New Pre-arrival Snack TATL in Y
Jan 7, 2012, 6:07 pm
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New Pre-arrival Snack TATL in Y
Hi everyone,
I had my first TATL for 2012 in Y today from LHR to BOS. The main meal and service were fine.
To my surprise, DL changed the pre-arrival snack from pizza and generic ice cream to a three cheese calzone and the generic ice cream. I've always been happy enough with the pizza, but thought the calzone was absolutely disgusting.
Fortunately, I had a sandwich with me.
I had my first TATL for 2012 in Y today from LHR to BOS. The main meal and service were fine.
To my surprise, DL changed the pre-arrival snack from pizza and generic ice cream to a three cheese calzone and the generic ice cream. I've always been happy enough with the pizza, but thought the calzone was absolutely disgusting.
Fortunately, I had a sandwich with me.
Jan 7, 2012, 9:09 pm
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I've done LHR-BOS in the past few months in Y, and I was incredibly disappointed in the meal service.
I'm not sure if it's their catering vendor at LHR or what, but the meals I got out of LHR were awful.
If the calzone is worse than the pizza, that's got to be pretty awful.
I'm not sure if it's their catering vendor at LHR or what, but the meals I got out of LHR were awful.
If the calzone is worse than the pizza, that's got to be pretty awful.
Jan 7, 2012, 9:24 pm
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Darn. I could have tried it if I hadn't gotten an op-up AMS-DTW today.
If only I had known about the calzone maybe I could have talked my way back into coach.
(That said, I never liked the pizza - - but after 8 hours in a plane it's hard to taste much of anything):
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/sc...s-2107130.html
http://www.chow.com/food-news/52743/...stes-terrible/
If only I had known about the calzone maybe I could have talked my way back into coach.
(That said, I never liked the pizza - - but after 8 hours in a plane it's hard to taste much of anything):
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/sc...s-2107130.html
http://www.chow.com/food-news/52743/...stes-terrible/
Jan 7, 2012, 9:29 pm
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I think the meals in Y are just not good with DL...I think portions on KL and AF are just bigger, and the meals are better.
When flying from MAN-ATL on DL late November, the main meal was chicken and rice...which was actually not bad at all, a very small salad, a stale bread roll...and no dessert such as a slice of cake, custard...anything...maybe the butter was supposed to be the dessert.
Pre-arrival snack was pizza and ice cream, and since it was a light load in Y...second and even third round of ice cream.
Nothing is worse than any TATL route leaving from ATL on DL...seriously Delta, that thing you call Chicken...is NOT Chicken.
When flying from MAN-ATL on DL late November, the main meal was chicken and rice...which was actually not bad at all, a very small salad, a stale bread roll...and no dessert such as a slice of cake, custard...anything...maybe the butter was supposed to be the dessert.
Pre-arrival snack was pizza and ice cream, and since it was a light load in Y...second and even third round of ice cream.
Nothing is worse than any TATL route leaving from ATL on DL...seriously Delta, that thing you call Chicken...is NOT Chicken.
Jan 7, 2012, 9:33 pm
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I really wish DL would take a closer look at their onboard catering service on TATL routes.
Domestic FC is not great either...
I think the DL product overall is fairly good, but when it comes to catering...there is just a lot of work to do. Rather than sending me surveys to my inbox about how smooth the check-in process was and gate experience...I'd like an e-mail on the onboard catering. Still waiting on that one.
Domestic FC is not great either...
I think the DL product overall is fairly good, but when it comes to catering...there is just a lot of work to do. Rather than sending me surveys to my inbox about how smooth the check-in process was and gate experience...I'd like an e-mail on the onboard catering. Still waiting on that one.
Jan 8, 2012, 4:42 am
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I kind of felt like one. 
Last month it was still the "cardboard" pizza. I'll send in a note and I am sore they'll reply with an apology about frustration and such. Maybe I'll get a few miles out of it, but I really just want them to fix it.
The main meal was fine. I find the really bad meals with DL in Y tend to be the pastas with a white sauce.
As far as other carriers, in T, I find the food to be far better on AA and BA this past year.
Jan 8, 2012, 5:04 am
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I think that post is four years late - the "big" change was in 2008 when Häagen-Dazs was first constrained (only one flavour) and later totally removed and the organic pizza was replaced by this analogue thingy. It doesn't really help that "product of Italy" is printed everywhere ...
So, OP, are you saying that they have replaced the generic with yet another generic?
So, OP, are you saying that they have replaced the generic with yet another generic?
Jan 8, 2012, 5:24 am
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I think that post is four years late - the "big" change was in 2008 when Häagen-Dazs was first constrained (only one flavour) and later totally removed and the organic pizza was replaced by this analogue thingy. It doesn't really help that "product of Italy" is printed everywhere ...
So, OP, are you saying that they have replaced the generic with yet another generic?
So, OP, are you saying that they have replaced the generic with yet another generic?
Jan 8, 2012, 5:49 am
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Jan 8, 2012, 7:41 pm
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Jan 8, 2012, 7:48 pm
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When flying from MAN-ATL on DL late November, the main meal was chicken and rice...which was actually not bad at all, a very small salad, a stale bread roll...and no dessert such as a slice of cake, custard...anything...maybe the butter was supposed to be the dessert.
Nothing is worse than any TATL route leaving from ATL on DL...seriously Delta, that thing you call Chicken...is NOT Chicken.