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Official UNITED policy for meal preferences is to prioritize in the following order: (as of late 2023)
The proper way is to take orders front-to-back, and apply priority in the galley afterwards. Some FAs may still hop around the cabin seeking GS and 1Ks and take their orders first.
With the sharp increase in passengers pre-ordering meals, front-to-back ordering is now predominant.
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- Pre-orders
- Global Services members
- 1K members
- All other revenue passengers from front to back (no difference between $$$ or mileage or upgraders)
- Non-Revs
The proper way is to take orders front-to-back, and apply priority in the galley afterwards. Some FAs may still hop around the cabin seeking GS and 1Ks and take their orders first.
With the sharp increase in passengers pre-ordering meals, front-to-back ordering is now predominant.
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Current UA Process for Prioritizing Meal Orders in Premium Cabins
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Flew with the family this week and we had all four seat in row 4 (back row). FA takes A side 1-3, then goes back to the front and takes D side 1-3, then back to my wife and I in 4A&B, then my kids in 4D&E(?). My wife was a little miffed, We got out choices because a few people didn’t have anything. Just a Plat now, but a full F fare, no upgrades or points.
Service was pretty weak the entire flight. No pre-boarding drink. They disappeared after the meal.
Service was pretty weak the entire flight. No pre-boarding drink. They disappeared after the meal.
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To me it seems to be getting more common now, although as already noted it's not the prescribed method. Before covid I didn't find it was very often that the FA would bounce around for orders, and seemingly instead they'd go by the procedure Whyme described above.
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Some FAs take meal orders front to back and prioritize in the galley (and/or not bother to ask what my 2nd choice is), or they go around the cabin to 1K/GS first.
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Dont get me started about the lack of the clubs being open.
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If possible, it's best not to rely on the airline to feed you these days. Been served absolute garbage in F on quite a few 5+ hour flights, across all three legacies.
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Business travel is not leisure - one's flexibility is limited, especially with the reduction of flights and other services - whether on-board, in the airport or even away from the airports themselves.
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That's all fine, but the post that sparked this discussion ("flew with the family this week") was clearly leisure travel.
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