Originally Posted by
fumje
My wife flew redeye LAX - ORD a few days ago and got only a bag of crackers. I thought I remembered cheese and grapes or something like that as the 'refreshments' on these (~4hr) flights—i.e. not quite a meal but still relatively substantial. Is crackers the new normal or do I misremember?
That used to be the case, but as part of the meal enhancements last year UA had to make up for the additions somewhere and the mid-con redeyes suffered by losing their snack. (AA and DL also don't serve snacks on similar routes).