Unless they asked for Express Dining - then perfectly accceptable IMO.

Yes I am aware of that because 90% of my international J travel in the past was as a nonrev. What I was getting at was that since I was paid J, it struck me as odd that they communicated it the way they did. It’s one thing for an FA to ask for a first and second choice and prioritize by status in the galley. It’s another for them to suggest that even on a paid J ticket that there are more important passengers than me....yes I know that 1K/GS benefit is first choice, but I don’t need to be told that and that’s for them to figure out ....for one thing I may have actually paid more for my ticket than they did so it comes across that my business is somehow less important.

That being said as a nonrev, I think I’ve only not received the meal that I initially ordered on a total of 4 flights out of 100+.

Agreed, but in the pictures above you can see the appetizer at the back of the tray on the tray table.

This keeps happening, and quite honestly is the biggest issue I have since the recent catering change with the return of half carts to the aisle and cart service for the salad/appetizer setup. On some flights, the food is basically thrown at you without any consideration of tempo and timing, courses piling up together, followed by complete disappearance of the FAs following the dessert cart. My recent ZRH-SFO, an EWR based crew, was absolutely terrible In this regard, including fighting among flight attendants. A great crew has pacing and timing figured out; a lazy or fighting crew does not.

The catering changes (and gel pillow at every seat), as we here all know, were rolled out to deal with complaints from the AFA union regarding the workload in Polaris with crew staffing reductions. To be honest, the complaints are fair. They are dressed up as “sleep enhancements” for passengers, but it’s actually a big slice into the feel of the Polaris soft product onboard.