Join HfP and Globe-Trotter for a private shopping evening this Christmas

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• Navara says:

  5 Dec5 December 06:59

  a free luggage tag worth £95 …..Really

  • Erico1875 says:

    5 Dec5 December 07:12

    There will be asols with more money than brain who pay that.

    • ChrisBCN says:

      5 Dec5 December 07:36

      Or people who have money and just like the look of it?

      • Andrew J says:

        5 Dec5 December 07:43

        Indeed. Most of the population wouldn’t dream of booking a business class flight which gets you to the same destination in the same amount of time as an economy flight for a fraction of the price. People spend their money on what they consider a good or important use of it.

        • T says:

          5 Dec5 December 07:54

          Surely, that comparison is not completely correct. A suitcase is a box to transport clothes. Clothes as far as I know do not care if they are in an Asda’s own or LV box. Although Business and economy do get you to the same destination, I can tell you that it feels better up front then in the back. You can see, feel, taste were your money goes in Business class.

        • Andrew J says:

          5 Dec5 December 09:11

          My clothes might not care what they are seen in, but I care what I’m seen carrying. And one can see and feel the quality, so the comparison is entirely correct.

  • BA Flyer IHG Stayer says:

    5 Dec5 December 07:52

    Well it might be priced as that but that doesn’t mean it’s worth that amount.

    • Navara says:

      5 Dec5 December 10:03

      Exactly that’s why I used Sinead’s word

• tony says:

  5 Dec5 December 07:04

  I can see the comments forming (probably on FT, not here) about how BA damaged my suitcase – one that cost more than the average UK monthly salary – and are now refusing to compensate me for more than a Samsonite…

  As noted above, £95 for a luggage tag. I think that’s more than I’ve ever spent on a piece of luggage. 😂

  • Froggitt says:

    5 Dec5 December 07:10

    Your suitcase one of these? https://twitter.com/DjsAviation/status/1599107426912858112

• Andrew J says:

  5 Dec5 December 07:11

  Can see this is the first time HFP have stepped into the luxury goods arena – very bizarre to be charging for tickets to go to a sales event for a luxury brand. For mid range brands such as cosmetics, the ticket price is always redeemable against purchases on the night, in addition to any discount, which at the very least could have been done for this event.

  • Lou says:

    5 Dec5 December 07:20

    The £10 is to put off folk who only want to turn up for the booze

  • Ken says:

    5 Dec5 December 07:42

    I’d imagine HfP have plenty of readers who can afford the luggage…..alongside plenty whose first though ‘how much does the champagne retail at’ and ‘how many glasses can I have’.

    One group is attractive to the sponsors, the other not so much.

    • Andrew J says:

      5 Dec5 December 07:44

      The use of the word “bubbly” suggests to me it won’t be champagne.

      • SannyJ says:

        5 Dec5 December 13:21

        Nowt wrong with Lambrini

  • JDB says:

    5 Dec5 December 08:20

    A great many luxury brands sell very expensive tickets for private sales events albeit with the proceeds often going to charity. These tickets and the £10 ones here are designed to keep the spongers out.

  • John T says:

    5 Dec5 December 10:23

    @Andrew – don’t you remember the disastrous £250 swim shorts campaign?

• Simon says:

  5 Dec5 December 07:24

  Have just googled this stuff – not to my tastes, and 10x the cost of Kipling. Will pass on this, thanks!

  • yorkieflyer says:

    5 Dec5 December 07:47

    Mr Kipling?

    • BA Flyer IHG Stayer says:

      5 Dec5 December 07:54

      Beat me to it.

      How many French fancies or Bakewell slices can you fit into a suitcase?

      I’d rather have £95 of those than a luggage tag!

    • AJA says:

      5 Dec5 December 08:29

      Kipling make exceedingly good bags 😉

• Andy says:

  5 Dec5 December 07:51

  A luggage tag is not worth £95, no matter what the ticket price.

  • TGLoyalty says:

    5 Dec5 December 13:13

    Am I reading it wrong?

    It says 10% discount and £95 tag for anyone who purchases on the night.

    The ticket comes with nothing but a glass of bubble and the chance to purchase at a discount.

    • Rob says:

      5 Dec5 December 13:15

      It comes with quite a lot of alcohol actually! We’re trying not to play up that element.

      • Navara says:

        5 Dec5 December 13:23

        Early HfP Christmas party ?

        • Rob says:

          5 Dec5 December 13:31

          It’s the ONLY HfP Christmas party this year.

        • Gagravarr says:

          5 Dec5 December 16:17

          Shangri-La are giving out 1 free cocktail per member tomorrow (6th) as part of their in-app advent calendar thing, and the London Shangri-La hotel at the Shard is taking part.

          Might work for some readers for a mini get-together? (Sadly I’m in Birmingham tomorrow, and I don’t fancy going all the way to London for just one free drink….)

        • TGLoyalty says:

          5 Dec5 December 17:40

          Didn’t even know that advent cal was a thing!

