Originally Posted by
Ascii
Are they serving sad boxes on 3+ hour routes like Delta still is? They aren't on this one, but perhaps on others. Not sure.
If you mean cold meal boxes ("sad box" is sometimes also used to refer to snack boxes), yes they are serving cold meal boxes to/from the stations where they don't have meal catering contracts (generally smaller stations or ones where there are only a few flights that are long enough to qualify for meal service). There's a list on stations in the Wiki at the top of in-flight meal service thread --
Delta In-Flight Meal/Food Service: The Definitive Thread — 2022 Edition