Originally Posted by etch5895

If you want an amenity kit, book a first or business class ticket and you can take it with you, if you feel the need for it. Otherwise, it is not yours to take, and if you take it without permission of the crew, you are a thief. Every thief has many reasons why they feel entitled to something that doesn't belong to them, and most mirror your excuses. I'm sure each airline has their own policy regarding reusing unopened kits, but I'd venture to guess that airlines will reuse unopened ones to cut costs. If they felt that all coach passengers should have them, they would have given you one. Its hardly abandoned property and in any case it isn't yours to take. Do you also grab all of the in flight magazines and safety information cards out of every seat pocket you pass on the way up? After all, those were also abandoned by the previous occupants.

On a lighter note, I'm sure that if you wanted to take one amenity kit as a souvenir for your kid, and asked a crew member if it was OK to take it, they would probably say yes. But to help yourself to unsecured passenger or airline property that you feel you are entitled is stealing.