DL27 Meal service
Mar 18, 2018, 4:52 pm
#16
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Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Birmingham, AL
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This schedule allows for onward travel to BKK and then KKC (or any other Thai regional) without additional overnight stop over. Significant improvement for me, (every 2 months)
Mar 19, 2018, 4:26 am
#17
Join Date: May 2005
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This is a great departure time for a 14 hour flight. You get on, tired, eat, sleep, then you're there for a full rested day. I understand about hotel check in and all but most hotels will understand and try to check you in so you can take a nap if you need to.
Nov 5, 2018, 11:08 pm
#18
Join Date: Dec 2009
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On this flight today. Yes, full dinner after takeoff and then two mid flight options (omelet or mung bean pancake) and then breakfast-ish meal before landing. I agree the timing is great, no complaints here. Hope I can have the meal later in the flight. FWIW lounge bar closes sharp at midnight but the lounge seemed to stay open slightly longer - until boarding commenced. There have been some pretty serious delays recently so I wonder how these have been handled.
Nov 7, 2018, 11:21 am
#22
Join Date: Feb 2002
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On this flight today. Yes, full dinner after takeoff and then two mid flight options (omelet or mung bean pancake) and then breakfast-ish meal before landing. I agree the timing is great, no complaints here. Hope I can have the meal later in the flight. FWIW lounge bar closes sharp at midnight but the lounge seemed to stay open slightly longer - until boarding commenced. There have been some pretty serious delays recently so I wonder how these have been handled.
Nov 7, 2018, 6:37 pm
#23
Join Date: Dec 2009
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Beef, chicken, and ravioli...
Sorry I didn't take the menu but that was the gist. Some people had pre-ordered, maybe check in manage your booking?
Nov 7, 2018, 7:23 pm
#24
Join Date: Mar 2015
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On this flight today. Yes, full dinner after takeoff and then two mid flight options (omelet or mung bean pancake) and then breakfast-ish meal before landing. I agree the timing is great, no complaints here. Hope I can have the meal later in the flight. FWIW lounge bar closes sharp at midnight but the lounge seemed to stay open slightly longer - until boarding commenced. There have been some pretty serious delays recently so I wonder how these have been handled.
Nov 7, 2018, 11:21 pm
#25
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: ANC
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On DL 199 SEA-ICN last week they did have slippers. On the return DL 198 ICN-SEA tomorrow and I will note to see if they have them again. I would assume if SEA has them then the ATL flight would too since it is longer.
Nov 9, 2018, 10:02 pm
#27
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Bloomfield, MI, USA
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Alternatively, late afternoon or early evening arrivals in Asia can work, because it generally takes a couple of hours to get to the hotel, and it's pretty easy to stay awake until a normal bedtime, and voila, the next day one wakes up at a normal hour. This was my normal procedure when flying to Tokyo in the PMNW days.
Nov 10, 2018, 12:10 pm
#28
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