kksBismark

I recently had the opportunity to fly Delta's PS to Asia and back, followed by a trip to Europe on American's Premium Economy. All in all, very comparable with regard to seat, leg room, entertainment, etc--with one major exception--meals. Delta served an economy-size meal in cardboard containers (2 items, with me having to unwrap them) with ice cream. The pre-landing meal/snack resembled a Hot Pocket. American unwrapped the hot entree, served the meal on china, and had several more items--with good size portions. The pre-landing snack was a large Greek salad, again served on china rather than cardboard. Delta's entree was honestly one of the worst I've ever had, while American's one of the better. Delta definitely needs to up its game in PS.
Delta's PS main meal--albeit after two bites

American's PE pre-landing snack


American PE main meal

shoodawg

Deval airlines saying if you want better quality food in C+, fly a different carrier. �You�re ours, sucker!�

DLATL777

Delta doesn't care how bad their product is when loyalty obsessed travelers will continue to book it.

Orange County Commuter

yep,

That�s why I�m not flying Delta because I�m not paying for that product

ty97

I have flown Delta PS a few times and have not been very impressed compared to competing PE products (I don't think I've flown AA's PE product).

Personally, I don't care if the meal is in cardboard rather than on china, but I am interested in the quality of the food.

Orange County Commuter

well, I know that I won�t eat the food. I don�t eat the food in business. I�m not eating the food in premium economy. I�m sorry it�s airline food. It�s not going to get any better

. But the seats are not comfortable because they put them too close together. The service is basic coach service. You will not be getting the welcome glass of champagne they tell you you�re going to ge. if you see a flight attendant during the flight it will be a miracle because they don�t come to the cabin, except when they serving meals. It�s just not worth the effort when you compare it to service and hard product you get on other airlines.

ty97

If I buy PE, it's primarily for the hard product. I agree that DL didn't do a great job with the hard product and it all feels a bit cramped for PE.

krazykanuck

Well, luckily Delta went for option 3, the plastic frizbee (I really wish they had somehow lost those during Covid).

But yeah that PS meal looks pathetic, even if it tasted ok.

keneshhagard

Pretty sure the packaging is supposed to be eco friendly

Orange County Commuter

and unfortunately, that�s going to be hard to fix. They might be able to grab some of your back with a fancy meal 😂 but that won�t address the fact that they didn�t design the cabin well imho

ijgordon

I don�t get it - the specs on DL�s PE are pretty much identical to those on most other carriers, in terms of # of seats across, and prob even pitch. Why is the hard product so much worse?

Good to know about the food. AA looks like a domestic F meal which is probably what it should be.

flyerfirsts

Every PS+ meal I've had has either been inedible or nearly inedible. Plus side, they throw me 10,000 skypesos when I descibe to them in a complaint how bad the food is.

zeke3

It looks like a UA Premium Plus meal (not a compliment).

2023 Let's Eat - United Premium Plus (International)

AJNEDC

It is economy whether it has been prefaced by anything or not. Expectation should therefore be low.

amieuro

what's the old saying ? " a picture is worth a thousand words".