Meals on late departure transcon
Mar 21, 2023, 4:38 pm
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Meals on late departure transcon
Hello everyone.
I have an upcoming flight on DL 308, JFK-LAX, on D1 seat. It departs on 10:15pm, and on Delta app, meal service it says Dinner. Delta normally stops hot meal after 8:30pm on First Class, right? Its this transcon being special?
Thanks in advance
I have an upcoming flight on DL 308, JFK-LAX, on D1 seat. It departs on 10:15pm, and on Delta app, meal service it says Dinner. Delta normally stops hot meal after 8:30pm on First Class, right? Its this transcon being special?
Thanks in advance
Mar 21, 2023, 5:09 pm
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This is D1, not F service. Only difference in meal in past has been the dessert served. The late night flights didn't get ice cream in past, rather a normal dessert. However you will get meal service, normally done very quickly to allow for sleep.
Mar 21, 2023, 5:21 pm
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Thanks for the reply. Base on LAX, so 10pm JFK departure means normal dinner time for me. I am glad to know not receving the snack basket.
Mar 21, 2023, 5:33 pm
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I don't know if this is still true on non D1 routes, but transcon/near transcon F routes like SAN-JFK or PHX-JFK DL used to also serve meal even if late night. There was some mile cutoff where meal was served regardless of hour. However I've not flown a late night non-D1 route like SAN/PHX-JFK since before CV19, so don't know if meal service is limited to SFO/LAX-JFK or not.
Mar 21, 2023, 6:18 pm
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https://www.delta.com/us/en/onboard/...ce/first-class
Mar 21, 2023, 7:11 pm
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Thats s rough flight if there are ANY weather issues or delays in JFK. I used to take the 9pm quite a bit JFK-LAX in D1. Easily 1-3am departures with weather in JFK.
Mar 21, 2023, 10:15 pm
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Always been served a full meal on the late night JFK - SFO that leaves after 9pm.
You should be able to pre-order on the app as well without issue.
Current month menu can be found here: https://pc2c.mydeltamenu.com/JFK-LAX/index-static.html
You should be able to pre-order on the app as well without issue.
Current month menu can be found here: https://pc2c.mydeltamenu.com/JFK-LAX/index-static.html
Mar 21, 2023, 11:35 pm
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9PM is the meal cutoff for FC flights under 2300 miles. D1 flights and FC flights over 2300 miles do not have a cutoff threshold.
https://www.delta.com/us/en/onboard/...ce/first-class
https://www.delta.com/us/en/onboard/...ce/first-class
Mar 21, 2023, 11:41 pm
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Plus, it's 767-400, with better D1 seats. 9pm one is 767-300.
Mar 22, 2023, 7:02 am
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I fly JFK-LAX regularly and take the redeye back home. Always got meal service in D1.
*Edit: I should add that I've flown the 10pm JFK-LAX flight in D1 and have always gotten a meal.
Last edited by xjaehyun; Mar 27, 2023 at 6:46 am