DL27 Meal service
#2
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Dinner, mid-flight snack, breakfast.
Thats really odd timing for that flight. Im guessing that KE has a bunch of 0500-0600 connections, but I wouldnt want to be on it, thats for sure.
#3
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If you are flying into SE Asia it it not even close. The "normal" schedule dumps you into an airport around midnight, and that might not even be the final dest.
#4
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If you are in business class and can sleep, I find that US=>Asia red eye flights are infinitely better for jetlag vs daytime. And schedule-wise early morning arrival is better for connections. If you take take day time flight and arrive at 3pm - 5pm slot, missing connection usually means overnight (happened more than once!).
#5
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Hey, OP, I just did this flight last week. IIRC, the flight (then) dep ATL at 11:19AM and was scheduled to arr at 4:30PM the next day but we hauled it over the North Pole so we got in about 50 mins earlier then scheduled at about 3:40PM local time. Total flight time was 13:51 and meals were dinner, mid flight snack and I have to admit, I don't remember whether the third meal was breakfast or lunch. I THINK it was lunch b/c on the return flight on KE we arr in JFK at 7:30PM and were served breakfast before arrival and I don't remember that same meal service on DL before landing in ICN so I think it was lunch.
#6
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Hey, OP, I just did this flight last week. IIRC, the flight (then) dep ATL at 11:19AM and was scheduled to arr at 4:30PMThe the next day but we hauled it over the North Pole so we got in about 50 mins earlier then scheduled at about 3:40PM local time. Total flight time was 13:51 and meals were dinner, mid flight snack and I have to admit, I don't remember whether the third meal was breakfast or lunch. I THINK it was lunch b/c on the return flight on KE we arr in JFK at 7:30PM and were served breakfast before arrival and I don't remember that same meal service on DL before landing in ICN so I think it was lunch.
#8
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Disagree on the schedule issue. If one is going past ICN/NRT the "midnight" bank of flights out of the US work much better.
If you are flying into SE Asia it it not even close. The "normal" schedule dumps you into an airport around midnight, and that might not even be the final dest.
If you are flying into SE Asia it it not even close. The "normal" schedule dumps you into an airport around midnight, and that might not even be the final dest.
#9
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Ah, thanks SKY good to know about the sched change. ew, tho, arr at ICN at 0400, which means you'll prob get there around 0315. ew! it'd be great for Customs as I can't believe there would be much of a line and it'll be great for making connections onward too but i loved arriving in HKG (I connected from ICN to HKG) but I loved arr in HKG just in time for bed. I guess it just depends on ones personal preferences tho but DL shows the meals as Dinner, lunch, and brunch.
#10
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Ah, thanks SKY good to know about the sched change. ew, tho, arr at ICN at 0400, which means you'll prob get there around 0315. ew! it'd be great for Customs as I can't believe there would be much of a line and it'll be great for making connections onward too but i loved arriving in HKG (I connected from ICN to HKG) but I loved arr in HKG just in time for bed. I guess it just depends on ones personal preferences tho but DL shows the meals as Dinner, lunch, and brunch.
#11
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exactly!!! and oh, Crank, i'm SURE they will have dinner after midnight. Heck, I've taken the LIM-ATL flight plenty of tiimes and it departs around 0100 or so and they still do 2 meal services and its only like 6:50 minutes. so if you do both meals you only get about 4 or so hours of sleep. I've just grown accustomed to sacking out as soon as I board and then just getting breakfast pre-ATL arr. but i'm sure they'll offer dinner just after departure on this.
#12
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The first meal service will be expedited so people can get to sleep quicker.....the new timing is meant for 80+ connections in Asia.
I for one much prefer to connect at ICN versus China/PVG because of the new terminal and better quality airline/KE.I wonder how long NRT-SIN has before it gets cut.
Last edited by AANYC1981; Mar 18, 2018 at 9:50 am
#14
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The first meal service will be expedited so people can get to sleep quicker.....the new timing is meant for 80+ connections in Asia.
I for one much prefer to connect at ICN versus China/PVG because of the new terminal and better quality airline/KE.I wonder how long NRT-SIN has before it gets cut.
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It's also timed to allow business travelers a full day on both ends. A midnight or late-night departure allows a full work day before the flight, and even allows many connections to have a full day before taking a late-evening connecting flight to ATL. This, combined with the early arrival allows for a full business day in Seoul upon on arrival, or a mostly full day upon arrival even if taking a connection onward from ICN. The SEA-HKG flight only allows about a half-day in SEA, and less of a business day if originating from elsewhere and having to connect through SEA.