Originally Posted by
serpens
Thanks for the information and the comment.
FWIW, United just sent a follow-up email urging me to choose a meal. I had hoped that maybe the new email was because I now had a choice (that is, two or more standard meals available); no such luck. Given that my first three choices were and are "Out of stock", what are the chances of one or more of them becoming in stock before the flight?
You will have a really good chance of getting whatever you want once on board -- my wife has changed her mind every flight and never not gotten her choice -- UA is just trying to figure out how to carry one or two less meals per flight lol to save $5 -- giving us the illusion of choice in advance....