Amenity Kit Reviews

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Amenity Kit (Non) Review: Turkish Airlines Economy Class

I recently published Amenity Kit Reviews for both the Turkish Airlines Business Class and Comfort Class (premium economy) offerings, and a couple of readers mentioned that economy passengers also receive kits. From the Comfort Class review, reader PAB said: I already knew that some airlines (none of them U.S. carriers, of course) provide coach passengers…

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Amenity Kit Review: Singapore Airlines First Class – Sothys Products

Singapore Airlines remains as one of the few truly premier airlines of the world that doesn’t offer amenity kits to business class passengers. Instead, individual amenities are provided by flight attendants from a basket (or found in the lavatories). In first class, however, they do provide an actual kit of sorts and I bring you…

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Amenity Kit Review: US Airways Envoy Business Class

US Airways this month introduced its new Envoy amenity kit for business class passengers, likely to become a collector’s item as the last version of a US Airways kit before the merger with American Airlines. I bring you my analysis of the kit for this installment of Amenity Kit Reviews. For a better description of…

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Amenity Kit Review: South African Airways Business Class

In this installment of Amenity Kit Reviews, I take a look at the business class offering from Star Alliance member airline South African Airways. A very special thanks goes out to Jason at Food, Wine and Miles who donated this kit back in May for a review – I’m thrilled to have it in my…

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Amenity Kit Review: SATA Internacional Plus Class (Premium Economy)

SATA Internacional is an airline operating out of the Azores, and originated from the acquisition of Oceanair by its subsidiary, SATA Air Açores, in 1994. It’s one that I knew little about until a generous reader who does a bit of marketing work for them reached out and offered up their Plus class amenity kit,…

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Amenity Kit Review: Turkish Airlines Comfort Class (Premium Economy)

I tend to only review business class and first class kits, but Turkish Airlines provides its premium economy “Comfort Class†passengers a substantial offering worthy of a detailed inspection, and I offer my critique below in this installment of Amenity Kit Reviews. Also, a special thanks goes out to Inflight Feed for sending this kit…

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Amenity Kit Review: Turkish Airlines Business Class – Tablet Case

Turkish Airlines won the “Best Business Class-Unisex†amenity bag honor at the recent TravelPlus Awards and I offer my critique below in this installment of Amenity Kit Reviews. Also, a special thanks goes out to Thrifty Tourist for sending this kit my way – I love having it in my collection. For a better description…

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Amenity Kit Review: Air China Business Class – 2013 Edition

In this installment of Amenity Kit Reviews, I take a critical look at the business class offering of Star Alliance member Air China. A very special thanks goes out to Very Good Points for sending it my way. For a better description of each category and the 7-point scale for scoring, please review my introductory…

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World’s Top Airline Amenity Kits of 2012 – TravelPlus Awards

I posted the third annual TravelPlus Airline Amenity Bag Award winners over on my Road Warrior blog last week. But I’d be remiss if I didn’t also mention them here, as many of you know I’m an amenity kit aficionado. Not surprisingly, the top honors in each category went to non-U.S. carriers. United Airlines, however,…

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Amenity Kit Review: American Airlines Business Class – Eames Case

American Airlines last December rolled out new amenity kits and they finally offer separate kits for first and business class passengers. Previously, American provided the same “premium†kit in both cabins. A couple of weeks ago I reviewed the current first class offering, and here now is the business class kit for this installment of…

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