Originally Posted by Detroiter

That's tradition going back to the NW days. We always got some sort of breakfast before arrival in NRT, even on a late-afternoon arrival as I remember.

After a short night's sleep (I always seemed to wake up somewhere over Alaska) I was never too hungry, so I would ask the FA to just give me the fruit plate and croissant and keep me filled with coffee and OJ. Having had a look at the fruit on your flight, I think I would have skipped that as well. At least NW could do a decent fruit plate at the end of a TPAC flight.