Mar 24, 2020, 6:20 pm
Last edit by: xliioper
**Update 7/21/21 North America, Latin America, and Caribbean***
- 6/15 Hot meal service returns to select D1/FC Transcon flights - JFK-SEA/SFO/LAX + BOS-SEA/LAX
- 6/15 Snack basket returns to select FC/C+/and D1 flights as well as Y Flight Fuel Box sales returning
- 7/28 (limited to SEA/SFO/LAX/SLC to/from hubs/focus cities) Meals on FC flights over 1500 miles departing before 9PM. Meals will likely be cold/uncooked items like salads and sandwiches.
- 8/17 and 8/24 Remaining FC flights over 1500 miles get meals.
- 8/24 hub-to-hub (inc. focus cities) routes between 900 and 1500 miles get meals
- 8/31 full restoration of old meal service standard (meal windows seem to be gone) with all FC flights between 900-1500 miles getting meals
https://news.delta.com/la-chefs-jon-shook-vinny-dotolo-headline-return-fresh-meals-deltas-premium-domestic-cabins
**Update 4/14 North America, Latin America, and Caribbean***
All Cabins, Purell wipe or similar during boarding
Beverages: 7.5oz mini cans: Coke, Diet Coke, Sprite, Ginger Ale, Tonic, Club, Orange, Cran, Bloody Mary Mix, Coffee Tea, Water.
Spirits: Finlandia Vodka, Jack, Bombay Gin, Woodford, Tip Top Old Fashioned & Margarita, Sweetwater 420 & Hazy IPA, Miller Lite, White/Red/Sparkling Wine
F/C - All Flights - NO PDB OR PRE-SET WATER - Full Beverage Selection, Sweet & Salty Snack
F/C 900+ - Choice of Non-Perishable flight fuel box.
F/C 1500+ - Pre Arrival Second Beverage Service
**you can always request refills**
C+, M/C - < 251 - No Service
C+, M/C - 251+ - 8oz water, Coffee/Tea, 2 Snacks (Sweet/Salty) C+ Only: Beer/Wine
C+, M/C - 500+ - Full Beverage, 2 Snacks (Sweet/Salty), Ice On Request, C+ Only: Complimentary Spirits
C+, M/C - 1500+ - Pre Arrival Second Beverage Service
**you can always request refills**
Tap To Pay activated on Flight Attendant Devices For Contactless Payments.
*on domestic widebodies D1 gets domestic FC service. A/C that have PS are C+ service and C+ is MC service.*
For your convenience, note that the contents of the Bistro (orange) box are pictured in post #3814 while a detailed list of the contents of the Market (yellow) box is given in post #3471.
- 6/15 Hot meal service returns to select D1/FC Transcon flights - JFK-SEA/SFO/LAX + BOS-SEA/LAX
- 6/15 Snack basket returns to select FC/C+/and D1 flights as well as Y Flight Fuel Box sales returning
- 7/28 (limited to SEA/SFO/LAX/SLC to/from hubs/focus cities) Meals on FC flights over 1500 miles departing before 9PM. Meals will likely be cold/uncooked items like salads and sandwiches.
- 8/17 and 8/24 Remaining FC flights over 1500 miles get meals.
- 8/24 hub-to-hub (inc. focus cities) routes between 900 and 1500 miles get meals
- 8/31 full restoration of old meal service standard (meal windows seem to be gone) with all FC flights between 900-1500 miles getting meals
https://news.delta.com/la-chefs-jon-shook-vinny-dotolo-headline-return-fresh-meals-deltas-premium-domestic-cabins
**Update 4/14 North America, Latin America, and Caribbean***
All Cabins, Purell wipe or similar during boarding
Beverages: 7.5oz mini cans: Coke, Diet Coke, Sprite, Ginger Ale, Tonic, Club, Orange, Cran, Bloody Mary Mix, Coffee Tea, Water.
Spirits: Finlandia Vodka, Jack, Bombay Gin, Woodford, Tip Top Old Fashioned & Margarita, Sweetwater 420 & Hazy IPA, Miller Lite, White/Red/Sparkling Wine
F/C - All Flights - NO PDB OR PRE-SET WATER - Full Beverage Selection, Sweet & Salty Snack
F/C 900+ - Choice of Non-Perishable flight fuel box.
F/C 1500+ - Pre Arrival Second Beverage Service
**you can always request refills**
C+, M/C - < 251 - No Service
C+, M/C - 251+ - 8oz water, Coffee/Tea, 2 Snacks (Sweet/Salty) C+ Only: Beer/Wine
C+, M/C - 500+ - Full Beverage, 2 Snacks (Sweet/Salty), Ice On Request, C+ Only: Complimentary Spirits
C+, M/C - 1500+ - Pre Arrival Second Beverage Service
**you can always request refills**
Tap To Pay activated on Flight Attendant Devices For Contactless Payments.
