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Old Apr 6, 2018, 4:31 pm
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Funny moment on my YYC-DEN flight. We are just sitting st the gate. Somebody swapped seats, and the FA made a note of who changed and she said “just as well you told me”.

Then the the guy said, “how come? Will I now have the choice of cheese plate or cheese plate?”

the FA said “no cheese plates, we came from Chicago not from Denver”
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Old Apr 6, 2018, 5:16 pm
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Originally Posted by david_oz
Funny moment on my YYC-DEN flight. We are just sitting st the gate. Somebody swapped seats, and the FA made a note of who changed and she said “just as well you told me”.

Then the the guy said, “how come? Will I now have the choice of cheese plate or cheese plate?”

the FA said “no cheese plates, we came from Chicago not from Denver”
Haha that’s really funny. I don’t think it matters though. If I’m not mistaken “fresh” food served ex-CA must be from a CA catering facility, so you got YYC food.
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Old Apr 6, 2018, 6:40 pm
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Originally Posted by NikoGoutakolis
If I’m not mistaken “fresh” food served ex-CA must be from a CA catering facility, so you got YYC food.
It's not a given. On birds with ovens, and a meal, you may get Canadian food (depending on the turn), but for UX birds it's stocked from the prior airport.
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Old Apr 6, 2018, 10:27 pm
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Originally Posted by david_oz
Funny moment on my YYC-DEN flight. We are just sitting st the gate. Somebody swapped seats, and the FA made a note of who changed and she said “just as well you told me”.

Then the the guy said, “how come? Will I now have the choice of cheese plate or cheese plate?”

the FA said “no cheese plates, we came from Chicago not from Denver”
On the flipside, the YYC-ORD flight often suffers from the DEN catering issues. I had a YYC-ORD flight coded as "lunch" that was the cheese plate because the aircraft had come from DEN. Disappointing that UA Express won't cater meals, even when departing from a Star Alliance hub with proper catering facilities.

Originally Posted by NikoGoutakolis
Haha that’s really funny. I don’t think it matters though. If I’m not mistaken “fresh” food served ex-CA must be from a CA catering facility, so you got YYC food.
Originally Posted by jmcintosh
It's not a given. On birds with ovens, and a meal, you may get Canadian food (depending on the turn), but for UX birds it's stocked from the prior airport.
Yes, correct - and as mentioned, this extends the DEN catering issues even further to routes like YYC-ORD where they cater a cheese plate or hummus for lunch on a 1385 mile flight.
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Old Apr 7, 2018, 7:16 am
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Originally Posted by AirMiles2001
Does this issue affect Polaris flights out of DEN? I am DEN-LHR today and trying to decide if I eat prior.
I was on a SFO-DEN flight recently. I heard mention that they were bringing in the DEN-LHR catering - I was on a 777 so there should have been plenty of room for DEN-LHR catering.
I also heard that there's an issue with DEN's catering - no details.

I haven't waded through this entire thread, but I would anticipate whatever issue there is with DEN catering, it will be resolved. I haven't had long flights out of DEN, but it sounds like things have gotten really crappy as of late.
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Old Apr 7, 2018, 7:32 am
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Originally Posted by david_oz
Funny moment on my YYC-DEN flight. We are just sitting st the gate. Somebody swapped seats, and the FA made a note of who changed and she said “just as well you told me”.

Then the the guy said, “how come? Will I now have the choice of cheese plate or cheese plate?”

the FA said “no cheese plates, we came from Chicago not from Denver”
that was me
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Old Apr 7, 2018, 8:05 am
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Cheese plate for RIC-DEN
Back in late February, I had cheese plate on RIC-DEN flight (E-175). I guess that the catering on this flight came from DEN.
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Old Apr 7, 2018, 9:25 am
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Originally Posted by Plane-is-home

that was me
haha! I was the guy laughing sitting by the window on the other side from you. Same row.
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Old Apr 9, 2018, 8:21 am
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On 513 DEN-EWR yesterday. Choices were beef tips with mac n cheese or lentil chili with polenta. Both came with cheesecake and fruit salad which was removed from their respective packages and plated.
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Old Apr 9, 2018, 9:45 am
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Dinner on SMF-DEN on E175 double catered.
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Old Apr 20, 2018, 11:01 am
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Bumped this since it's been 11 days. Any positive changes seen in Denver catering in last couple of days?
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Old Apr 20, 2018, 11:26 am
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Originally Posted by IAH-OIL-TRASH
Bumped this since it's been 11 days. Any positive changes seen in Denver catering in last couple of days?
I think gnawing your own arm off for sustenance would be a more positive change than the post above yours.
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Old Apr 20, 2018, 11:47 am
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C'mon. I like the snausages.
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Old Apr 20, 2018, 12:01 pm
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Originally Posted by IAH-OIL-TRASH
Bumped this since it's been 11 days. Any positive changes seen in Denver catering in last couple of days?
Nope, flew den-phl f on Tuesday. Burger, no toppings. They *did* empty the gelatinous goo fruit cup into a bowl before serving... I guess that's... Progress...

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Old Apr 20, 2018, 12:21 pm
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Originally Posted by Miles Ahead
C'mon. I like the snausages.
Snausages are dog food which might actually be an upgrade.
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