Discussion of the Quality of UA's In-Flight Meals
Feb 14, 2020, 10:54 am
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This argument might make sense if UA were serving materially greater quantities or courses than the competition, but they’re not, so it’s sort of irrelevant to the thread topic. You could argue the UA dessert selection is greater than most of the competition but even there you could probably get two desserts (or a cheese plate and a dessert) upon request on most carriers.
Feb 14, 2020, 11:47 am
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Early AM YYC-DEN is now a snack in F which, yesterday, was a small and terribly dried out cinnamon bun and some fruit slices. I was told it's now a snack as it's too short for breakfast. Maybe their planes are flying much faster than they used to for years? BTW, the inbound DEN-YYC in the evening is listed as "dinner".
Feb 14, 2020, 4:33 pm
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Just because it's offered, doesn't mean one has to consume EVERYTHING!
And substituting two cans of cranberry juice cocktail for sparkling water can "save" ~400 kcal, for instance.
Feb 14, 2020, 4:52 pm
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United does not serve more than the competition, and some of the competition manages to have a range of excellent options that you can chose to eat some or all of. Rather than United's "you might be lucky to have one good item, and you can just skip the rest as you anyway don't need that many calories" approach...
Here is a full J menu from United's partner across the Pacific. Not a particular outstanding one, just a standard Western meal.
Here is a full J menu from United's partner across the Pacific. Not a particular outstanding one, just a standard Western meal.
Feb 14, 2020, 4:55 pm
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Feb 14, 2020, 5:42 pm
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Feb 14, 2020, 10:09 pm
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I flew Delta in first class recently, and all I can say is WOW! Their domestic F meals are far, far, far more appetizing than what I am given on UA domestic F. The food at Delta actually tasted great. And the service during the meal was fantastic.
Feb 15, 2020, 7:37 am
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Having flown DL more regularly, while that might be true to a small degree, the "wow" wore off pretty quickly for me and I realized that part of it was just that novelty tastes better. For the time I hadn't learned their domestic mealsets, eating "new" food was much better.
Feb 15, 2020, 8:19 am
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Having flown DL more regularly, while that might be true to a small degree, the "wow" wore off pretty quickly for me and I realized that part of it was just that novelty tastes better. For the time I hadn't learned their domestic mealsets, eating "new" food was much better.
Feb 15, 2020, 4:36 pm
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Yes, I do agree that DL cabin crews tend to be more consistently good. I was just pointing out that I don't think there's that much difference in base meal quality; having something new for a change can be very nice and UA's domestic mealset has been pretty stagnant since the cuts of 2017.
Feb 20, 2020, 4:58 pm
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TATL today in Polaris. Reckon cost of all food was less than $10. Nuts were OK,everything else inedible. Anyone want to weigh in?
Feb 20, 2020, 5:03 pm
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