Originally Posted by
Miggles
Doesn't seem like much of a loss, mainly because the meal is so inappropriate in the first place. NEVER am I interested in having a breakfast on a flight at 3pm local time or whatever time it is when such a flight from NRT is heading towards the east coast. The science shows clearly that jet lag can be reduced the sooner that passenger acclimates to the destination time zone. So besides being gross, serving breakfast at 3pm just prolongs jet lag.
Yeah, wish that UA would serve a lunch snack instead of breakfast. Same on the flights arriving into Asia in the late afternoon / evening: it makes little sense to have breakfast at what will be 4pm local time, even if a lot of the plane napped prior to that meal. Reminds me of the (meager) snack they used to serve on NRT-BKK prior to arrival: it was a pathetic meal, but at least it wasn't breakfast for an 11pm arrival!