Flying Mco-msp tomorrow. The flight is 1300 miles and is 3:55-6:30 (so, in a meal window) but the iron doesn't list a meal and I was not able to order a special meal. PL line didn't have an explanation. Before I buy a sandwich, any thoughts on if this is a computer glitch and meals will magically appear?
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Are you in FC? IIRC for flights under 1500 miles, meal are served if the flight is scheduled to depart 6 - 10 am for breakfast, 10 am - 2 pm for lunch, and 4 - 8 pm for dinner, so 3:55 just misses dinner despite the arrival time. I know this has been posted here at some point, probably not too long after the merger.
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Yes I'm in FC. Guess I've never taken a flight that seems to so clearly be during a meal time that didn't have a meal. No wonder we were upgraded at 72 hours even though my companion has no status. I can make do with some cheese and olives from the SC but companion ran the WDW marathon today so he need a meal. We will buy something for him. Thanks for the confirmation
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First Class complimentary meal times: flights of 900-1500 miles -- breakfast is served on flights departing between 5 am – 9:45 am; lunch is served on flights departing between 9:46 am – 1:30 pm; and dinner is served on flights departing between 4 pm – 8 pm.
Hmm I was on DL951 (JFK-ATL) last night and we were offered meals in the FC cabin.
Just wondering if there are any other known exceptions to the domestic FC dinning policies.
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Hmm I was on DL951 (JFK-ATL) last night and we were offered meals in the FC cabin.
Just wondering if there are any other known exceptions to the domestic FC dinning policies.
JFK/LGA-ORD gets meals despite being below the minimum length.
There are a few others (but only a few). All depends on the markets served.
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Thank you. So the dead times for meals for domestic flights under 1500 miles are 1:30 - 4:00 pm and 8:00 pm - 5:00 am.
Makes me wonder how many flights are scheduled to leave at 3:55 PM and 8:05 PM.
What gets to me are the east-to-west transcons (or nearly transcons) where you miss the meal based upon a few minutes departure time, and then it is well beyond local meal time when you arrive.
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Makes me wonder how many flights are scheduled to leave at 3:55 PM and 8:05 PM.
What gets to me are the east-to-west transcons (or nearly transcons) where you miss the meal based upon a few minutes departure time, and then it is well beyond local meal time when you arrive.
In N Out burger is open til 1 or 1:30am, so west coast meal time can go quite late
In N Out burger is open til 1 or 1:30am, so west coast meal time can go quite late
Tell that to my east coast stomach
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Makes me wonder how many flights are scheduled to leave at 3:55 PM and 8:05 PM.
Back in the days when one might get a meal in F on flights of 600-700 miles (I guess we're talking the 80s), it always seemed NW made sure their evening flights ex-DTW to the northeast and the corresponding return flights left just before or just after the meal window. I was shocked once on a trip to NYC in '89 when I switched my return from NW ex-LGA to CO ex-EWR and discovered CO actually served quite a nice dinner (with choice of entree!) EWR-DTW.
