Originally Posted by
tom911
I know on one of my flights this last month, where I cleared F at the gate at SFO and couldn't preorder, both myself and the passenger next to me asked for the fruit and cheese plate and were accommodated. Sounds like the rules were bent a bit.
They were - which makes it awkward when someone actually does what they're supposed to and looks like the bad guy because someone else wanted to look like the good guy. If you don't preorder, or can't, the fruit and cheese plate is for purchase in F.