No first-class meal on a 2000+ mile flight?
Oct 22, 2017, 8:40 am
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Oct 22, 2017, 8:51 am
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If I look at flight options on that route that flight shows meal service in the drop down details for the flight. In addition, at the top of the list of flights there’s an ad with a photo of food and “ENJOY A MID-FLIGHT MEAL ON US”
Oct 22, 2017, 8:52 am
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That sounds like lunch rather than dinner.
Oct 22, 2017, 9:07 am
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True, but I was thinking that if lunch is served early in the flight, two thousand miles is still a long time to dinner. More importantly, a decent (not fast food, not at the airport, etc.) real dinner could be difficult to find upon arrival since with the flight landing around 7:30 pm, leaving the airport at 8 would be optimistic, and finding a restaurant before 9 pm (probably last orders at 8:45 pm) after checking into a hotel in downtown Raleigh, Durham, or Chapel Hill could be difficult. OTOH, with the difference in time zones, it's only a five hour flight which sounds very normal for one meal unless one is accustomed to eating constantly.
Oct 22, 2017, 9:25 am
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Without the time zone change, 11:34 am to 7:47 pm is over eight hours, in fact 8 hours and 13 minutes. The time difference between SEA and RDU is three hours, so the flight is scheduled to last for over FIVE hours.
On some flights with meals, the snack basked is only offered to C+ passengers or to only those in FC who have declined the meal.
On some flights with meals, the snack basked is only offered to C+ passengers or to only those in FC who have declined the meal.
Oct 22, 2017, 12:03 pm
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Oct 22, 2017, 3:26 pm
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True, but I was thinking that if lunch is served early in the flight, two thousand miles is still a long time to dinner. More importantly, a decent (not fast food, not at the airport, etc.) real dinner could be difficult to find upon arrival since with the flight landing around 7:30 pm, leaving the airport at 8 would be optimistic, and finding a restaurant before 9 pm (probably last orders at 8:45 pm) after checking into a hotel in downtown Raleigh, Durham, or Chapel Hill could be difficult. OTOH, with the difference in time zones, it's only a five hour flight which sounds very normal for one meal unless one is accustomed to eating constantly.
Oct 22, 2017, 5:36 pm
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i think the ad is there because sea-rdu is one of the few routes that includes a meal in economy.
Oct 22, 2017, 9:40 pm
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Of course you'll get a meal, but best thing to happen would be that you DON'T get served airline food. Then you can complain to DL and take the $50-$100 (or whatever they offer as equivalent). You can buy yourself a pretty nice meal for that amount.