Amenity Kit Values
Sep 20, 2006 | 9:17 pm
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Amenity Kit Values
There's an article in the new Travel & Leisure discussing the value of First Class amenity kits. Here's an estimated value of T+L's favorites (calculated on the per-ounce price)...
AIR FRANCE
Estimated value: $49
EMIRATES AIRLINES
Estimated value: $79
SINGAPORE AIRLINES
Estimated value: $85
LUFTHANSA
Estimated value: $72
JAPAN AIRLINES
Estimated value: $137
SWISS
Estimated value: $83
CATHAY PACIFIC
Estimated value: $123
MALAYSIA AIRLINES
Estimated value: $62
ASIANA AIRLINES
Estimated value: $72
AIR FRANCE
Estimated value: $49
EMIRATES AIRLINES
Estimated value: $79
SINGAPORE AIRLINES
Estimated value: $85
LUFTHANSA
Estimated value: $72
JAPAN AIRLINES
Estimated value: $137
SWISS
Estimated value: $83
CATHAY PACIFIC
Estimated value: $123
MALAYSIA AIRLINES
Estimated value: $62
ASIANA AIRLINES
Estimated value: $72
Sep 20, 2006 | 9:55 pm
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Originally Posted by chexfan
CATHAY PACIFIC
Estimated value: $123
Estimated value: $123
Sep 20, 2006 | 10:09 pm
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Originally Posted by SanDiego1K
NOW I understand why someone asked me yesterday about my Cathay Pacific amenity kit from last week. Dang, and I've given away at least a half dozen of them!! Believe me, it isn't worth $123. It's a nice little suede bag, which I will actually reuse - but the contents are pretty poor...
Sep 20, 2006 | 10:49 pm
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Originally Posted by Kiwi Flyer
If these prices are real no wonder the dozens of amenity kits I've given away are so appreciated. Maybe there's some gold secreted in the lining?
Sep 20, 2006 | 11:10 pm
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OK, I've pulled the October 2006 issue of Travel and Leisure out of my magazine rack. They calculated the estimated retail cost of the kits. For kits that included sample sizes not available for purchase, prices were calculated using the per-ounce price of that product.
I still say there is no way that the Lufthansa kit (which I know reasonably well) is worth $72 or the Cathay kit (which I know even better) is worth $123.
Interesting remarks from the article:
- premium customers want organic ingredients. Thus Delta has dumped L'Occitane. Delta passengers prefer lemongrass-wasabi soap.
- Watermark Group, a British company, makes kits for 100 carriers. It sells 3 million bags each month.
I still say there is no way that the Lufthansa kit (which I know reasonably well) is worth $72 or the Cathay kit (which I know even better) is worth $123.
Interesting remarks from the article:
- premium customers want organic ingredients. Thus Delta has dumped L'Occitane. Delta passengers prefer lemongrass-wasabi soap.
- Watermark Group, a British company, makes kits for 100 carriers. It sells 3 million bags each month.
Sep 21, 2006 | 1:09 am
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Gee anybody know of a market for SQ kits? I'd be happy to be able to sell a few for 1/2 of $85 
(to buy more travel of course)
Even on ebay I rarely see 1st class kits for sale (tho I don't check much) - and certainly not at these prices! I guess you can use math (incorrectly) to come up with any value you want (eg you can buy the expensive contents of the SQ kit - bulgari perfume and hand lotion for about $25)
(to buy more travel of course)Even on ebay I rarely see 1st class kits for sale (tho I don't check much) - and certainly not at these prices! I guess you can use math (incorrectly) to come up with any value you want (eg you can buy the expensive contents of the SQ kit - bulgari perfume and hand lotion for about $25)
Sep 21, 2006 | 1:16 am
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Originally Posted by estnet
Gee anybody know of a market for SQ kits? I'd be happy to be able to sell a few for 1/2 of $85 (to buy more travel of course)
(to buy more travel of course)
Sep 21, 2006 | 10:14 am
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I had loads of KLM ones here a few years back when I really was a frequent flyer. Flogged them all on ebay, one guy kept buying them every few days. In the end I did a deal with him for the whole lot. Turned out he gave them to his staff as an incentive 
Ok the contents were Molton Brown but I'd need something more than that to motivate me !
Ok the contents were Molton Brown but I'd need something more than that to motivate me !
Sep 21, 2006 | 2:54 pm
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Originally Posted by estnet
Even on ebay I rarely see 1st class kits for sale (tho I don't check much) - and certainly not at these prices! I guess you can use math (incorrectly) to come up with any value you want (eg you can buy the expensive contents of the SQ kit - bulgari perfume and hand lotion for about $25)
I doubt they are worth much, even though I've heard the non-BA Anya Hindmarch cases sell in stores for high prices. I stayed with a friend in Baltimore and she had a pink Clinique makeup box that was made of the same material and to the exact specs of my Anya Hindmarch box.