      • TGLoyalty says:

        5 Dec5 December 13:53

        Ha I’m sure it’ll be worth it for the correct customer.

        My point was that people are reading it wrong and the real values in the £200+ discount not a luggage tag.

• T says:

  5 Dec5 December 08:10

  For a company that hardly ever discounts their goods, an awfull amount of discount codes are available via simple Google search.
  Just saying.

  • Andy says:

    5 Dec5 December 10:23

    I looked last week and couldn’t find anything, and I’m pretty good at finding codes I thought.

• TimM says:

  5 Dec5 December 08:19

  A posh Tupperware party? Not even a naughty underwear party? I buy luggage on its specifications – size as per airline, weight if relevant and construction but not its brand name or perceived ‘exclusivity’.

  Those that buy luggage tags at £95 need to have a special tax for stupidity.

  • AJA says:

    5 Dec5 December 08:35

    It all depends on how you perceive value for money. I’d rather spend £500 on a decent suitcase that lasts 20 years than spend £30 every year. YMMV.

    The lovely thing is that we have the choice. You can spend what you want and so can I.

    • Simon says:

      5 Dec5 December 08:56

      But £500 will only buy you a 1/4 of one of these things.

      Look, I hate cheap luggage with a passion (I work opposite Victoria Coach Station, and seeing some of the stuff dragged round there is frightening), but there are excellent luggage brands making stuff that lasts for years costing under £200. Why anyone would pay 10x that and then hand it over to baggage handlers to abuse is beyond me.

      But hey, I dont understand the luxury watch market or other status symbols. Plenty of other places to spend £££ IMO.

      • Rob says:

        5 Dec5 December 09:18

        What though? If you’ve got £10k per month left after paying your bills – which even a very average banker has (I’m married to one, remember) – then why not? Got to do something with it.

        • Andrew J says:

          5 Dec5 December 09:44

          Absolutely! And shopping in the U.K. helps keep the country going through VAT, and keeps people in retail jobs. If we all squirrelled our money away for some date in the future that we may never get to then the economy would be in an even worse state. £2000 on a suitcase is nothing to me and many other people.

        • Insider says:

          5 Dec5 December 09:57

          How to say my wife earns more than yours without saying it

        • Rob says:

          5 Dec5 December 10:17

          She’s a ‘very average’ banker though, by her own admission 🙂 Luckily I’m around to keep us afloat 🙂

        • RussellH says:

          5 Dec5 December 10:52

          Well, one could make donations to Crisis, St Mungos, Centrepoint, Shelter, Trussell Trust, your local foodbank, Step Change, Citizens Advice, or one of the many other organisations that help those to whom £10k is an unimaginable amount of money.

        • JDB says:

          5 Dec5 December 11:05

          Well, there is the option of either investing the money in financial assets or in goods that are attractive anyway but might appreciate in value. My wife loves good jewellery (not the branded stuff) and it has appreciated extraordinarily. We also buy antiques, paintings and other objets d’art all things we enjoy every day, will last forever and can be passed on to family many of whom won’t have the financial resources to buy such nice things in the future. There is also the question of school fees to invest money for the children’s futures; that’s a good use of money. We travel a lot and Kipling luggage has served us very well. We don’t want to spend £1000+ on luggage (or indeed other overt signs of wealth) but if some people do, that’s fine as well.

        • JDB says:

          5 Dec5 December 11:09

          @RussellH the point re charities is a very good one as well, both in giving money which we generally prefer giving to really good local charities but also giving them our time to help, plus free advice to those that can’t afford to pay.

  • Lady London says:

    5 Dec5 December 08:44

    There *is* a special tax. It’s £95

    • Andrew J says:

      5 Dec5 December 09:08

      And the VAT you contribute to society by buying it.

      • Ron Jacobs says:

        5 Dec5 December 11:00

        Or how about increasing one’s charitable contributions? That way it’s 100% to society instead of 20%.

• Joe says:

  5 Dec5 December 08:42

  Globe trotter luggage is really elegant. They had a special edition British Airways piece which I believe there may still be a couple of pieces of available. I was very tempted because it had a piece of a 747 in which I had flown several times. My issue with their luggage is that it’s all just too nice to damage. I fly a lot! Globe trotter luggage really just doesn’t feel like something I want to fling around and damage, especially at the price you’re paying! Realistically any bag which comes with me might get randomly checked in, shoved in a tight overhead bin, left to sit in the rain in Kuala Lumpur airport, or randomly end up in Tasmania at any time. With a Tumi I can deal with it; with a Rimowa _maybe_ I’ll get over it, but Globe Trotter is just a step too far for me right now!

  • lumma says:

    5 Dec5 December 13:52

    This reminds of a man I worked with years ago. He won £1million on I think a Radio One competition. Most of what he did was sensible, bought a property, gave some to his family but his treat was a Mitsubishi Evolution. He didn’t want to ruin it so continued to drive to work in a battered Ford Fiesta

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