Meals schedule
Oct 17, 2018 | 6:43 pm
#1
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Meals schedule
Is there a place (website, app) where I can see at what time (approximately) meals will be served on any flight?
e.g., If I board a 10h flight leaving at midnight and arriving at 5pm local time, I'd be interested when meals will be served and plan to sleep accordingly.
e.g., If I board a 10h flight leaving at midnight and arriving at 5pm local time, I'd be interested when meals will be served and plan to sleep accordingly.
Oct 17, 2018 | 6:51 pm
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Which airline? I'm not aware of a specific app or website devoted to this, but the respective FT airline forums will be able to provide you with the exact information you're looking for.
Oct 17, 2018 | 7:03 pm
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In my experience, aren't all meals served roughly at the points during the flight, regardless of the flight length or departure time? .
On flights with two full meals, the first is served ~1 hour after takeoff, and the 2nd around ~1.5 hours before landing. If there's a snack service between the meals, it almost always falls at the midpoint of the flight.
I've personally never been on a flight that's deviated from this schedule.
On flights with two full meals, the first is served ~1 hour after takeoff, and the 2nd around ~1.5 hours before landing. If there's a snack service between the meals, it almost always falls at the midpoint of the flight.
I've personally never been on a flight that's deviated from this schedule.
Oct 17, 2018 | 8:33 pm
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In my experience, aren't all meals served roughly at the points during the flight, regardless of the flight length or departure time? .
On flights with two full meals, the first is served ~1 hour after takeoff, and the 2nd around ~1.5 hours before landing. If there's a snack service between the meals, it almost always falls at the midpoint of the flight.
I've personally never been on a flight that's deviated from this schedule.
On flights with two full meals, the first is served ~1 hour after takeoff, and the 2nd around ~1.5 hours before landing. If there's a snack service between the meals, it almost always falls at the midpoint of the flight.
I've personally never been on a flight that's deviated from this schedule.
Oct 17, 2018 | 8:56 pm
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In my experience, aren't all meals served roughly at the points during the flight, regardless of the flight length or departure time? .
On flights with two full meals, the first is served ~1 hour after takeoff, and the 2nd around ~1.5 hours before landing. If there's a snack service between the meals, it almost always falls at the midpoint of the flight.
I've personally never been on a flight that's deviated from this schedule.
On flights with two full meals, the first is served ~1 hour after takeoff, and the 2nd around ~1.5 hours before landing. If there's a snack service between the meals, it almost always falls at the midpoint of the flight.
I've personally never been on a flight that's deviated from this schedule.
Oct 18, 2018 | 12:45 am
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In my experience, aren't all meals served roughly at the points during the flight, regardless of the flight length or departure time? .
On flights with two full meals, the first is served ~1 hour after takeoff, and the 2nd around ~1.5 hours before landing. If there's a snack service between the meals, it almost always falls at the midpoint of the flight.
I've personally never been on a flight that's deviated from this schedule.
On flights with two full meals, the first is served ~1 hour after takeoff, and the 2nd around ~1.5 hours before landing. If there's a snack service between the meals, it almost always falls at the midpoint of the flight.
I've personally never been on a flight that's deviated from this schedule.
Oct 18, 2018 | 10:03 am
#8
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This is very sub-optimal on long night flights for getting enough sleep time as the meal services cutting possible sleep time drastically from both ends of the flight.
These days I skip the flight meal services on overnight flights, instead I eat well before the flight at the airport (lounge or self-paid), and just try to sleep thru the whole flight, ignoring the meal service interruptions during the flight. Airplane food is often not that great anyway, 3-4 hours more chance to sleep is worth much more to me.
PS. This in economy where I am always... The few times I have gotten an upgrade to business, I did try to enjoy all the services and meals to the max, and still got some sleep in the better seat ;-)