first_class_please - 13/12/2011 11:18 GMT
Hmm, best be careful to just collect and not sell !!
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VintageKrug - 13/12/2011 11:41 GMT
Gosh! €10,000 is quite a stash, even over a number of years!
Doesn't seem unreasonable to me that airlines are clamping down, though of course the line is somewhat muddied by the culture of being encouraged to take inflight magazines, amenity kits and even (on some airlines) the salt and pepper pots.
But with high value items such as noise-cancelling headphones, and even iPads being handed out, it's right that a line is drawn.
HedgeFundFlyer - 13/12/2011 13:23 GMT
I always take the pyjamas from BA F as Mrs HFF finds them very comfortable to sleep in. I reuse them myself when I am confined to J on a sub eight hour red eye.
I am feeling slightly guilty now....
VintageKrug - 13/12/2011 13:29 GMT
But the PJs, Amenity Kit and Slippers are for taking, so no need to worry about a brief sojourn in Ford Open without your staff at hand, HFF.
I don't believe the PJs are recycled on BA (though an encounter with some light (possibly genetic material...) staining on a VS flight suggests they do "re-use" theirs.....)
first_class_please - 13/12/2011 13:50 GMT
I think I have a blanket in the car boot from one airline just in case! Can't remember which airline I thought I could make use of it from, probably one where I thought, that was all rather poor, I'll have a blanket for the cat to make it up for it.
Wouldn't dare take more than the "handouts" though, oh a small salt and pepper pot in my office drawer. It's all coming out now,
Travellator - 13/12/2011 14:00 GMT
The BA World Traveller Plus seat makes a nice office chair when mounted on a swivelling wheeled base !
JordanD - 13/12/2011 14:20 GMT
Ironically, one of my funniest in-flight memories was watching Nick Ross (formerly presenter of Crimewatch) get off a flight from Mumbai a couple years ago which got diverted (due to snow) from LHR to STN. It being a cold, late evening, the crew were doing their best to keep people warm and foisting the CW Blankets on the CW passengers as they were leaving the plane ...
famouschicken - 13/12/2011 14:43 GMT
I went through a phase of always asking for a pack of playing cards each time I flew on a new carrier, just checked and have about a dozen in the drawer from various airlines....
JohnnyEnglish - 13/12/2011 15:15 GMT
I still have half a dozen BA blankets and a couple of pillows after they were used to prop up my broken leg on a BA flight after a skiing accident in the 90s. The nurse accompanying me back told me I should keep them because BA always disposed of goods used on sick passengers. Not that my broken leg was contagious...
Tim2sms - 13/12/2011 15:46 GMT
I know of an office nearby that has 6 BA old style first class seats in their lobby area. (Pre flat bed era)
Tête_de_cuvée - 13/12/2011 16:16 GMT
Am going to suggest to my dentist to get one with an hydrolic jack attached. At least they can accommodate heights well over 6ft which his current chair does not.
DisgustedofSwieqi - 13/12/2011 20:32 GMT
"I know of an office nearby that has 6 BA old style first class seats in their lobby area. (Pre flat bed era)"
Lufthansa did market old style business (cradle) seats a few years ago, refurbished, fitted with suitable legs and about 1,100 eur the pair.
They would have been ideal for a TV room, or somewhere, but we'd just bought new furniture, so I didn't bother.
I reckon they would have lasted for years, though as well as being very comfortable.
VintageKrug - 14/12/2011 10:24 GMT
Colin Hunt lives!!
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I think shower gels and other hotel items also fall into this category; I usually take them with if they're good quality (L'Occitaine and Aromatherapy Associates are my favourites) simply because they'll probably be chucked out if half used. I hardly ever need to buy shower gel, and can give away which is made up into gift baskets for the Village fete.
Some aren't so sure about this:
http://www.cruisecritic.co.uk/blog/?p=4629
BeckyBoop - 14/12/2011 11:13 GMT
Vintage Krug you cheapskate!!!! how can yout give the comp bottles of toiletries away as gifts? xx
In hotels i take the free bottles to use at home including the slippers, pens and even the notepads On planes i only take the pyjamas and amenity bags. Have always wanted to take the blanket, headphones and cutlery but always bottle out at the last minute. ;) xx
VintageKrug - 14/12/2011 11:23 GMT
Ah! The gift baskets are sold to raise funds for charity! Not that cheap! ;)
