Originally Posted by
pogopossum
I guess I don't get it. I can't speak to international flights, but most of my domestic USA flights are not much more than four hours, a bit more with connections. Why should anyone be even concerned about or have to plan on a meal on board?
(1) You're based in MSP. Others are based on one coast and need to fly to the other, which is more than a four-hour flight.
(2) If I have a flight that takes off at 7 AM or some hour like that, I am not going to eat at my house at 5 AM (I need to leave around 1:45 before flight time), nor am I going to wake up half an hour early so I can eat unhealthy, overpriced airport food for breakfast. I bring fruit etc.
(3) If I have a flight that takes off at 5:30 PM and lands at 9:30, implying that I won't get to my final destination until after restaurants are already closed (not to mention I don't want to start eating dinner at 11 PM), I need to bring my dinner on the plane.