Multi-million dollar investment in onboard food and beverage options
Sep 14, 2014, 12:22 pm
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The chicken breast I had yesterday -- and the only edible meal out of four -- was indeed real chicken and not mashed up and reformed chicken. Is it not true that humans are something like 90% water? So too there would be a volume of water in any real meat we purchase. As for the corn starch, could be the breading on the chicken breast.
Sep 17, 2014, 2:04 pm
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Sep 17, 2014, 2:14 pm
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Just flew ORD-ANC on a 737-8 in F. We were given 3 main course choices. I chose the spinach pasta, pretty tasty. The sides and salad were also good. The return from ANC-DEN in F was the midnight flight, most slept but they did ofier a cheeseburger that wasn't half bad. Not really on topic, but the FA bounced around the F cabin taking orders, me first.
Dec 2, 2014, 11:07 am
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Have they announced a specific date for rollout on UA Express flights? I have about 7 flights on CR7s in January, but have a feeling it won't be ready by then.
Dec 2, 2014, 11:14 am
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I was on a Go-Jet CRJ-700 flight just a few weeks back, and the FA told me that they do not have ovens for hot food and that she was not aware of any changes from the snack boxes..... looks like there would need to be major overhauls to the aircraft to facilitate anything more than a cold snack service.
Dec 2, 2014, 11:45 am
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I was on a Go-Jet CRJ-700 flight just a few weeks back, and the FA told me that they do not have ovens for hot food and that she was not aware of any changes from the snack boxes..... looks like there would need to be major overhauls to the aircraft to facilitate anything more than a cold snack service.
Dec 2, 2014, 12:42 pm
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I would bet that the CRJ700's will take quite a long time to phase out after the investment UA just put into those with the new Recaro seats....
Dec 2, 2014, 12:57 pm
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Just trying to figure out when that will begin.
Dec 2, 2014, 2:08 pm
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knowing UA, it will take about 10 years to implement.
on my recent 2.5hr DL midcon CR700 flight, I had basically the same cereal breakfast as UA mainline. of course, DL still managed to put out a better quality product (fresher fruit, bigger portion) with the exception of the bread.
Dec 2, 2014, 2:08 pm
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Also, the meal times and details are such that it would be a cold sandwich on offer generally.
Dec 19, 2014, 10:18 pm
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What is so difficult about getting the food on UX flights? We haven't gotten an update on this since August, and multiple spring flights have changed from mainline to UX. the snack box paid F customers are getting is literally crackers, hummus, and chocolate covered acai berries. All packaged. All processed. The Savory snack is better.. Anything in the back is better,. Thats less than whats sold in coach. At minimum, can't we have what coach has until they finally get around to serving something? This is an insulting gap in service compared to other carriers. Why is this taking a year to change? And why are F customers fed something of lesser quality than the Y cabin buys for $7?
Dec 19, 2014, 10:46 pm
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Heck, I'll settle for a glass of water on my UX route DRO<->DEN when in F.
Seems like the UX crew can't be bothered to offer even mediocre service in F even when there are often 2-3 GS in the 7 seat F cabin.
Seems like the UX crew can't be bothered to offer even mediocre service in F even when there are often 2-3 GS in the 7 seat F cabin.
Dec 19, 2014, 10:53 pm
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Dec 20, 2014, 6:33 am
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I'm still having a hard time seeing where the "multi-million dollar investment" is going. Add a few salads, move over-priced sandwiches back to front, do "something" at UX, etc. Is there anything significant to all of this?
Dec 20, 2014, 12:03 pm
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If you will.
For a recent 7 AM SNA-DEN flight, we got a scone. And that was mainline.