These are some of the most expensive items you get when you fly first class
Cathay Pacific has a first class amenity kit with products like hand lotion and moisturizer from the Australian brand Aesop. The Aesop products can range from $35 to over $100.
United Airlines partnered with Saks Fifth Avenue to create luxury bedding for its international business class, Polaris. They were so popular that the airline started selling them — a Polaris duvet costs $59.99, and a memory foam pillow costs $27.99.
Westin Hotels & Resorts-branded "Heavenly" bedding was offered for Delta first class customers. The blankets retail at $49.00.
Delta also offers luxury amenity kits from TUMI with Kiehl's products in it...
... And custom one-of-a-kind dishes and cutlery designed by the Italian firm Alessi. Alessi cutlery sets alone often sell for upwards of $100.
British Airways offers luxury bedding and amenity kits from The White Company for its Club World class. The White Company bedding typically sells for upwards of $200.
Air France offers pajamas from Givenchy to its La Première flyers on long haul flights. The amenity kits are also Givenchy.
Ferragamo, an Italian luxury goods company, supplies products for amenity kits on Singapore Airlines. Each individual product in the amenity kit can cost upwards of $50, making the entire kit worth hundreds. There is a separate amenity kit for men offerings similar products.
Singapore Airlines also offers complimentary Bose noise-cancelling headphones to its first class customers, which can cost from $100-$300 a set.
Emirates first class amenity kits are made by the luxury brand Bvlgari, and the cases are made from genuine leather. Like with Singapore Airlines, there is a separate amenity kit for women.
The airline also offers luxury moisturizing sleepwear with Hydra Active Microcapsule Technology, according to Bravo.
In addition to the sleepwear, Emirates offers custom noise cancelling headphones from Bowers & Wilkins, which cost $465.
Emirates has its own line of wines that have been in storage for over 10 years. According to Bloomberg, some of the wines are worth over $2,000 a bottle. If you don't want wine, you can always go with the bubbly. Perhaps a glass of Dom Pérignon.
Etihad Airways has amenity kits from Hungary's Omorovicza. It offers a selection of small products from the Gold Collection, which can run upwards of $200 each. The cases were designed by French luxury brand Christian Lacroix.
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