At least, that's what happened to this family, who didn't even plan on visiting Malaysia.

SEPANG: An Australian family has been stranded at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport for five days after failing to get seats on Malaysia Airlines flights to Melbourne.

They have been sleeping on a row of seats in the terminal building, bathing at the airport's restrooms and surviving on a diet of bread, tuna and instant noodles.

In April, businessman Afrasiyab Mohammadiyan Diznab, 52, his wife, Vesaliyeh Norouzi, 51, their daughter, Saba, 21, and son, Houman, 13, went to Teheran to visit relatives -- their first visit since migrating to Australia 13 years before.

They planned to be back in Melbourne in May. However, they could not find any available MAS flights to Kuala Lumpur as they were travelling on open tickets. "We had to wait two extra months there before we got the tickets. more...

Is MAS trying to show off that they are really making money now? Hence, no more seats for this family? Can't the airline even help the family get a transit flight to Melbourne via another route? I guess this is Malaysian hospitality, isn't it?