Definitely one of the best. ^

Yes, but CO's Chelsea Food Services will remain in the picture as well.

Alignment of Premium Cabin Domestic Catering (UA/CO Mainline Only)

As of 01 February 2012, the catering in the domestic premium cabins will be aligned across all UA and CO flights. This includes an alignment of service standards, beverage choices, meal choices, and service items (ie lines, tableware, silverware, and drinkware).

The tentative service is as follows:

• Flights under 219 miles - Beverage of Choice and a small pre-packaged cocktail snack (ie pretzels).
• Flight between 220 and 699 miles - Beverage of Choice and a warm scone/muffin during breakfast hours or a snack basket during lunch, dinner, and late night hours.
• Flights between 700 miles and 1499 miles - Beverage of Choice with warm nut service and a meal service (2 choices)
• Flights over 1500 - Beverage of Choice with warm nut service and a meal service (2 choices) during breakfast, lunch, and dinner hours with a snack basket prior to arrival. During late night hours, only a snack basket will be provided.
• Transcon Flights - Beverage of Choice with warm nut service and a meal service (3 choices) during breakfast, lunch, and dinner hours with a snack basket prior to arrival. During late night hours, only a snack plate will be provided with a snack basket or a warm scone/muffin (red-eyes) prior to arrival.

Additionally, EWR-SFO/LAX flights will be catered as p.s. service. No word on if this will be p.s. F, p.s. C, or a hybrid catering.


More updates to come as information is released.

^ to 3 choices on transcons.

Does this mean nothing but a snack basket on any flight shorter than a transcon departing after 7 PM? :eek:

^^ to 3 choices too!

^ to three choices...for now (pending what the selection will be). Hopefully a non-chicken option for lunch.

Worse, I think it applies to all flights, incl transcons!

No, it says late-night transcons get the snack plate, which is status quo. It's flights such as late ORD-SFO or red-eye SFO-ORD that I'm worried about. :(

This could range anywhere from 'great!' to 'terribad!' depending on the definition of the following:

* breakfast, lunch, dinner, and late night hours
* "snack"

If they use PMCO's narrow meal time windows AND PMCO's terribad snack plate, then this is a major downgrade.

I will report back about the service on the 2/2 SFO-ORD red-eye. I am hoping for the chicken pasta salad.

From what I'm reading, it seems they will get rid of food service on the late evening departures like the 8PM ORD-SEA or the 9PM IAH-SEA. :(

Is a meal really needed on a 8pm flight going eastbound or a 9PM flight going westbound? A nice snack basket should be good enough. It appears UA has made some changes to the east bound MCO-LAX flight, early last year it departed MCO at 715pm and dinner was served, then changed to 755pm departure and only a snack basket was offered, now its back to a dinner flight.. I have wonder why it isn't going to be catered as a transcon...

[QUOTE=FlightNurse:17926230]Is a meal really needed on a 8pm flight going eastbound or a 9PM flight going westbound? A nice snack basket should be good enough./QUOTE]

Yes.

Of course everyone's travel patterns differ, but I am often on the 225 IAD-SFO leaving at 10 pm. I leave directly from work and make it to the gate as it is boarding. On a flight over 5 hours, a snack box is not what I am looking for.

You may not have meant including transcons, but for westbound flights after 9 I would still prefer the cold plate than a snack box.

Why not? If you arrive at the airport an hour before departure and leave home/office a half hour before that, that's 90 minutes before departure. Unless you live in PSP, who eats dinner at 5:30p or 6pm? Unlike UA, AA understands this.

Any word on meal priority ranking?

Based on conversations with a few PMUA FA's they have said that only GS pax will receive preference, the rest will be front to back, like PMCO.

If so, :td: :td: :td:

bolding mine

I look forward to this change! IAD-MCO and v.v is 758 miles, and one or two passes with the snack basket isn't enough, especially in the early morning.