KLM still gives houses to J passengers.
I remember in the 90's, SQ had gifts for F class, and I believe Asiana did as well. Usually they were small china wear.
I recall gifts from my Concorde flights. Usually they were Lloyds of London Concorde Branded stuff.
What other parting gifts do you recall (aside from Amenity Kits).
(Mind you - "gift" is a funny way of putting it, as we pay $$$$$ or miles for them in the first place!))
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I seem to remember those little airplane models.
Not the fancy ones, but 1-2 inch, cartoony ones that comes with a ring and goes on your keychain.
Not the fancy ones, but 1-2 inch, cartoony ones that comes with a ring and goes on your keychain.
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As a youngster I regularly flew on BOAC then BA between London to Hong Kong for school holidays then returned to the UK and boarding school (not fun)
In those days it was nearly always 747 service (once flew in a VC10) and there were many stops en route
An example would be London - Frankfurt- Rome-Tel Aviv- Tehran- New Delhi- Bangkok- Hong Kong
The stops and itinerary varied but in any case it was quite a journey and you were in the aircraft itself for at least 24 hours
Exhausting but at that young age I loved every minute of it and the friendly crews, visiting the cockpit in flight was no problem and they always made us feel welcome
On the last leg into Hong Kong the flight attendants would give all the children traveling a tin box filled with chocolates and with all BAs aircraft on the outside
A great memory, wish I still had it, saw one on E Bay for $55
Im still a proud member of the Junior Jet Club !
In those days it was nearly always 747 service (once flew in a VC10) and there were many stops en route
An example would be London - Frankfurt- Rome-Tel Aviv- Tehran- New Delhi- Bangkok- Hong Kong
The stops and itinerary varied but in any case it was quite a journey and you were in the aircraft itself for at least 24 hours
Exhausting but at that young age I loved every minute of it and the friendly crews, visiting the cockpit in flight was no problem and they always made us feel welcome
On the last leg into Hong Kong the flight attendants would give all the children traveling a tin box filled with chocolates and with all BAs aircraft on the outside
A great memory, wish I still had it, saw one on E Bay for $55
Im still a proud member of the Junior Jet Club !
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I got a reusable tote bag from LH in 2020.
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zrs70 wrote:KLM still gives houses to J passengers.
I remember in the 90's, SQ had gifts for F class, and I believe Asiana did as well. Usually they were small china wear.
I recall gifts from my Concorde flights. Usually they were Lloyds of London Concorde Branded stuff.
What other parting gifts do you recall (aside from Amenity Kits).
(Mind you - "gift" is a funny way of putting it, as we pay $$$$$ or miles for them in the first place!))
Millennials collectively choke on their avocado toast and rush to book tickets on KLM.
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zrs70 wrote:[...]What other parting gifts do you recall (aside from Amenity Kits).[...]
The British Airways subsidiary Deutsche BA gave a chocolate heart to every disembarking passenger. After Air Berlin had swallowed them, they continued to do so.
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Austrian, Lufthansa and Swiss distribute chocolates for landing.
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Back in 1993 BA gave me a branded backpack and playing cards in coach. I was just a child.
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Sorry - pieces of chocolate are not the same category of what this post intended!
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Air Canada used to give First Class passengers gold Cross pens on their most prestigious European routes. YYZ/LHR/YYZ 856/857 and YUL/CDG/YUL 870/871. (Flight numbers which stand today).
The gift boxes were Air Canada branded, but the pens were not.
The gift boxes were Air Canada branded, but the pens were not.
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Kilopond wrote:YUKzrs70 wrote:[...]What other parting gifts do you recall (aside from Amenity Kits).[...]
The British Airways subsidiary Deutsche BA gave a chocolate heart to every disembarking passenger after Air Berlin had swallowed them
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OZ did indeed give gifts to F class pax - I had an award ticket LAX-ICN on their 744 in 2014 or thereabouts. Prior to landing at ICN, the cabin crew offered a gift from a selection of 3: a leather wallet, a hardback coffee table book with Korean calligraphy and something else (ceramic pot of ginseng?) The stewardess gently steered us in the direction of the wallets as she thought the others may not appeal to us 2 non-Korean pax.
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I still got the spanair airport playset I have when I flew with them back in my childhood
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i got a sony walkman many, many years ago on singapore airlines. and distracted an FA on virgin australia a couple years ago so i could have the sydney opera house s&p shakers.
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I only recall once being given a gift during a flight and that was on China Eastern (an A300-600) between Beijing and Xi'an back in 1996.
I was an economy passenger and was given a red and gold silk chinese lantern about the size of an orange in a little box. As far as I know the whole plane got one.
I was an economy passenger and was given a red and gold silk chinese lantern about the size of an orange in a little box. As far as I know the whole plane got one.
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