I’ve had a passport holder for as long as I can remember. When you are issued with an Australian passport, you receive a basic plastic one to put it in, which also takes a second passport on the other side.
Perusing the Internet, I came across an Air France branded passport holder and it inspired me to see what other airlines are offering. What I found was certainly expensive.
The Inexpensive Passport Holder
First port of call was the Air France shop where they have one priced at a very reasonable €15. It looks like it holds two documents, which is handy for dual citizens.
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- Looks alright!
Of course, it is the only one on this list that is out of stock on the Air France shopping website. I think that price is very reasonable, which perhaps is why it’s unavailable.
Made Of Money? Here Come The Expensive Ones!
Next on my list was Cathay Pacific who have a great online product range available, including those upcycled uniform cushions that I really want. They also have a compact passport holder for €45.
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- Here it is in all its green goodness!
I thought that was expensive until I saw another one at Air France, which comes up at €79. Of course, this one is available in their shop and features the Air France logo inside.
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- It’s nice, but as I’m not an Air France man, it’s not for me.
After checking a few other oneworld alliance airlines, I found the Japan Airlines shop. With an outlay of 22,870 Japanese Yen or €179, you get the Cordovan Passport Case, surely the Rolls-Royce of cases.
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- For the discerning – and wealthy – traveller.
For those that don’t know – and I didn’t – Cordovan is called the “leather diamond” as it’s so rare, according to JAL. It’s also made by Miyauchi Sangyo, a world-renowned Japanese tannery. Either way, for €179 it would want to be amazing, and it definitely looks lovely.
Overall Thoughts
I was in the market for a new passport holder just because I felt like treating myself. While €15 and €45 are in my price range, I can’t see myself spending €79 or €179 for one of these, even if it will get used a lot and probably last forever.
The luxury goods market never ceases to amaze, both for the eye watering prices and the elegance of the product. Looks like I’ll have to try to earn more money so I can jump in and purchase these kinds of things without a second thought.
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I used to have a plastic TWA ticket holder/wallet thing which had a few credit card slots and I could fit my passport in there but it wasn’t really made for long term usage and IRRC it lasted a couple of years before it started to give up the ghost. Don’t remember where I got it from and it did the trick for a while. My current passport holder is this ghastly hot pink atrocity which has gotten me some looks but if you set it down somewhere it’s not hard to spot. Sort of like this but with a… Read more »
Whoa, that would be easy to spot and very obvious in a bag if you had to rifle through to find it. I had a feeling you might have had a TWA one before, so I am not surprised there! 🙂 I wonder if they sell this kind of thing at the hotel. I should check that before I go there next month.
There is a little gift shop at the TWA hotel. Don’t remember seeing a TWA branded passport holder but then again I wasn’t looking for one. Certainly some items there to blow some cash on. I know I did, Enjoy!
Can’t wait!!
My passport holder is generic brown but I would cheerfully change to a branded vintage style holder. How cool would it be to sport a Pan Am, BOAC, Northwest Orient, etc. holder? Hmm, now you’ve got me thinking about a Pan Am holder to match my luggage tags.
A quick online search shows that they are definitely available. I’m going to have to have a look around, as I think I’d like to have one… but which airline! Choices, choices!!
When I did a quick check, the ones I saw weren’t large enough to fit a boarding pass, which would be the smallest I’d be interested in.
Ahh, I’d rather not fit a boarding pass, as they’re mostly electronic nowadays. Besides, even when I have one, I like putting it in the middle between the Passports, sticking out both ends.