<rant on> don't bump 3 year old threads and just not comment on it <rant off>

But to respond to the OP (who has probably lost interest) this sort of stuff happens all the time. Often it is not worth replacing branded stuff because it is more expensive to replace than generic unbranded and branded tends to get 'aaccidentally' dropped into peoples bags.

BTW I was in both BA and AA lounges in the last couple of weeks and neither were the glassware and crockery branded in anyway.

Nothing to do with DL (and OP is wrong as it wasn't a merger)