Epidemic Of Thefts By First Class Passengers Astound Airline

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Epidemic Of Thefts By First Class Passengers Astound Airline

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A first class seat is seen on board an Emirates Airbus A380-800. Photo: REUTERS/Phil Noble

By Julian Kossoff
06/18/18

Light-fingered passengers flying first and business class are behind a mile-high pilfering epidemic, filching the high-value luxury treats available in their opulent cabins.

Virgin Airlines is missing 1,700 lightweight blankets since the start of the year and have become so inured to the purloining of their distinctive "jet engine" salt and pepper shakers that it now marks them with a tongue-in-cheek “Pinched from Virgin Atlantic” logo. Some 26,700 sets have gone missing over the last 12 months, the airline says.

Sites such as eBay feature BA blankets and Bulgari amenity bags made for Emirates. Etihad’s business class velvet plush throw sells for more than $130.

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I confess my sins :oops:

I just love their blankets and tea towels so much :wink:
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Kayve wrote: Thu Jun 28, 2018 11:15 am I confess my sins :oops:

I just love their blankets and tea towels so much :wink:

Can you give us a link to your ebay for sales. ; wink;
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As posted on the FB thread about this: during my 30+ years in have hospitality I have seen everything pilfered that wasn't nailed down. Actually, even if it was nailed down....

Never mind towels, bath robes and hangers; notable items included a massive and heavy standing ashtray, huge flower pots, bathroom fixtures, a flat-screen TV. Best was the guy that cut out a huge piece of carpet and took it home.
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hanno wrote: Thu Jun 28, 2018 6:48 pm As posted on the FB thread about this: during my 30+ years in have hospitality I have seen everything pilfered that wasn't nailed down. Actually, even if it was nailed down....

Never mind towels, bath robes and hangers; notable items included a massive and heavy standing ashtray, huge flower pots, bathroom fixtures, a flat-screen TV. Best was the guy that cut out a huge piece of carpet and took it home.
Hmmm A huge piece of carpet is an inconspicuous way of removing a body :shock:
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Yobbo wrote: Thu Jun 28, 2018 7:14 pm
hanno wrote: Thu Jun 28, 2018 6:48 pm As posted on the FB thread about this: during my 30+ years in have hospitality I have seen everything pilfered that wasn't nailed down. Actually, even if it was nailed down....

Never mind towels, bath robes and hangers; notable items included a massive and heavy standing ashtray, huge flower pots, bathroom fixtures, a flat-screen TV. Best was the guy that cut out a huge piece of carpet and took it home.
Hmmm A huge piece of carpet is an inconspicuous way of removing a body :shock:
Beats paying 6 Grand to the coppers to remove it :lol:
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