*on domestic widebodies D1 gets domestic FC service. A/C that have PS are C+ service and C+ is MC service.*
For your convenience, note that the contents of the Bistro (orange) box are pictured in post #3814 while a detailed list of the contents of the Market (yellow) box is given in post #3471.
DL In Flight Service Changes during COVID-19 (Consolidated Thread)
May 29, 2021, 10:08 am
#4201
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No one on here would ever violate FAA regulations by consuming personal alcohol on board, I'm sure. But, as I've told TSA, this is cheaper than paying for drinks in the hotel bar at my destination at $12 each.
May 29, 2021, 10:11 am
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May 29, 2021, 10:22 am
#4203
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I don’t think the Niagara mini bottles contain any less water than the Dasani bottles from before. They look smaller because they use less plastic and are filled to the absolute brim.
May 29, 2021, 10:47 am
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May 29, 2021, 11:09 am
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Yeah, I would usually take them to have at my destination hotel, especially if it were particularly select service out in the middle of nowhere.
May 29, 2021, 11:29 am
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It's also insulting. Treating everyone like grade school children and punishing everyone for the actions of a few is silly and serves no purpose. It's clearly just for show so that crew think the airline is backing them up. But, that one lady who knocked out the FA's teeth does not represent the statistical majority of pax. Maybe that lady should be banned from Southwest, but all other pax shouldn't be punished, too.
May 29, 2021, 12:28 pm
#4208
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The example given was MSP-SFO in June, but that's before meal service resumes on FC flights on 7/13. If you do a sample booking, you will see there is meal service on this route starting on 7/13. The meal windows applied to flights between 900 - 1400 miles. For flights over 1500 miles, meals are always served unless the flight departs after 9PM. They are currently starting out with only offering meals on flights over 1500, so the meal window times aren't relevant. It's not clear when or if they will resume meals in FC for flights less than 1500 miles. The 1500 mile requirement is currently showing for FC flights all the way through the end-of-schedule.
Last edited by xliioper; May 29, 2021 at 1:58 pm
May 29, 2021, 4:28 pm
#4210
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AA has announced no alcohol in economy until at least September.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/29/busin...ion/index.html
May 29, 2021, 4:45 pm
#4211
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The exact regulation is the following (14 CFR 121.575):
Obviously excludes consumption of your own alcohol brought on board. With that said, there is a lot of ambiguity there.
Technically, by this definition at least, if you kept some of the minis from a previous flight and brought them on board another flight, you were still served that beverage by the certificate holder, the FAR doesn’t specifics which flight the beverage had to be served on.
Theoretically if you were to pour a beverage from the SC into a to-go cup that would also have been served by the certificate holder.
If you brought your own from Total wine or from another airline though, that would be against the FAR.
Technically, by this definition at least, if you kept some of the minis from a previous flight and brought them on board another flight, you were still served that beverage by the certificate holder, the FAR doesn’t specifics which flight the beverage had to be served on.
Theoretically if you were to pour a beverage from the SC into a to-go cup that would also have been served by the certificate holder.
If you brought your own from Total wine or from another airline though, that would be against the FAR.
May 29, 2021, 4:51 pm
#4212
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The exact regulation is the following (14 CFR 121.575):
Obviously excludes consumption of your own alcohol brought on board. With that said, there is a lot of ambiguity there.
Technically, by this definition at least, if you kept some of the minis from a previous flight and brought them on board another flight, you were still served that beverage by the certificate holder, the FAR doesn’t specifics which flight the beverage had to be served on.
Theoretically if you were to pour a beverage from the SC into a to-go cup that would also have been served by the certificate holder.
If you brought your own from Total wine or from another airline though, that would be against the FAR.
Obviously excludes consumption of your own alcohol brought on board. With that said, there is a lot of ambiguity there.
Technically, by this definition at least, if you kept some of the minis from a previous flight and brought them on board another flight, you were still served that beverage by the certificate holder, the FAR doesn’t specifics which flight the beverage had to be served on.
Theoretically if you were to pour a beverage from the SC into a to-go cup that would also have been served by the certificate holder.
If you brought your own from Total wine or from another airline though, that would be against the FAR.
The “FA just has to serve it to you” line is one of the great FlyerTalk myths that just won’t die.
May 29, 2021, 4:57 pm
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Ambiguity in the FAR. The corporate policy is another story entirely.
May 29, 2021, 7:11 pm
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jetBlue used to have in their online FAQ a statement that personal alcohol could be consumed if served by crew. I believe some travel blogs had articles about it.