It's really sad to see this happening. Just a year ago, I flew DL DCA-ATL-SAN. Due to delays, we were offered meal vouchers (I got a $12 meal voucher, IIRC), as well as miles. This was for maybe a ~90 minute delay.
I saw signs of this coming in December when I was originally DCA-SLC-SMF, but due to SLC being closed, was rerouted DCA-LAS-LAX-SMF. I was told at LAS to collect meal vouchers at LAX, but everyone at LAX had a flat-out "no" waiting for me, and I was told all employees had lost authorization to issue meal vouchers, except for redcoats. The redcoat that I talked to was incredibly rude and refused to issue a meal voucher. All this was after I had to hightail it down the T5/T6 tunnel, which was long and very ugly, and was out of breath once I arrived to the departing terminal (forgot which one; T5 or T6), and was starving after all the delays.
I thought this was an one-off, but now it's starting to fall in place. Major
to DL.