Sign of Sickness - Collecting Amenity Kits
Feb 15, 2007, 9:10 pm
#106
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Denver CO
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I have one from CO, UA (C), and NW, all unopened. I use the UA slippers I got from a recent flight all the time. I am one of those people that like to take their shoes off during a flight and I like the slippers so I can walk up to the lav.
Feb 15, 2007, 10:09 pm
#107
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: DFW
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One I purchased was an older style. Made for a nice conversation piece when a senior flight attendant recognized it.
I've also used them as small bon voyage gifts to friends/colleagues taking long flights in "Y". If they are not accustomed to flying it makes for a cute little something from their travel fanatic friend.
Feb 16, 2007, 7:20 am
#108
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How reliable is buying them on Ebay?
I've purchased some amenity kits from eBay before I started getting eVIP upgrades to business class.
One I purchased was an older style. Made for a nice conversation piece when a senior flight attendant recognized it.
I've also used them as small bon voyage gifts to friends/colleagues taking long flights in "Y". If they are not accustomed to flying it makes for a cute little something from their travel fanatic friend.
One I purchased was an older style. Made for a nice conversation piece when a senior flight attendant recognized it.
I've also used them as small bon voyage gifts to friends/colleagues taking long flights in "Y". If they are not accustomed to flying it makes for a cute little something from their travel fanatic friend.
Thanks.
My blue and gold swirl one may be an old Air France.
Feb 16, 2007, 11:30 am
#110
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Montreal QC,CA
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Here's a link to a site that features photos of many amenity kits: http://www.airlinequality.com/Product/Amenities.htm
Feb 16, 2007, 1:18 pm
#112
Formerly known as CollegeFlyer
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Feb 16, 2007, 3:51 pm
#113
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Feb 16, 2007, 7:19 pm
#114
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Feb 16, 2007, 9:02 pm
#115
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Thanks for the Ebay pricing info. I have a limited recall that my blue kit with gold swirls was Air France about 20 years ago. I think that the AA ones in real leather are about the same age.
Feb 17, 2007, 2:59 pm
#117
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Central Texas
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A. Given the level of Hollywood's TV and movie production values, there are not sufficient watchable TV shows or movies to occupy you (unless your IQ hovers at 50 and the portion of your brain which handles "socialization" has atrophied.
B. Get out of your hotel room.
C. Try books.
D. Any position which keeps you in hotel rooms 280 nights a year and allows you no "home" is far more destructive than late night movies. Quit.
E. Get a home.
F. If none of the above are possible, then only the services of a skilled psycho therapist will allow you to address deep-seated personal problems.
B. Get out of your hotel room.
C. Try books.
D. Any position which keeps you in hotel rooms 280 nights a year and allows you no "home" is far more destructive than late night movies. Quit.
E. Get a home.
F. If none of the above are possible, then only the services of a skilled psycho therapist will allow you to address deep-seated personal problems.
Feb 17, 2007, 3:05 pm
#118
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Central Texas
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They may be at the meetings you go to, but the ones I run and those I attend are billed on "consumption". At up to $3.75 a can (plus tax & tip), the expense mounts up. Even coffee is billed by the gallon. I just priced a Continental Breakfast in an upscale hotel. For a dollar more, I could buy all the Continental's ingredients plus eggs and bacon with a plated breakfast for the group. The reason? "Looting" from meeting buffets has become enormous and hotels pass along the projected loss-cost.
Feb 17, 2007, 3:54 pm
#119
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They may be at the meetings you go to, but the ones I run and those I attend are billed on "consumption". At up to $3.75 a can (plus tax & tip), the expense mounts up. Even coffee is billed by the gallon. I just priced a Continental Breakfast in an upscale hotel. For a dollar more, I could buy all the Continental's ingredients plus eggs and bacon with a plated breakfast for the group. The reason? "Looting" from meeting buffets has become enormous and hotels pass along the projected loss-cost.
At our meetings we wear badges and have spotters who defend our grub and beverages. I can tell you that the guy who organizes these spotters is very good at his job. We don't have 'squatters' or 'looters' at our meetings.
Hotels are in it for a profit. If they are pricing based on looters and squatters, you need to defend your territory.
Last edited by oldpenny16; Feb 17, 2007 at 4:17 pm
Feb 17, 2007, 5:11 pm
#120
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