SFO777

Pittsburgh-Denver
UA 1051
737-900 BSI
4:35P-6:13P (sked)
4:36P-5:55P (actual)
Lunch but on United we call it Dinner

My first day as a free agent and I'm not flying home via DFW. What is wrong with you United people? The inbound hasn't even arrived and you're already lining up. Wow.



Service dogs my a**.



Meanwhile excellent on board service that featured something rarer than a Haley's Comet sighting on AA... an open bar PDB. Choice of chicken on focaccia or salad with roast beef and soup a l'oignon. Hmmm, sounds like lunch choices on other airlines. On the other hand, the salad was pretty darn good. Crisp romaine, fresh veggies and tasty rare beef, although maybe only 2 ounces worth.





Must have enjoyed it.



Not exactly a filling meal though. Good thing I was going home to a proper dinner.

Question: Why does it take so long for UA Wi-Fi to kick in? This was 40 minutes after take off.

Mrtrash757

Speaking to the choir on that one😉 i love sourdough but its a treatgotta stay healthy and eat different foods

That looks quite good to me for a route like that in these new times. Was the soup salty? How was the prosecco?

transportprof

Anybody consumed a vegetarian special order meal (in F) to or from HNL recently?

I'm thinking about putting in such a request, but wonder what it might result in?

goodeats21

EWR->ORD
757 Intl seats
Lunch

This was a first for me. The nuts were served along with the pre-departure beverage. The nuts were not warmed.




Pretty standard service after that. Choice of the noodle salad or chicken/egg wrap. Both served with tomato basil soup. No roll served with either, which I am guessing is a catering mistake or FA mistake and not a cut-back?





I have been served this wrap before. Not horrible, but the chicken doesn't seem to be of very good quality, mostly a texture issue.. The blue cheese inside is the overriding taste, so not a great choice if you don't like blue cheese.

Oatmeal raisin cookie offered later, which I declined.

Happy to have the lie-flat seat for a short domestic flight, but it wasn't in the best condition.

eng3

12/4 UA1654 LAX-ORD Lunch

The only GS was sitting next to me so the FA took our orders first.
Choice of Mandarin Chicken Salad or "Beef"
We both ordered the chicken salad but for some reason the GS next to me got the beef.

Salad was OK, but its just a salad. soup was ok. These "improved" meals are disappointing.

The beef that the GS got looked like the sandwich that you can buy in Y.

Got the cookie for dessert

boss315

All of the cuts have made the food even crappier than it was. Last few flights (last flights on UA "forever") Have had horrible catering. Dinner is a chicken sandwich and nothing else? Absolute crap!

Kurt

No the soup wasn't too salty. I like onion soup with a lot of cheese melted on top but I don't think UA cares enough to serve something like that

The Prosecco was good - not as sweet as I was expecting. It isn't Champagne, but it's a nice option to have sometimes.

keitherson

Does BOS-ORD still get a meal? What about ORD-YVR?

I'm a little confused since I'm booked on UA325 which is technically BOS-YVR with a stop and equipment change in ORD.

UA says I will get dinner but I have no idea which segment because BOS-ORD is a business heavy route (it got the meal exception from AA), and ORD-YVR is a longer international flight.

Am I going to end up getting two meals? Better keep your wallet away, United.

emcampbe

I thought there were no domestic special order meals in F, at least for most flights. Unless HI is an exception.

Wife is vegetarian, so can't do anything really except hope that there is a veg meal left by the time it's her turn on domestic flights. They used to always carry a vegetarian option (often pasta, not sure if this is down always anymore). Other times, there is often a chicken or shrimp salad option, where the meat doesn't come on top to start, so they just leave it off. Of course, the last couple of years we've pretty much only been in F on evening "snack" flights which every time is the prosciutto appetizer plate (which I won't eat either) - would be nice to at least have something else they rotate to.

Have no idea about BOS, but ORD - YVR is definitely long enough for a meal of it leaves within the right hours. Anything 7pm or afternoon isn't dinner but a "snack" flight where you don't get a choice (except for yes or no). As mentioned above, for me on those snack flights have always been the prosciutto plate.

Bear96

I had four (domestic) flights over the weekend. PDB on each - all open bar, too.

radiowell

Try dummy booking separate one ways BOS-ORD and ORD-YVR in F. If your date is not available/sold out, try different dates at the same flight times.

RJ1

Looks like they had a pet carrier. Perhaps an in-cabin pet?

jasonp622

Send a complaint, I was told last week that PDB in the domincan republic were illegal. Customer care reaponded that the FA was incorrect and would be retrained.

JVPhoto

If you pick up that nickel does it come off your PQDs?

goodeats21

That's funny. I never noticed the nickel, either in person or in the photo.
Maybe one too many G&Ts/beers that flight.