New Delta One Tumi Amenity Kits
Sep 21, 2018 | 8:54 am
#136
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Location: Chicago
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I am always amazed by how excited people get about business class amenity kits . . . evidenced here by a 129-post thread on the matter. I suspect most people flying international business class are in a financial situation that would enable them to purchase trial sized tubes of toothpaste, as well as lip balm, ear plugs, and eye shades. The contents of an amenity kit can likely be purchased for perhaps $10 at your local Target, maybe as high as $15 if you want the best of the best brands of lip balm or skin cream. Most dentists give you a free toothbrush and little toothpaste tube when you go in for a checkup. Various items can also be pilfered from your next hotel stay.
Sep 21, 2018 | 11:24 am
#137
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While yes I could afford to buy lotion and ill-fitting socks, I have to admit I assign disproportionate value to the little tubes of toothpaste, given the need for small toothpaste containers to be able to get through security with carry-on bags only. And the Delta amenity kit ones are particularly nice, since they're big enough to get a week or so of brushing out of them, whereas some airline amenity kits have the smaller containers that only contain maybe 2-3 servings. I hoard those toothpaste tubes (as well as the ones I get at the dentist every 6 months!) obsessively. Indeed my travel lately has been mostly domestic and sadly amenity-kit-free, and I am burning through mini toothpastes at an alarming rate. And so since my life experience has taught me that the only way to replenish them is on $6000 international business class tickets or through needing dental work, as far as I can tell they really are quite expensive to procure.
Seriously, though, I actually have stopped packing my own toothpaste (from the dentist baggie) if I'm flying somewhere in J for less than a week - specifically because I know I'll get a mini-tube that will run out just as I'm ending my trip. And even on longer trips, I will pack one less tube than what I know I'll need. Every so often I'll be on an airline with the micro-tubes and then I have to find a supermarket or something within a day or two of arriving.
May 28, 2019 | 6:25 am
#138
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: FLL ✈ ZRH ✈ MSP ✈✈✈✈
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We'll be flying Comfort + JFK - SEA next week and First Class 2 weeks later from SEA - JFK.
Does anyone know if we'll get the Tumi Amenity Kit?
Does anyone know if we'll get the Tumi Amenity Kit?
May 28, 2019 | 6:36 am
#139
Join Date: Jul 2017
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May 28, 2019 | 6:42 am
#140
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May 28, 2019 | 9:58 am
#141
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May 29, 2019 | 8:39 am
#142
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As a data point (my SO was extactic to get the Tumi kit and will repurpose them - I didn't even open mine):
ATL-CDG D1 Suites - hard sided case
BCN-JFK - soft sided case
SO much preferred the soft sided case.
ATL-CDG D1 Suites - hard sided case
BCN-JFK - soft sided case
SO much preferred the soft sided case.
May 30, 2019 | 2:36 pm
#144
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You mean, like the ones on the right here? (pic stolen from ebay)
I may have a spare one of those at home -- could even meetup somewhere near Mountain View
I may have a spare one of those at home -- could even meetup somewhere near Mountain View
May 30, 2019 | 2:49 pm
#145
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May 30, 2019 | 2:58 pm
#146
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No unless your SEA-JFK is the one daily Delta One branded flight. If it's the others, they're only First class and thus no kits.
May 30, 2019 | 3:13 pm
#147
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You mean, like the ones on the right here? (pic stolen from ebay)
I may have a spare one of those at home -- could even meetup somewhere near Mountain View
I may have a spare one of those at home -- could even meetup somewhere near Mountain View
I still use an old red cylinder amenity kit as my toiletry bag. Fits everything I need, has a water-resistant lining, and shoves just about anywhere.
May 31, 2019 | 2:12 pm
#148
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You mean, like the ones on the right here? (pic stolen from ebay)
I may have a spare one of those at home -- could even meetup somewhere near Mountain View
I may have a spare one of those at home -- could even meetup somewhere near Mountain View
Alas my FT profile needs updating. I've lived in Seattle for 3 years now!
Jun 4, 2019 | 1:50 pm
#149
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Jun 4, 2019 | 1:54 pm
#150
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