ordflyboy

At almost eight and nine hour segments what is the service in First during COVID? Is it only the snack box? More than one? Just trying to plan! It’s a 787- so I know there are flat bed seats but not sure of good service.

thanks in advance

IAH-OIL-TRASH

Since the flight does not currently operate, noone can provide a response based on experience. I wouldn't count on that flight actually existing for a while even though it's currently bookable in August. Passengers currently with tickets (and still actually want to go) are likely to be re-booked thought SFO or LAX. The lack of readily available COVID testing with quick result turnaround means Hawaii is keeping 14-day quarantine in effect for mainland arrivals though at least September 1. There won't be enough people who will sit in a room for 14 days to justify the ORD-HNL flight.

BlueZebra

Are you prepared to quarantine for 14 days in Hawaii?

HNLbasedFlyer

It is actually scheduled for tomorrow, July 16th - hasn't been cancelled yet. The mostly empty plane would have to have a lot of cargo to justify the flight.

WineCountryUA

While understanding the desire to plan, there are too many uncertainties these days to plan weeks / months in advance. Things are changing frequently. Checking closer to flight time (that week will be necessary)

For food service, this will be standard domestic F service as it was pre-COVID. But post-COVID, presently "For flights over 2 hours and 20 minutes, you will receive your choice of pretzels, a stroopwafel or cookies in United Economy®. In the premium cabin, you’ll be offered a snackbox."

You can follow the in-flight service discussion in https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unit...e-changes.html

As to if the flight operates at all and what you may have to do on arrival, that is being discussed in
Impacts of UA's reduced schedule on Hawaiian travelers (CARES exemption granted)
COVID-19 - 14-Day Trans-Pac Arrivals Quarantine [COVID TEST EXEMPTIONS DELAYED]

Given there are existing threads on each of these subject, will close this thread and refer all to the existing threads

WineCountryUA
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