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    <documentType>4/A</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2006-07-17</periodOfReport>

    <dateOfOriginalSubmission>2005-03-17</dateOfOriginalSubmission>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000914478</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>SAMSONITE CORP/FL</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>SAMC.OB</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001199200</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>WILEY RICHARD H</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>11200 E. 45TH AVE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>DENVER</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CO</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>80239</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Chief Financial Officer</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Employee Stock Option (right to buy)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>0.525</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2005-03-17</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>D</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>6000000</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2014-10-15</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>6000000</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
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                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>0</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
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                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeTransaction>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Employee Stock Option (right to buy)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>0.665</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2005-03-17</value>
            </transactionDate>
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                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
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            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
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            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>6000000</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
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            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F3"/>
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            <expirationDate>
                <value>2015-03-17</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>6000000</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
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                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>6000000</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
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        </derivativeTransaction>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The option becomes exercisable as set forth in the Form of Executive Stock Option Agreement, filed as Exhibit 10.35 on the Current Report on Form 8-K/A dated February 14, 2005 of Samsonite Corporation.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Due to the effect of the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 on the tax treatment of the option, the $.525 option was canceled by mutual agreement of the reporting person and Samsonite Corporation. In exchange, the reporting person received the $.665 option reported herein.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">The option grant is divided equally into Tier One options and Tier Two options, with each tier vesting subject to continued employment. Tier One: 20% are exercisable on the grant date, with an additional 20% vesting on each anniversary of the grant date thereafter until all Tier One options are vested. Tier Two: 25% shall become exercisable on the first anniversary of the grant date, with an additional 25% vesting on each anniversary of the grant date thereafter until all Tier Two options are vested. This amended Form 4 is being filed to disclose the amendment to the vesting schedule of the options acquired, as more fully disclosed in the footnotes hereto, pursuant to an agreement between the Reporting Person and the Issuer.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>Exhibit 24 Power of Attorney</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Douglas Sundby, Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2006-07-19</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
