Originally Posted by
PHLGovFlyer
To buy a bathrobe for $140 would be very pricey, but to rent one for one night for $140 is just plain ridiculous

A lot less ridiculous than (for example) paying $6000 to rent a big seat for a night for a trip from Sydney to London - which is effectively what a lot of business class flyers do... (that would be the differential between a discount economy and the average business class price)