Does United Have Policy Against Providing Milk to Passengers
Jun 28, 2019, 11:14 am
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Does United Have Policy Against Providing Milk to Passengers
Was in Premium Economy from LHR-SFO yesterday. A passenger next to me asked for a coffee with a small cup of milk on the side (I presume so she could regulate the amount of milk in her coffee). The FA said that it was not allowed. Is this actually UA policy? If there is a policy that passengers cannot drink milk as a beverage option, why not simply give the passenger the same amount of milk in a cup that would be allowed under the approved milk allocation per coffee. We gave each other a look and laughed as the FA was out of sight and went to the next rows.
Jun 28, 2019, 11:44 am
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I'm sure the airline's answer is that while their stocks of juice, soda, booze, etc. don't expire, milk has a limited shelf life and they would end up throwing a lot of it away. But the solution seems to be to stock cartons of ultra-pasturized, long shelf life milk that lasts for about a year unopened. At least then if the kid doesn't like it, the airline doesn't look like an a__ for denying it altogether.
Jun 28, 2019, 11:45 am
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Did your neighbor request to be allowed to add the milk herself to the coffee? Or was it only a choice of separate cup or no satisfaction?
Jun 28, 2019, 12:12 pm
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Jun 28, 2019, 12:52 pm
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Jun 28, 2019, 2:50 pm
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For international flights like this was there's the added complication that many countries require many types of 'food', including many dairy products, to be destroyed on entry to the country.
Jun 28, 2019, 4:21 pm
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bare minimum half and half, preferably cream. One uses far less in a glass, filled with us and only as a mixer than a glass without ice and only the dairy product. I’m betting they have plenty of individual half and half’s, not so many quarts of milk
Jun 28, 2019, 4:22 pm
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When in F and they serve the muffin top for breakfast or a cookie or similar scone as an arrival snack, I specifically ask for a glass of milk. And get it.
Another approach may be to request additional milk after meal service with coffee and have the FA do the pour. And, if you head to the galley midflight there are usually different FAs who will likely provide additional milk as requested.
David
Another approach may be to request additional milk after meal service with coffee and have the FA do the pour. And, if you head to the galley midflight there are usually different FAs who will likely provide additional milk as requested.
David