unsure why no meal on this flight
 

I know this seems to be a repetitive question - but sometimes the meal parameters as listed on delta.com do not seem to match up with the individual flights...Because my Gold Elite is with Northwest, I ride in coach in DL anyway, so generally it is not an issue.

But next month I am flying an award ticket with Mrs. Watchful on DL and we are returning in first class. The SLC-IAH segment is #4006, a CRJ with a first class cabin. It is 1193 miles, leaving SLC at 10:57 am and arriving IAH at 3:16 p.m.

The chart would seem to indicate a meal based on length of the flight (as would the times of the flight for goodness sake...). But clicking on flight details shows:

First / Business Class Meal: None

What am I missing here? Is there something "less" than a meal but "more" than a mini-snack? It just seems quite odd to be connecting on to a 3+ hour flight in which there is nothing in first class. :confused::confused:

I don't think there's meals on CRJs. I was in F JFK<->AUS, and just got snack basket. I think the rules apply to flights "operated by Delta", and the CRJs are operated by others as codeshares. I guess they also don't have the facilities for meals.

That's life in the brave new world of flying
 

Welcome to the new world of flying. since the fuel crisis started most airlines have eliminated the majority of food service. Generally, nothing is served on codeshare CRJs. A 1200 mile trip is really NOTHING..now if it was a Transcon, or TATL, might be different.

Doesn't preclude you from purchasing something airside and taking it on board with you, but I won't bring anything WITH me through security only because the TSA clowns would probably take it for themsdelves. :mad:

I don't know why, but this flight seems long to me. 3 hours 15+ minutes for less than 1100 miles.

Thanks guys...that is all I could figure was that it was related to being a RJ...the RJs on Northwest with a first class cabin do serve meals (IIRC) - I wonder what the policy will be on the new DL-NW! :rolleyes:

At one point not too long ago a 1500 (or was it 1550?) mile minimum flight was required for meal sevice (except for a few shorter ones "for competitive purposes").

It's 1550. Here is a thread I started last year after just joining DL. Fifteen hundred and fifty miles was the break point then (April 2007).

Delta Connection isn't really a codeshare but your point is right.
What is your definition of the beginning of the "fuel crisis"? Delta has dramatically added food service on mainline flights in the last 6 months or so.

I've flown the SkyWest Connection CRJ 900 flight from CMH to SLC multiple times and the Snack Basket is it. This is probably as close to the cut-off as they come with a flight time of 4.04 hours and mileage of 1529 miles. I generally bring something of my own.