What was the a/c number? Since it's United, it might still be there and although I'm semi-retired, I still remember how to bend over.

So as a follow up to my question posted last week...

UA 1094
IAH-MEX
Dinner - at a 9 pm scheduled departure

Overall I was pleased by the service and the food. Chicken and rice was moist and flavorful, pie was good, and the roll was served warm.

PDBs offered
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Warm mixed nuts and drink
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Chicken on Mexican rice, with salad and green beans
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Pie for dessert
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Ah yea - forgot it was "int'l" so you get a meal. If it was domestic at 9pm, you'd be OOL.

Or on a 1600 mi flight in UX when the snack boxes in coach are more filling than first =P But hey ,as of 5 months ago, they were "planning" to serve something better in UX F, no updates since!

keitherson, if you're still looking for info, can confirm that ORD-BOS is still a meal flight at the right hours. Your vegetarian wife would've been out of luck as our dinner options (UA1626, ORD-BOS, 12/27 were a chicken salad or a warm "Bruschetta sandwich." No photos, unfortunately, but I chose the "Bruschetta sandwich" and found it absolutely delicious. I did not receive a PDB on this flight, but I was standing by and expect I would've had I boarded with group 1 rather than after group 5.

Earlier, I received PDB choice of orange juice or water on UA4907, BWI-EWR and UA4894, EWR-PIT, both operated by Republic, with snack mix on the second flight. Mainline UA1530, PIT-ORD offered PDB and a few passes of the snack basket.

has the snack for EWR-ORD been upgraded as well or is it the usual cous cous mozzarella thing?

Worse Food for Leisure Markets?
 

I just flew MTJ-ORD on Saturday, and I was seated in F. The meal listed was lunch, so in line with the new premium cabin catering upgrades I expected a choice of salad or sandwich served with soup.

The FA indicated that only the repulsive chipotle chicken wrap had been catered. This was served with a small bag of Cape Cod potato chips, a packet of flavored mayonnaise, a sealed plastic package of Dole papaya and pineapple pieces, and no soup. All, except for the chips, inedible in my estimation.

This is a nearly 100% leisure route with no competition. Is there an even more sub-standard catering program for such flights?

With the http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...nessfirst.html thread open, time to close this thread.

Bon Appétit

Whoops, I didn't get around to uploading my pictures in time to post in the 2014 thread (now closed). Here are my last couple of domestic meals.

12/21 IAH-SFO
Boeing 757-300
9:05pm departure

Snack - chilled Southwestern chicken (no choice)
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Really liked this snack - chicken was tender yet flavorful. I thought it was quite substantial.

12/30 SFO-IAH
Boeing 737-900
10:55am departure

Lunch - roast beef sandwich (other choice was the strawberry fields chicken salad)
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I've already had the strawberry chicken salad, and wanted to try something new. The taste was decent, with cheddar and a horseradish sauce. But a lot of the beef was very chewy. Mushroom soup was good. And I know people have commented on being served bread with bread, but I did appreciate having bread to have with the soup! :)

It is a very, very brown meal. Wish it had some kind of green to liven things up a little, even a sprig of parsley somewhere!