Flight is delayed - Will scheduled meal be served? A different meal be served?
Jul 10, 2014, 11:24 am
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Jul 10, 2014, 11:32 am
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Jul 10, 2014, 11:42 am
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Yeah, I've noticed that too. Personally though, I don't mind the Jeff McMuffin, but can honestly say I will usually not eat the lunch options, except for the soup.
I'm not, by any measure, an unsophisticated diner, so I guess there really just is no accounting for taste.
I'm not, by any measure, an unsophisticated diner, so I guess there really just is no accounting for taste.
Jul 10, 2014, 11:59 am
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Travelling with several others & we want to keep our group together, or we would switch to a different flight. I guess we'd better grab something to eat in airport to be safe.
Jul 10, 2014, 12:06 pm
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I think you are on 787 (UA 1126) from IAH to DEN. This flight has a major delay -- original 9 am departure. Because it is IAH, there is a good chance you will be catered again.
Jul 10, 2014, 12:08 pm
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I have had a couple of flights serve lunch after being delayed as breakfast flights recently - one out of IAD, one out of SFO. One of them loaded 2 too few lunches which led to a different set of problems...
I have also had several flights delayed out of the meal window - they all served the meal...good. I've also had a couple serve breakfast at noon (one was EWR)
I have also had several flights delayed out of the meal window - they all served the meal...good. I've also had a couple serve breakfast at noon (one was EWR)
Jul 10, 2014, 1:54 pm
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Update to thread
The flight finally departed. It was an hour after the 1 pm cutoff for a lunch meal, but UA is serving a lunch, instead of the breakfast this flight was originally scheduled to serve.
But I still wonder if UA policy is to serve the appropriate meal based upon when the delayed flight actually leaves? In this case, lunch instead of breakfast. In another case, it might be dinner instead of lunch.
Or is there no policy and UA chose to serve lunch in this case because it was from IAH?
But I still wonder if UA policy is to serve the appropriate meal based upon when the delayed flight actually leaves? In this case, lunch instead of breakfast. In another case, it might be dinner instead of lunch.
Or is there no policy and UA chose to serve lunch in this case because it was from IAH?
Jul 10, 2014, 2:51 pm
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The flight finally departed. It was an hour after the 1 pm cutoff for a lunch meal, but UA is serving a lunch, instead of the breakfast this flight was originally scheduled to serve.
But I still wonder if UA policy is to serve the appropriate meal based upon when the delayed flight actually leaves? In this case, lunch instead of breakfast. In another case, it might be dinner instead of lunch.
Or is there no policy and UA chose to serve lunch in this case because it was from IAH?
But I still wonder if UA policy is to serve the appropriate meal based upon when the delayed flight actually leaves? In this case, lunch instead of breakfast. In another case, it might be dinner instead of lunch.
Or is there no policy and UA chose to serve lunch in this case because it was from IAH?
Jul 10, 2014, 3:01 pm
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Seems like it would be pretty hard to have a policy other than "we'll try to cater an appropriate meal", given the variables such as length of delay, when the delay begins, whether catering is on board, whether the station could replace catering easily, and so on.
Jul 10, 2014, 3:01 pm
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