D1 LAX-SYD....only able to pre-order first meal?
Dec 15, 2018, 10:10 am
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D1 LAX-SYD....only able to pre-order first meal?
Got the meal pre-order email yesterday for my D1 flight tomorrow LAX-SYD. Was surprised that the only option was for the first meal (dinner) after take off. I thought this was a dinner, mid-flight meal, breakfast flight. Are there no choices for the two other meals or why isn’t one able to choose what they want for those meals?
Dec 15, 2018, 11:17 am
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I haven't flown this flight in a few years as I always fly VA now on this route. But in my previous experience, dinner is the only substantial meal. There is no mid-flight meal (everyone is expected to be sleeping), and the breakfast is fairly light. There are snacks mid-flight if you get hungry. Unfortunately the FA tend to encourage people to sleep and then disappear shortly after dinner service.
Dec 15, 2018, 11:41 am
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Got the meal pre-order email yesterday for my D1 flight tomorrow LAX-SYD. Was surprised that the only option was for the first meal (dinner) after take off. I thought this was a dinner, mid-flight meal, breakfast flight. Are there no choices for the two other meals or why isn’t one able to choose what they want for those meals?
Dec 15, 2018, 12:00 pm
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Just flew this route in D1 this month. There is a mid flight snack (I got a choice of Italian sandwich or onion tart) and breakfast 1.5 hours before landing (eggs and sausage, granola, or panettone French toast). Snacks were available in the galley as well - I saw stuff like chocolate, chips, yogurt and cold grilled chicken sliders/mini sandwiches. I’d say it was a fairly substantial offering but one could only preselect for dinner. But don’t worry - there’s plenty to eat on this flight so you won’t starve unless you choose to not eat.
Dec 15, 2018, 1:53 pm
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Almost no one takes the mid flight snack. I woke up hours after it was done and they still offered me both choices as they had both left
Be careful with any Dove chocolate...the batch on my D1 LAX-SYD was totally melted and then re-soldified, it looked disgusting upon opening (they claimed someone put the snacks above a heating element or something by accident)
Be careful with any Dove chocolate...the batch on my D1 LAX-SYD was totally melted and then re-soldified, it looked disgusting upon opening (they claimed someone put the snacks above a heating element or something by accident)
Dec 16, 2018, 7:17 am
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It's the same on the ICN flights: there's a substantial midflight snack, which many folks sleep through, and a breakfast, but "dinner" is the main meal and this is the one you can pre-order. There shouldn't be a problem getting your choice on the midflight snack and similarly for breakfast unless you ask to be awakened very late.