Latest Qantas Business Amenity - Looks and Feels so Cheap

[Pushka]

So, OT but upping the game. Has anyone received the latest amenity kit for J? Seriously, it looks and feels so cheap. On the flights in the last two weeks. Both ways, most were left behind. Compare them with Emirates and Qatar and it's a miserable fail yet flight costs are similar.

 

[justinbrett]

So, OT but upping the game. Has anyone received the latest amenity kit for J? Seriously, it looks and feels so cheap. On the flights in the last two weeks. Both ways, most were left behind. Compare them with Emirates and Qatar and it's a miserable fail yet flight costs are similar.

Has it changed? I got one a few weeks ago which was the Asian anniversary one (Singapore on one side and Tokyo on the other). Very standard contents.

It’s no EK but still better than most other oneworld airlines I’ve flown this trip (JL, BA & AA).

I have flown EK this trip and while their amenity kit was good there’s a lot more substantial aspects of the service I’d rank far below QF. I don’t typically use the contents during the flight, but I find a lot of good uses for the container. Historically I’ve always found the QF kits quite stylish - I think the Kate Spade era was the best but the current lot isn’t bad.

 

[RooFlyer]

So, OT but upping the game. Has anyone received the latest amenity kit for J? Seriously, it looks and feels so cheap. On the flights in the last two weeks. Both ways, most were left behind. Compare them with Emirates and Qatar and it's a miserable fail yet flight costs are similar.

Every leg of my QR flights I get a Dyptique Eau d’toilette spray. I take them but just put them aside. When I visited family in Brisbane, they nearly fought over them to get them. Good stuff apparently.
Rest of the contents is a bit meh (standard socks, earplugs and moisturisers) but the actual container is double zipped and actually handy. I’ve adopted it for my short domestic trips like at the moment.

 

[Pushka]

Every leg of my QR flights I get a Dyptique Eau d’toilette spray. I take them but just put them aside. When I visited family in Brisbane, they nearly fought over them to get them. Good stuff apparently.
Rest of the contents is a bit meh (standard socks, earplugs and moisturisers) but the actual container is double zipped and actually handy. I’ve adopted it for my short domestic trips like at the moment.

Those perfume cylinders are wonderful. I'd fight for them too. I have a few and use very sparingly. The containers too are memorable. The Qantas ones? Texture Feels unpleasant and cheap manufacture.

 

[justinbrett]

Those perfume cylinders are wonderful. I'd fight for them too. I have a few and use very sparingly. The containers too are memorable. The Qantas ones? Texture Feels unpleasant and cheap manufacture.

What’s the specific kit you have a problem with? Have you got a photo?

 

[Pushka]

What’s the specific kit you have a problem with? Have you got a photo?

Not my photo but from a FB page. There are four in the series I think. I don't have mine with me right now.

 

[justinbrett]

Not my photo but from a FB page. There are four in the series I think. I don't have mine with me right now.
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Oh yeah I got one of this trip (referenced above), Singapore on one side and Tokyo on the other. I think it’s really cool and I was glad to receive it as I’ve got quite a few of the normal ones. They’re limited edition to celebrate 90 years of international flying. https://www.qantasnewsroom.com.au/m...the-world-closer-for-millions-of-australians/

I don’t have a problem with the texture but that’s just because they screen printed them like a stubby holder. Again, I really like them.

 

[Himeno]

I've never opened them. At most I've only ever moved the kit out of the way.

 

[RooFlyer]

There you go @Pushka . Don’t think of it as cheap and nasty, think of it as a collectors item

 

[SYD]

It’s no EK but still better than most other oneworld airlines I’ve flown this trip (JL, BA & AA).

CX is pretty ordinary now. Completed 6 of 8 CX J this year and the same. Don’t even have socks! Toothpaste looks like Vasoline but does the job.

They used have mini shaving cream, razor etc…

I have flown EK this trip and while their amenity kit was good there’s a lot more substantial aspects of the service I’d rank far below QF. I don’t typically use the contents during the flight, but I find a lot of good uses for the container. Historically I’ve always found the QF kits quite stylish - I think the Kate Spade era was the best but the current lot isn’t bad.

EK F kits were collectors items.

Not sure what it is, but all the ME carriers load up their J kits with fragrances and stuff I have no use for…

 

[justinbrett]

Not sure what it is, but all the ME carriers load up their J kits with fragrances and stuff I have no use for…

Yeah, I dumped the contents. I also don’t see the attraction to the perfume/cologne, that’s a very personalised thing. Why would you want to smell like every other pax? May as well issue Lynx Africa.

 

[RooFlyer]

Yeah, I dumped the contents. I also don’t see the attraction to the perfume/cologne, that’s a very personalised thing. Why would you want to smell like every other pax? May as well issue Lynx Africa.

Well, personally I’ve never smelt anyone using the Eau d’toilette on board, certainly not the guys . I’ve begun to use the moisturisers in flight to help prevent drying out and I definitely keep and use the lip balm for my outward destinations.

It as I mentioned in a now other thread, I take ithe Eau d’toilette home and give it to various (female) family members and they absolutely love the Dyptique.

But the kids all have their colourful pencil cases, so they wouldn’t be of use to me.

I guess irrespective of actual use, it’s a bit about branding and care. An airline can show they do appreciate their passengers by putting a bit of up-ish market stuff in the amenity kits.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Yeah, I dumped the contents. I also don’t see the attraction to the perfume/cologne, that’s a very personalised thing. Why would you want to smell like every other pax? May as well issue Lynx Africa.

