Well flying over 200k a yr on UA does increase the % against me and most of that was on PMUA planes where KA was the vendor.Flew 80K in Jan/Feb alone and got KA only once. JFK-LAX/SFO is still PMUA I believe its no longer KA although I fly that routing over a dz times a yr I end up mostly SDCing it to a flight where my RPU would clear but since thats T-23+no KSML for me
UA says they dont offer KSML SGN-HKG (yet CX (DragonAir) had Hermolis from REP-HKG),I didnt mind it till my HKG-SFO flight didnt have any KSML for me either, yrs past that would have gotten me a $350 eCert this yr it was worth $100 or 7500 miles.So that was SGN-HKG-SFO w/o any meal and the GA wouldnt let me take my carry-on aboard even thou I was in BF SFO-JFK so I simply told him to unload me and took the next flight out = no meal as it was on the booked flight, no problems taking the exact same carry-on onto that flight.
But Im now done with UA at least rev tkt wise unless they are at a min $50 cheaper on a Dom or $150 cheaper Intl , which probably means UA wont be getting another dime out of me.But with LT *G status on UA it will make using up the 2M+ of miles w/o having to pay for bags etc etc. Problem is AA serves a Y meal in Biz on their JFK-LAX/SFO flights at least KA had a better presentation and quantity, but not quality. Its now AA where I also have LT Plat
As for Stogels thats the 1st time ever I got it on COUA,PMUA or PMCO. Personally when flying out of Yeruppetsville where theres no Jewish community to speak of nor much demand for KSML and no local vendor,I can understand Stogel being the way to go. I remember my LatinPass run of 2000 was
to have finally been served a Stogel it was usully no special meals at all.