Originally Posted by
pptp
Here's the deal. Times are approximate since they officially go by miles.
(B)reakfast (L)unch (D)inner
<1 hr: biscoff or pretzel
1-2 hrs: scone or snack basket
Short--2-3 hrs: (B) 0500-0914 (L) 1100-1259 (D) 1630-1859
Med---3-5 hrs: (B) 0500-0914 (L) 0915-1259 (D) 1500-1914
Long---5-7 hrs: (B) 0500-0914 (L) 0915-1459 (D) 1500-1959
All times in-between are a cold plate (except snack basket 2000-0459 on short haul)
Thanks for the info, good to know. Bit of a shame that the lunch cutoff has moved from 10am to 9:15am because I've preferred UA breakfast in recent years and have sometimes picked my flight accordingly. Then again, lunch seems to have improved with recent changes.
The one thing that still seems off is the lunch time gap between 1pm and 3pm on medium flights. I frequently take flights around that time from the west coast to ORD, which are in the 4 to 5 hour range, and find meals awkward. Do you eat lunch at the airport, and then the snack seems too filling to eat as well, or just go hungry for a few hours and eat on the the plane? Arriving in Chicago at 8pm or 9pm and getting home an hour after that makes for a late dinner, especially if you did not eat the snack on the plane. At least for medium haul flights, they should really take arrival time into consideration as well.