United NRT RCC changes the shower amenities (Updated 2010) [Merged]
Apr 27, 2010, 7:02 pm
#46
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I flew through NRT on 4/13 and 4/25. The RCC had the "same old" H20 shower kits that I've had in the past. If it's a permanent change, it must have just happened in the past few days.
Apr 27, 2010, 7:06 pm
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Apr 27, 2010, 7:07 pm
#48
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First time through on 8 April... and was given a very nice shower kit...
...but like RickFuller I felt I was wasting most of it....
...but like RickFuller I felt I was wasting most of it....
Apr 27, 2010, 7:23 pm
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I was through NRT in mid March and again in early April and both times received the kit. Too bad if this is permanent. My finance loves them.
Apr 27, 2010, 7:27 pm
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Apr 27, 2010, 7:33 pm
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Last year, I collected 6 full cartons (reams of paper) to donate. LOL....there are some pretty facy homeless folks in Sacramento -- some with simple bars of soap from Sheraton, and some with First Class amenity kits from United, Lufthansa, SAA, SQ, QF, etc!
Apr 27, 2010, 7:38 pm
#52
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Although it could be a long walk, but we can always go to the ANA lounge which provides nice shower kits.
Apr 27, 2010, 7:45 pm
#53
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On April 14 I visited NRT RCC (the one for *G--near gate 31 IIRC).
Received a very nice H2O kit as well. I really liked the whole kit.
Apr 27, 2010, 7:52 pm
#54
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God I hope not. I collect all of the toiletries on my travels and donate to homeless shelters or women's safehouses!
Last year, I collected 6 full cartons (reams of paper) to donate. LOL....there are some pretty facy homeless folks in Sacramento -- some with simple bars of soap from Sheraton, and some with First Class amenity kits from United, Lufthansa, SAA, SQ, QF, etc!
Last year, I collected 6 full cartons (reams of paper) to donate. LOL....there are some pretty facy homeless folks in Sacramento -- some with simple bars of soap from Sheraton, and some with First Class amenity kits from United, Lufthansa, SAA, SQ, QF, etc!
Apr 27, 2010, 9:12 pm
#55
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I will be there Sunday and for the good of FT I will volunteer to use the shower to find out if they still hand the kits out (they did in January).
Apr 27, 2010, 9:38 pm
#56
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Ok, so they definitely didn't have the kits on 4/27 when I visited, but berkeleyguy3 got one on the 25th. I guess I might have missed the last ones by a day or two 
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It's possible the attendant's English was just very bad and she meant to say that they had run out of kits or something like that, but it didn't seem that way since they were prepping rooms with the bottles rather than handing stuff out at the counter.
.It's possible the attendant's English was just very bad and she meant to say that they had run out of kits or something like that, but it didn't seem that way since they were prepping rooms with the bottles rather than handing stuff out at the counter.
Apr 27, 2010, 9:50 pm
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4/25 no kit given. three little H2o bottles on the sill in the bathroom.
Apr 27, 2010, 10:25 pm
#58
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Apologies if I missed an earlier thread on this - did a search and didn't see anything.
Anyways, I just passed through NRT yesterday and stopped in the RCC for a quick shower. Per the attendant at the shower counter, she mentioned that they had changed things and instead of handing me a kit at the counter, just offered me a tray with disposable toothbrushes/razors/shower caps and said the rest of the amenities would be in the room. In the room were 4 small 30 ml bottles - shampoo, conditioner, body wash, lotion. That was it. The brand isn't one I'm familiar with - Plegaria? Either Japanese or some other Asian brand (the bottle says made in Thailand).
It sounds like this is a permanent change - no more nifty little kits in NRT
. Can anyone else confirm this?
Anyways, I just passed through NRT yesterday and stopped in the RCC for a quick shower. Per the attendant at the shower counter, she mentioned that they had changed things and instead of handing me a kit at the counter, just offered me a tray with disposable toothbrushes/razors/shower caps and said the rest of the amenities would be in the room. In the room were 4 small 30 ml bottles - shampoo, conditioner, body wash, lotion. That was it. The brand isn't one I'm familiar with - Plegaria? Either Japanese or some other Asian brand (the bottle says made in Thailand).
It sounds like this is a permanent change - no more nifty little kits in NRT
. Can anyone else confirm this?
Apr 27, 2010, 10:42 pm
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Apr 27, 2010, 10:47 pm
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Glad it had return for a while ^ Too bad, it's gone again.