Emirates, Qatar and Etihad offer some of the best airline amenity kits in the world, according to Cheapflights

READY, set, jealousy! Have you ever wondered what happens on the other side of the curtain, at the pointy end of the plane? This is how airlines really treat their upper class flyers.

READY, set, jealousy!

Have you ever wondered just what happens on the other side of the curtain, at the pointy end of the plane? Travel website Cheapflights.com.au has provided a glimpse at how airlines pamper their upper class passengers, by analysing the world’s best airline amenity kits — an essential and cherished part of the “high flying” experience.

Cheapflights tested out 48 kits from business and first class across 27 carriers, giving their tick of approval to Emirates, Etihad, Japan Airlines, Qatar and United Airlines, all named equal best.

The Japan Airlines amenity kit. Picture: Cheapflights

“These kits had us dreaming of the high life, with bling-tastic bags, upper crust combs, luxurious lip balms, and sumptuous slippers — but we can’t help thinking a little bit more deodorant wouldn’t go a miss,” Cheapflights spokeswoman Oonagh Shiel said of the winners.

Only seven of the 48 amenity kits analysed had deodorant! That’s despite the upper class kits being stuffed full of luxury brands such as Bulgari and random items such as shoe horns, “pulse point oil” and “pillow mists”.

The Qatar amenity kit. Picture: Cheapflights

Oonagh said the dream amenity kit would combine:

• Etihad’s limited-edition artisan kit bag

• Japan Airlines’ beautifully-designed toothbrush

• Garuda’s hair brush and shoe horn

• Turkish Airlines’ ear plugs

• Swiss Airlines’ La Prairie moisturiser

• Air New Zealand’s “Beware I Sleepwalk” eye mask

• Vietnam Airlines’ lip balm

• Turkish Airlines’ non-slip socks

Air New Zealand’s sleep mask. Picture: Cheapflights

The 10 most popular items found across all the kits analysed were: brush/comb, eye mask, toothbrush, socks, earplugs, moisturiser, toothpaste, lip balm, tissues and shoe horn.

Emirates’ bag. Picture: Cheapflights

Etihad’s kit. Picture: Cheapflights

The airline amenity kits were given ratings from 1-6 stars, with 6 being the ultimate kit. The lowest score given was actually 3 stars.

Here’s how they compared:

• 6 stars: Emirates, Etihad, Japan Airlines, Qatar and United Airlines.

• 5 stars: Virgin Atlantic, British Airways, Royal Brunei, Air New Zealand, Qantas, Garuda Indonesia, Delta, SWISS, Turkish Airlines, Icelandair and Malaysia Airlines.

• 4 stars: Air Berlin, American Airlines, Austrian Airlines, LOT Polish Airlines, TAM, Lufthansa and Vietnam Airlines.

• 3 stars: Air Canada, Condor Airlines and Iberia.

United’s goodie bag. Picture: Cheapflights

That’s a lot of items! Picture: Cheapflights