Originally Posted by
ClipperDelta
...The ATL-DEN flight happens during three hours in which this individual would normally be asleep anyway (i.e., 12 midnight and 3am BRU time)...under normal circumstances, he/she would never be having that meal anyway.
But that incorrectly assumes that a person's body clock remains on origination city time until all flights are complated. Many, myself included, would "party" the night before, sleep a few hours on the XATL, and that ATLDEN flight would be only a few hours off, maybe more like 8 - 11 PM, ready for the late evening snack.