I don't think they have the mental capacity (or technology know-how) to do this :)

FWIW, both UA266 (SFO-ORD) on 7/8 & UA698 (ORD-SFO) on 7/9 had meal orders taken by status with the f/a's hopscotching thru the cabin

Agreed, but it would be interesting to see how many takers they'd get if they simply offered for sale any leftover hot meals (probably at double or triple what a typical cold "fresh item" in Y costs). No need to auction, and it's not like they don't already run out of various fresh items, so no worry if it's only a couple available for purchase.

There were a few times where I was running to catch the connection, starving, and didn't have any food packed .... AND there was no food service. In that situation, I would've bid $50 for just a bag of warm nuts. LOL.

+1 ^
UACO, please retain the UA meal choice process so I don't have to sit up front in F, when I prefer to sit in back, to get a meal choice.

Yeah, when I expressed my disstisfaction I was told by a dragon FA that CO had the best service anywhere. I could buy a snack box if I wanted. Unbelievable.

Every trip, every fliight, every delay, every mistake... They are adding up and I'm seriously beginning to look at my options... This is coming from a 1k with 21 years, 80% domestic last minute fares.

1K. C-fare. PVG-LAX.
Only got second choice. FA was going row by row in order taking meal selections. Not sure if she was reviewing the status after meal selections or not.

That's when you play this card, said very innocently, "Oh. Are they no longer taking meal orders by status? I'll have to email them about this flight when I land and express my disappointment in that policy change."

Probably don't even have to go that far in most instances. Happened to me on an IAD-DEN 3-class flight when I was a 1P; I just said, "Wow, must be a lot of 1Ks on today's flight!" and the FA found my first choice (after having had apologized for running out).

Perhaps you should delete it from your profile then.

:eek::eek: Row 10 on the 747!!!??? :p:p

My biggest peave would be when sitting in row 9 on PS. With half the cabin in front of me I'd likely lose out on having a choice.



Agreed.

Yup. Why should any pax need to make a decision between having a good seat and having a choice of meals? If a good seat is open I'll take it. Should I not get my first meal choice because there are more highly rated/ranked flyers on board I can live with that. Those full fare or GS deserve to have their choice before me.

Because the CO mindset is "all elites are equal" - same check-in line, same boarding priority, same meal order in F, not much difference in benefits until 2010 when top tiers finally had the ability to earn SWUs, etc.

So what about this...someone who "paid" for F using miles (not upgraded from a coach fare but outright used their miles for a F ticket). Is their meal priority based on their status or are they bumped up to "1k/paid" for their meal?

This whole "give out meals based on priority" is new to me as a CO elite.

Z fare meal order priority
 

What about a Z fare customer in Business, what would be his/her priority when choosing a meal? Lets say its a 1P with a Z ticket, would that be just a two star designation or three star designation? Would a 1P on a Z fare beat 1K on a SWU upgrade?

I would think the 1P on a Z would get *** on the manifest, just like the 1K on a SWU. Don't know if the FA can then see that one is a 1K and the other a 1P or not.

There is the "map", which has the pax name and the number of stars, where the FA's usually write the beverage and meal choice.

Then there is also the list, which has the pax seat number, name and MP (or *A) status.