Well, you could have bought first-class if being up there and getting a meal was important to you.

Personally, I've never been a fan of Delta breakfast meals and typically skip it, even on long-haul flights. I'd rather eat at the hotel or Sky Club before departure or wait for landing and grab something, say at the excellent Virgin Atlantic arrivals lounge in London.

I got just the pre-order email for ATL-SCL in case that has not been reported. I am hoping for the same on the return flight.

This is definitely a potential downside of an otherwise fantastic change. We're much less likely to get our first choice meal after a gate upgrade.

Before I get flamed with WFBF, I understand that I have no right to complain about my meal choice if I got a free upgrade. It's just an observation.

I got my LHR-ATL preselect yesterday right on time. Options were meh, but it was nice to get the meh out of the way ahead of time I guess.

Slightly OT, but sometimes I think I'm the only one here who doesn't swoon over the VS Revivals lounge. It's nice that the shower wait is usually pretty short, but the food is just okay and I find the whole place small and stuffy all the time.

If I have a meeting to get to I'll grab a coffee and shower and then get out as quick as I can. Otherwise, I much prefer just getting straight into the city and freshening up properly at my hotel or apartment.

I agree it's probably too small. I also agree the food menu is limited, but what's served is, without a doubt, better than what you get on-board. I like it because I can spend an hour or 90 minutes there, missing the last of the morning rush into the city. Plus, by 11 a.m. there's a better chance of my room being ready at the hotel.

I got one for our return trip from CZM-MSP on 2/09, but not the outbound (which is a "domestic flight" for these purposes). And, flight attendants on the return flight were oblivious to the fact that 1/2 the cabin has "chosen" in advance, so not sure how "useful" the choice was. It was the same exact choices as we were offered in advance, so it's not like you got different stuff. Just increasing the chances you got your first choice, I think.

ETA: I got the email on Thursday for a Sat pm flight.

What were the choices? I have this same flight later next week.

Exactly. Simply an observation, but I should've known the "WFBF" crowd would come barreling in.

But that shouldn't actually be the case right? Say before Delta was loading 8 eggs and 8 oatmeals for a 16-seat cabin. Now if 10 people pre-order eggs, in theory I would think they would load 3 eggs and 3 oatmeals for the remaining seats, some of which will be at-the-gate upgrades. (Or maybe they would load 4 eggs and 2 oatmeals since the pre-order trend suggested greater demand for eggs, but regardless...)

It's not like the pre-orders are equivalent to people ordering ahead of you onboard and perhaps taking the choice you would have wanted -- the pre-orders lock in certain people and then I'd imagine they do some rebalancing of what they load for the remaining meals.

Of course, if you're last to order, you're last to order, but that was sometimes the case with a gate upgrade anyway.

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They did mention in the press release that they can use the pre-order data to better assess demand, so maybe they will get good at determining how many of each meal to load for the remaining seats after preorders. But otherwise, I tend to think I'd have less chance of getting my first choice if, say, I'm one of four passengers picking between a 2/2 split, then if I'm one of 16 picking from an 8/8 split. Maybe there's an engineer on the boards who can tell if if that's correct.

just got another "Pre-Order Your Delta One Meal" email -- it's for the 0035 SEA-MSP redeye, lol

so the interesting thing here is that, at T-24, I'm going to SDC off that flight to an afternoon flight ... I'm curious if I'll be able to pre-order for that meal service flight, since the 24-hour window will still be open

I did a buyup yesterday for a flight on Sunday. It was less than 72 hours out, so I guess no e-mail for me......

:(

Maybe on the return. Both would be lunch anyway.

I have probably missed the post, but do you have pre-choice selection for first class for ATL-SFO?