Traditional Meal Times on AA?
Dec 3, 2008, 10:23 am
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Dec 3, 2008, 10:34 am
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aa.com shows that the meals for flight 78 in economy are dinner and breakfast.
Where did you find it? It doesn't say anything on the itin page. Thanks for the info ^
Dec 3, 2008, 11:31 am
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Jul 31, 2009, 5:15 am
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What are "traditional meal times"
Hi All,
I have looked through the stickies and gone through aa.com but cannot find anywhere that stipulates what actually are considered "traditional meal times" on AA flights. Can anyone point me in the right direction or does anyone know off-hand what these times are? I.E. a 1:05pm flight out of JFK to SJU would that qualify for a lunch service? And would a 9:10am flight from SJU - DFW qualify for a breakfast service or would 9am be a cut-off time for example?
Thanks for your help as usual.
I have looked through the stickies and gone through aa.com but cannot find anywhere that stipulates what actually are considered "traditional meal times" on AA flights. Can anyone point me in the right direction or does anyone know off-hand what these times are? I.E. a 1:05pm flight out of JFK to SJU would that qualify for a lunch service? And would a 9:10am flight from SJU - DFW qualify for a breakfast service or would 9am be a cut-off time for example?
Thanks for your help as usual.
Jul 31, 2009, 5:58 am
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Hi All,
I have looked through the stickies and gone through aa.com but cannot find anywhere that stipulates what actually are considered "traditional meal times" on AA flights. Can anyone point me in the right direction or does anyone know off-hand what these times are? I.E. a 1:05pm flight out of JFK to SJU would that qualify for a lunch service? And would a 9:10am flight from SJU - DFW qualify for a breakfast service or would 9am be a cut-off time for example?
Thanks for your help as usual.
I have looked through the stickies and gone through aa.com but cannot find anywhere that stipulates what actually are considered "traditional meal times" on AA flights. Can anyone point me in the right direction or does anyone know off-hand what these times are? I.E. a 1:05pm flight out of JFK to SJU would that qualify for a lunch service? And would a 9:10am flight from SJU - DFW qualify for a breakfast service or would 9am be a cut-off time for example?
Thanks for your help as usual.
Jul 31, 2009, 8:18 am
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Hi bdemaria - thanks for the post and the clarification it is much appreciated - do you know if it works just purely on an individual flight basis (given the flight is over a certain length of time) or is there a specific published time schedule i.e. nothing after 1:30pm or 2:00pm departure qualifies for lunch etc - just wondering
Jul 31, 2009, 10:52 am
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Aug 21, 2009, 1:00 pm
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How are delayed flights catered? According to their original departure time or based on the new delayed departure time?
Aug 21, 2009, 1:49 pm
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Aug 21, 2009, 1:59 pm
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They're also catered based on original destination. Earlier this year our SFO-MIA 757 went inop and we stole the 763 bound for HNL. Macadamia nut pancakes ala (some hawai'ian chef) were tasty
Cheers.
Aug 21, 2009, 2:51 pm
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By the way, the Snack/Brunch designation in SABRE is a well-known bug! It's been around for decades and it takes a manual entry to change it back to a "normal" meal code. I hear there's a prize for the SABRE programmer who can find and fix this bug.
Aug 21, 2009, 9:43 pm
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AA269 JFK-SEA is set to serve "Dinner" even though it departs at 3:55PM in the winter schedule.
Aug 21, 2009, 10:04 pm
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The one that always miffs me is ORD-LAX in the early afternoons. It says "snack" for F meals but I always remember these flights offering fairly substantive meals even during snack hours in the afternoon.
- T