New AMBASSADOR kit boxes
Jul 30, 2010, 1:16 pm
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New AMBASSADOR kit boxes
Just received my RA Renewal kit in the post today and was surprised to see it was in a more compact box, yet still contained the same material as the larger boxes of the past. Instead of being about 1" thick, the new box is half that, and trimmed to about 9"x5".
BTW No reference in either the booklet or the letter that Internet is now a benefit.
BTW No reference in either the booklet or the letter that Internet is now a benefit.
Jul 31, 2010, 6:04 am
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Do I remember right or was this just in my imagination?
Jul 31, 2010, 6:21 am
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Jul 31, 2010, 8:00 am
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Correct on the drop from two to one tag in the "slimmed down" box. However, the tags themselves (as I posted at the time) changed last year and the RA embossed logo had disappeared in favour of a more discrete standard AMBASSADOR tag design. The tag for AMBASSADORs is slightly burnished silver while the RA version is reflective silver like the older ones. This is consistent with the new version I received last year as an AMBASSADOR and then as a RA when I regained that status.
Jul 31, 2010, 8:19 am
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Assume it's a fulfillment issue, IIRC the time before last my RA box had AMB tags. Presumably one could email the service center and request RA tags if so inclined.
Jul 31, 2010, 2:09 pm
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There are no longer tags that have the RA logo/notation. All tags are identical in wording, graphic and design save for the finish as I described above.
Jul 31, 2010, 2:12 pm
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How long ago did you get that kit? The RA kit I got last year at this time had the new design tags, as did the one that just arrived. The change in design also coincided with the boxes being scaled down from the even larger blue or silver ones to the more discrete black/gray with either a silver or bronzish colored strip.
Aug 1, 2010, 6:02 am
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Hope the new one (due any day) fits.
Aug 1, 2010, 7:35 am
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It should fit into a standard apartment/flat/condo mail box as the box is no longer than a standard #9 or #10 envelope and angled even the 5" side should fit...it did so in mine. The thickness is about that of four or five normal letters/bills.
Aug 1, 2010, 10:47 am
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I received my AMB kit a few days ago, and was glad to see someone start a thread on the kits. Can't speak about the RA kit, yet the AMB kit sure is a nice way to be welcomed to the program. The card is one of the nicer loyalty program cards I've received (suprised there's no magnetic stripe on the back), the luggage tag is darned nice (a little small, yet the metal tag is better then the plastic stuff I get from airlines), and it just has a good feel to it (much better look then the last top-level elite airline kit I received). Two tags would have been nice, and RAs sure better get their own tag, yet outside of that, it's a nice kit.
Aug 1, 2010, 1:41 pm
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I think it is very clear after a year and the introduction of the new AMBASSADOR design regime that there is not nor will there be a unique logo'd RA tag as we used to know. The difference now is very subtle and discrete but those who need to know can see the difference.