Originally Posted by mlin32

Slightly OT, but my mother had a good experience on the trip TPE - SEA - DCA. On board service on DL68 was good (three menu choices, wow !) and the correspondance at SEA was quick and smooth. Only had 1h25 at SEA but she said it was a breeze to do a DL - DL since apparently contrôle passeport spits you out at the A gates which is where her onward flight was.

Man, you guys outside Europe have it good. European airlines are on a race to the bottom, AF only serves a hot inedible snack in a paper box as the 2nd offering even on 14h flights; apparently a 2nd full meal is too much workload for French flight attendants.