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The food in the front to Port of Spain is really good. PTY also has good food service.
Here is a video of PTY-IAH food. There were three choices and I had the steak.
http://youtu.be/eAaZ2WJOdNw

EWR-POS is a red eye and has three hot options.
Below is a video of the menu and food service on the flight. (Steak & Shrimp dishes shown)
http://youtu.be/x4aY080ADi8

Here is the menu from the video.
To BEGIN
Roasted nuts with your preferred cocktail or beverage

APPETIZER
Smoked salmon and orange peppered salmon accompanied by creamy horseradish sauce

SALAD AND WARM BREAD
Romaine lettuce and mesclun salad mix with cherry tomato and Mandarin orange segments
Offered with buttermilk ranch dressing

Assorted rolls with butter

MAIN COURSES
Sterling Silver Fillet of Beef Tenderloin
Served with green peppercorn sauce, tricolor bell pepper strips and sautéed onion, asparagus spears and home-style mashed potatoes

Shrimp Margharita
Char-grilled jumbo shrimp accented by lemon, served with quesadillas repochetas, fresh baby Spanish sautéed with garlic and tomato filled with jalapeno mayonnaise

Mini Cannelloni Pasta Bowl
Artichoke and ricotta cheese filled mini cannelloni served with creamy arugula sauce, mixed sautéed vegetables and grated Parmesan Reggiano cheese

DESSERT
Cherry custard cake

Fresh Brew gourmet roasted regular and decaffeinated coffee made exclusively for Continental Airlines or tear with your choice of milk or lemon



Some photos from IAH-POS over the years.

Warm Nuts



Appetizer and Salad. Yes that was caviar in the center of the salmon.


Steak and Shrimp Main Course


Ice Cream Sundae


Different Salmon Appetizer


Another Beef Dinner


Shrimp salad appetizer


Beef and Shrimp Dinner


Salmon Dinner




Ha ha, well they had it right in the past if they want to go mess up a very profitable route, they can have at it.

There are different markets out there and UA need to be careful with Port of Spain. I have only had to sit in the back once on a flight to POS. All my other flights to POS were in F. It’s not about the free food as it is giving Caribbean Airlines (BW) one more reason to differentiate their product and fly the route.

BW has free bags and free food. Free bags are very important that to Trinidadians as they seem to take everything but the kitchen sink with them. BW starts POS-IAH, UA will have a hard time filling up their plane and they will also kill their cash cow. UA knows when they started EWR-POS it was daily but with BW JFK-POS they couldn’t make it work year round and fares were low because of BW. Houston doesn’t have the O/D Trinidadian population NYC does, so a BW POS-IAH will trash UA yields on the route not to mention put the whole route in danger.

Spirit Airlines has been very successful airline but they tired FLL-POS and it went bad really quick at the LLC model is solidly rejected by Trinidadians. Word spreads fast on that island. Also RedJet a new LLC started in the Caribbean a bout a year ago offering rock bottom fares and it didn’t last even though Intra-Caribbean fares are high. The people in that region espc Trinidad do not like LLC model being charged for food and bags, etc and put their money where their mouth is. LIAT the regional airline of the Caribbean offers free snacks and drinks on their short island hops. Free food is expected by local Caribbean people and since POS route mostly locals. I really do not want BW to start the route.

CO IAH-POS was highly rated by locals as it avoided MIA mess and CO provided great service on the route.