I agree on the new QF amenity kits! I think they’re a great bit of nostalgia!

re the colognes in kits… maybe not for use on board but been several times while overseas where they come in handy when you don’t have your own full-sized bottles with you. They fill the gap for a week away.

 

[justinbrett]

Well, personally I’ve never smelt anyone using the Eau d’toilette on board, certainly not the guys . I’ve begun to use the moisturisers in flight to help prevent drying out and I definitely keep and use the lip balm for my outward destinations.

It as I mentioned in a now other thread, I take ithe Eau d’toilette home and give it to various (female) family members and they absolutely love the Dyptique.

But the kids all have their colourful pencil cases, so they wouldn’t be of use to me.

I guess irrespective of actual use, it’s a bit about branding and care. An airline can show they do appreciate their passengers by putting a bit of up-ish market stuff in the amenity kits.

QR don’t give our men’s amenity kits? Or are you electing to get the female kit? I wouldn’t know as the two QR flights I did this year did not include any amenity kits (both 4-5 hour flights)

EK have a male and female version and I got the same men’s cologne in both flights I took. Couldn’t tell you what it is.

As for branding, I think QF has actually demonstrated this well with these new kits, they actually do make you think of QF and not generic beige shaving kit. QF may not be the single best but I think it’s definitely above average compared with its peers.

 

[RooFlyer]

QR don’t give our men’s amenity kits?

It doesn’t appear so. In my own case that doesn’t matter because it’s only the smelly stuff that would be different and I don’t use cologne so I’m happy to give the Dyptique to the ladies at home.

I wouldn’t know as the two QR flights I did this year did not include any amenity kits (both 4-5 hour flights)

You must’ve had a really bad run. Is it the same trip as you didn’t like the Al Safwa First lounge?

I just checked - my shortest flight in J has been just under seven hours. Except for the regional first 3-4 hrs (actually business) and I’m pretty sure amenity kits were … they might have been offered rather than being on the seat. Poor memory.

 

[Pushka]

There you go @Pushka . Don’t think of it as cheap and nasty, think of it as a collectors item

Well I could have collected a motza from all those left behind on my last flight! I think it's a love hate relationship with them on the various FB groups.

Well, personally I’ve never smelt anyone using the Eau d’toilette on board, certainly not the guys . I’ve begun to use the moisturisers in flight to help prevent drying out and I definitely keep and use the lip balm for my outward destinations.

It as I mentioned in a now other thread, I take ithe Eau d’toilette home and give it to various (female) family members and they absolutely love the Dyptique.

But the kids all have their colourful pencil cases, so they wouldn’t be of use to me.

I guess irrespective of actual use, it’s a bit about branding and care. An airline can show they do appreciate their passengers by putting a bit of up-ish market stuff in the amenity kits.

I never use any of the amenity kit onboard unless I'm desperate. Eg toothpaste. The Qatar scent I use - all the time. It's beautiful.

 

[FlyingFiona]

Every leg of my QR flights I get a Dyptique Eau d’toilette spray. I take them but just put them aside. When I visited family in Brisbane, they nearly fought over them to get them.

I have an easy solution to peace in your family...send them to me!! Dyptique is the bomb. I was introduced to them through QR's amentieis kits. The first ones I received were the best, haven't flown them for a while so I'm eager to see what they are like when I fly with them again on Friday.

 

[FlyingFiona]

QR don’t give our men’s amenity kits? Or are you electing to get the female kit? I wouldn’t know as the two QR flights I did this year did not include any amenity kits (both 4-5 hour flights)

They do have different ones (or at least did when I last flew them a couple of years ago) - the bags are a different colour and the perfume within are different. I know because a flight attendant gave me one of each once after I asked what scent was in the men's kits.

Dyptique have a couple of unisex scents of which at least one has made it into my kit eg their signature scent 34 Boulevard Saint Germain.

 

[justinbrett]

It doesn’t appear so. In my own case that doesn’t matter because it’s only the smelly stuff that would be different and I don’t use cologne so I’m happy to give the Dyptique to the ladies at home.



You must’ve had a really bad run. Is it the same trip as you didn’t like the Al Safwa First lounge?

I just checked - my shortest flight in J has been just under seven hours. Except for the regional first 3-4 hrs (actually business) and I’m pretty sure amenity kits were … they might have been offered rather than being on the seat. Poor memory.

First was DEL-DOH. Very ordinary flight, substandard crew. My FA spoke English but pronunciation was so bad I could barely understand him (I’m pretty good with accents, it wasn’t that), and he couldn’t understand my accent. So he just ignored me for most of the flight.

Second was DOH-CAI, “First” but not really. Crew were much better, except “Dine on Demand” was “we can delay your meal by 30 mins max”.

Yes not fused on Al Sawfa, not saying it was a bad lounge but think it’s a bit overhyped. They turned me off by the difficulty to get a glass of water. I think in the end I got a room temperature bottle of the local water? At least EK serve Evian glass bottles, chilled if you want.

Obviously I don’t think QR and EK are bad airlines but the way people talk on here you’d think they did everything perfectly. Not by a long shot. Equally QF doesn’t fk everything up, it does many things well - some better than those airlines.

QF used to have male and female amenity kits - I think about 15 years ago from memory. I guess that’s not PC these days.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

QF used to have male and female amenity kits - I think about 15 years ago from memory. I guess that’s not PC these days.

They used to have bespoke kits in first… possibly the SK-II kits were the last ones with separate M and F contents? (maybe the version after? but I don’t recall one?)

Business class has been unisex for a long time… I suppose because there weren’t any scents in them. At least going back to the Mk-1 skybeds IIRC.