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Jul 22, 2025 | 5:45 am

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Originally Posted by UpperMidwest

I will readily admit that my advance purchase domestic first is in inflation adjusted terms about what a heavily discounted coach seat sold for in the early 80s. So get that I am getting a meal equivalent to what coach got 40 years ago. And I now can feed myself with more than pretzels at the club. But is a cheese tray to much to ask on 867 mile flight?

Back in the day, the airline my dad flew for managed to serve hot meals in coach on the JAX-MIA flight, which is 335 air miles. The flight attendants hated that flight.