After you clear immigration and baggage claim, there will be a set of booths on your right side before exiting to the general public. You have two options to get into the Bukit Bintang area, where most of the action (food, p4p, shopping) is at.
If it’s still daytime, the cheapest way to get to Bukit Bintang is to take Airasias bus to KL sentral, then walk a block to the monorail and take it to the bukit bintang exit. Airasia bus ticket is about 7-8 ringgets and the monorail is about 2.20 ringgets. Hotels are about 1-2 blocks away from the monorail station in bukit bintang. Expect an hour or more to get to KL sentral, and about 15’-20’ on monorail to bukit bintang.
The next option is the 15 ringget bus, that takes you directly to your hotel in the bukit bintang area. The booth for this bus is one booth to the right of the Airasia booth, and the company is called star shuttle. This is the better option to take if you arrive late at night as the monorail operates from 6am to midnight.
Taxi
Most of the taxi drivers I dealt with were nice despite the horror stories you’ll read online. Most will not turn on the meter, but if you have an idea of how far you want to travel and the going rate, just state this upfront before you enter the taxi. If the driver doesn’t agree, go to the next driver. I do not recommend trying to hail a taxi at peak hours (5pm-630pm) as traffic is gridlocked and their fares will be elevated. I asked the locals how much the taxi fee should be from point a to b, and tried to keep the prices close to those figures. All in all, taxis are a pretty cheap way to travel within KL.
