UA Global First ranked 5* for food! (site error-- actual 2*)
Sep 17, 2014, 7:20 am
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UA Global First ranked 5* for food! (site error-- actual 2*)
Whilst I know all these surveys are silly, I came across this
https://flightfox.com/tradecraft/bes...st-first-class
which ranks UA F 24th and last on their list - not too surprising - but gives it 5* for food and wine which is staggering.
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Title updated -- site had an error and it has been corrected to a 2* Food & Wine rating for UA GF
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https://flightfox.com/tradecraft/bes...st-first-class
which ranks UA F 24th and last on their list - not too surprising - but gives it 5* for food and wine which is staggering.
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Title updated -- site had an error and it has been corrected to a 2* Food & Wine rating for UA GF
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Last edited by WineCountryUA; Sep 17, 2014 at 3:26 pm
Sep 17, 2014, 7:55 am
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or eaten UA's F cabin food (let alone C
Even LH, whose F experience is extraordinary, tends to have very ... odd and not necessarily 'good' entrees ex-Germany, perhaps I just don't like German food (though, LH F ex-TLV was the best airplane meal I've ever had, hands down, and ex-YYZ the mains are also great).
Sep 17, 2014, 8:06 am
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UA's F food=C food. Same entrees, only difference is a soup course and hot appetizers. They can market it as "more personalized service, a private bed/seating area, whatever" but the reality is it essentially is other than the "big front seat" its BusinessFirst. It's cheaper for them to maintain it this way until they eventually kill it off.
Sep 17, 2014, 9:18 am
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Sep 17, 2014, 10:57 am
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what's the difference? UA's "C" food is mediocre for C.
Even LH, whose F experience is extraordinary, tends to have very ... odd and not necessarily 'good' entrees ex-Germany, perhaps I just don't like German food (though, LH F ex-TLV was the best airplane meal I've ever had, hands down, and ex-YYZ the mains are also great).
Even LH, whose F experience is extraordinary, tends to have very ... odd and not necessarily 'good' entrees ex-Germany, perhaps I just don't like German food (though, LH F ex-TLV was the best airplane meal I've ever had, hands down, and ex-YYZ the mains are also great).
Bottom line is you don't have to fly in UA's F to have the "experience." THAT was my point.
Sep 17, 2014, 10:58 am
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what's the difference? UA's "C" food is mediocre for C.
Even LH, whose F experience is extraordinary, tends to have very ... odd and not necessarily 'good' entrees ex-Germany, perhaps I just don't like German food (though, LH F ex-TLV was the best airplane meal I've ever had, hands down, and ex-YYZ the mains are also great).
Even LH, whose F experience is extraordinary, tends to have very ... odd and not necessarily 'good' entrees ex-Germany, perhaps I just don't like German food (though, LH F ex-TLV was the best airplane meal I've ever had, hands down, and ex-YYZ the mains are also great).
Sep 17, 2014, 11:17 am
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If (and this is a big if) you get one of the few remaining great crews, the experience can be amazing. But this is increasingly rare.
Sep 17, 2014, 11:28 am
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Shows you the value of surveys.
I do not remember the food last Thursday NRT-SFO but know I did not finish any meal. I am usually satisfied with "OK" which I would rate as 3 out of 5. It must have been worse.
I was pleased with KLM and AF biz food. But seeing United as last and SQ at the top of the list is not surprising.
I do not remember the food last Thursday NRT-SFO but know I did not finish any meal. I am usually satisfied with "OK" which I would rate as 3 out of 5. It must have been worse.
I was pleased with KLM and AF biz food. But seeing United as last and SQ at the top of the list is not surprising.
Sep 17, 2014, 11:54 am
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Sep 17, 2014, 12:11 pm
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