Jan 27, 2024, 3:01 pm
Last edit by: matchbox20_is
New menu link here
Current 2024 First Class meal service status -- FC meal service consists of plated meals (including hot options) between hubs and to/from most larger stations (exception stations listed below only receive cold meal box options) on flights over 900 miles which depart before 9PM (scheduled). Pre-selection is available on routes with plated meal offerings (except those operated by an A321neo), while it is not available on cold meal box routes. In addition, flights over 2300 miles will receive meal service in FC for departures after 9PM.
Snack boxes are generally offered on redeye flights under 2300 miles.
Meal service is not provided on flights under 900 miles.
All D1 flights, domestic and international, receive hot meal service.
Current exception stations where only cold meal boxes (with no pre-selection) are offered in FC on 900+ mile flights (both to and from station). Market/Bistro snack boxes are served on flights that are AM return flights to hubs from previous evening arrivals (as the cold meal boxes would require refrigeration overnight ):
ABQ, AUA, ASE, BOI, BTV, BZN, COS, EGE, ELP, EYW, GEG, GUA, HDN, JAC, JAX, LIH, MCI, MTJ, NAS, OAK, OMA, PLS, PSC, PSP, PUJ, PVD, PWM, SAL, SAT, STT, SXM, TUS, VPS, YYC, YYZ, YUL, YVR
Current 2024 First Class meal service status -- FC meal service consists of plated meals (including hot options) between hubs and to/from most larger stations (exception stations listed below only receive cold meal box options) on flights over 900 miles which depart before 9PM (scheduled). Pre-selection is available on routes with plated meal offerings (except those operated by an A321neo), while it is not available on cold meal box routes. In addition, flights over 2300 miles will receive meal service in FC for departures after 9PM.
Snack boxes are generally offered on redeye flights under 2300 miles.
Meal service is not provided on flights under 900 miles.
All D1 flights, domestic and international, receive hot meal service.
Current exception stations where only cold meal boxes (with no pre-selection) are offered in FC on 900+ mile flights (both to and from station). Market/Bistro snack boxes are served on flights that are AM return flights to hubs from previous evening arrivals (as the cold meal boxes would require refrigeration overnight ):
ABQ, AUA, ASE, BOI, BTV, BZN, COS, EGE, ELP, EYW, GEG, GUA, HDN, JAC, JAX, LIH, MCI, MTJ, NAS, OAK, OMA, PLS, PSC, PSP, PUJ, PVD, PWM, SAL, SAT, STT, SXM, TUS, VPS, YYC, YYZ, YUL, YVR
Delta In-Flight Meal/Food Service: The Definitive Thread — 2024 Edition
Mar 27, 2024, 8:19 am
#347
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Mar 27, 2024, 3:41 pm
#348
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Have a flight on April 3rd in D1 SFO to JFK. The menu selection I received today is the same as the March menu I see right now. Will my selection change April 1st? Or do they serve the previous menu for the first few days of the next month?
Mar 27, 2024, 4:36 pm
#349
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Could be wrong, but I don't think Delta has done monthly meal updates/rotations since pre-pandemic. It's a slower and less predictable change now.
Mar 27, 2024, 5:06 pm
#350
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interesting I could have sworn I saw it change monthly. But I wasn’t actually looking too hard or often and maybe just caught a few changes that happen to be around the new month. Thanks for the insight!
Mar 29, 2024, 7:26 am
#353
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I've been booked by another party on a United Polaris itinerary for my upcoming trip to China. (Not going to complain; they're flying me business class.) I'm expecting the hard product possibly to be better and the soft product almost certainly to be worse, including the food. Should I post pictures for comparison afterward?
Mar 29, 2024, 7:43 am
#354
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I've been booked by another party on a United Polaris itinerary for my upcoming trip to China. (Not going to complain; they're flying me business class.) I'm expecting the hard product possibly to be better and the soft product almost certainly to be worse, including the food. Should I post pictures for comparison afterward?
Mar 29, 2024, 10:11 am
#355
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Greener grass (apologies to Mr. Brooks) and all that, I guess.
Mar 29, 2024, 10:14 am
#356
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Maybe it's just because he goes IAD-SEA and back? I feel like on DAL I only ever get a sadbox or some weird combo of ingredients that on their own sound impressive but don't belong together.
Mar 29, 2024, 10:20 am
#357
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(the reference to Jeb Brooks was just because his travel vlog empire is "Greener Grass")
The UA meal threads (both Polaris and domestic) are littered with "why can't UA care about catering like DL does" posts (though admittedly the sad boxes may be somewhat unknown on that side of the fence).
Mar 29, 2024, 10:30 am
#358
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Who's "he"?
(the reference to Jeb Brooks was just because his travel vlog empire is "Greener Grass")
The UA meal threads (both Polaris and domestic) are littered with "why can't UA care about catering like DL does" posts (though admittedly the sad boxes may be somewhat unknown on that side of the fence).
(the reference to Jeb Brooks was just because his travel vlog empire is "Greener Grass")
The UA meal threads (both Polaris and domestic) are littered with "why can't UA care about catering like DL does" posts (though admittedly the sad boxes may be somewhat unknown on that side of the fence).
Mar 29, 2024, 2:32 pm
#359
Join Date: Mar 2021
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I've been booked by another party on a United Polaris itinerary for my upcoming trip to China. (Not going to complain; they're flying me business class.) I'm expecting the hard product possibly to be better and the soft product almost certainly to be worse, including the food. Should I post pictures for comparison afterward?
As for the food, I hope you like brown lumps in brown sauce. I would characterize most Polaris meals as cafeteria quality.