2021 Let's Eat - United First, United Business, & Premium Transcon Service
Aug 13, 2021, 3:08 pm
#856
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Bold move going with the sparkling wine. I gave that one a try once and it was a challenge to finish. I meant to write a brief note about it here but I seemingly must have blocked the taste from memory. If I recall correctly the chardonnay that followed was slightly more tolerable.
Aug 13, 2021, 3:35 pm
#857
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: SFO
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When I woke up, I did notice a biscotti had been placed on my table at some point after dinner.
Aug 13, 2021, 8:24 pm
#858
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Aug 14, 2021, 1:42 pm
#859
Join Date: May 2006
Location: New to BWI as of 2021; say hi if you're in the area!
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Updated report from the field:
UA635, BWI-ORD, snack bag with pretzels/stroopwaffle/water in F
UA691, ORD-DEN...Lovely to have a Polaris 772. FA was personable, but holy cannoli service was S....L....O....W. Flight is about 1 hour, 50 minutes. No turbulence. Meals served about 75 minutes in, and only once another FA came up to help. Options were the trusty egg scramble and waffle...still holding their own...I had the egg and my partner had the waffle and liked it (and he's hard to please when it comes to airline food haha)...pics below in case you haven't seen enough of these items already
Side note -- I kinda can't believe UA sells 45-minute connections in ORD. We were 5 minutes late and arrived at the connection as boarding was almost wrapped up. Traffic in the alley at ORD, and on the taxiways, was substantial.
UA635, BWI-ORD, snack bag with pretzels/stroopwaffle/water in F
UA691, ORD-DEN...Lovely to have a Polaris 772. FA was personable, but holy cannoli service was S....L....O....W. Flight is about 1 hour, 50 minutes. No turbulence. Meals served about 75 minutes in, and only once another FA came up to help. Options were the trusty egg scramble and waffle...still holding their own...I had the egg and my partner had the waffle and liked it (and he's hard to please when it comes to airline food haha)...pics below in case you haven't seen enough of these items already
Side note -- I kinda can't believe UA sells 45-minute connections in ORD. We were 5 minutes late and arrived at the connection as boarding was almost wrapped up. Traffic in the alley at ORD, and on the taxiways, was substantial.
Aug 14, 2021, 4:40 pm
#860
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I think this sort of breakfast is perfect for a flight like ORD-DEN. Would love to see the cinnamon rolls return, though!
Aug 14, 2021, 8:36 pm
#861
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Aug 14, 2021, 10:32 pm
#862
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Aug 18, 2021, 2:31 am
#863
Join Date: Aug 2021
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13 Aug: SFO-HNL (773). Mostly same offerings as mentioned above. Ravioli, Thai Chicken (I think) and short ribs..
13 Aug: HNL-GUM (773). Some chicken thing I dont really remember the name of and one other option, perhaps (I was a ways back in 16 so they were probably out of most stuff by the time they got to me)
13 Aug: HNL-GUM (773). Some chicken thing I dont really remember the name of and one other option, perhaps (I was a ways back in 16 so they were probably out of most stuff by the time they got to me)
Aug 18, 2021, 12:09 pm
#864
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LAS-ORD, August 14, 737-9
Lemon chicken w/orzo. Cooked just right. My first time getting the Pie in the Sky heated, and it's so much better warmed up. Pretzel roll was also warmed and an improvement over the regular bread roll. Excellent FA who kept the drinks flowing. There was a wrapped blanket on the seat when I boarded, don't remember seeing that on my previous 3 flights in F this month.
Lemon chicken w/orzo. Cooked just right. My first time getting the Pie in the Sky heated, and it's so much better warmed up. Pretzel roll was also warmed and an improvement over the regular bread roll. Excellent FA who kept the drinks flowing. There was a wrapped blanket on the seat when I boarded, don't remember seeing that on my previous 3 flights in F this month.
Aug 18, 2021, 1:15 pm
#865
Join Date: Apr 2015
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YAY for pretzel roll!!!
Aug 18, 2021, 4:39 pm
#866
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Morris County, NJ
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Welcome icecream01 ! Unless things have changed, it's full dinner in business class.
Aug 18, 2021, 5:23 pm
#867
Join Date: May 2011
Location: SFO
Programs: UA 1K
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My upcoming SFO-ORD redeye is listed as a Dinner flight. Hard to believe a midcon redeye would have dinner when a premium transcon redeye does not.
Aug 18, 2021, 6:34 pm
#868
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: SFO
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Aug 18, 2021, 9:15 pm
#869
Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: Wayne, NJ USA
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Dinner EWR-ORD
What should I expect to choose from? Are preflight drinks still verboten?
Aug 18, 2021, 9:24 pm
#870
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: IAH/EWR-LGA/MIA
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IAH-SFO 18 Aug 650 pm 789 (Polaris) seat 7L
Meal choices taken pre-departure. No acknowledgement of GS but also no request to make second choice. By now we all know the choices and this time I went with the enchiladas. Both bread and pie in the sky served cold but I tried to help them with a little time under the piping hot casserole dish. Worked a little. I get the raves for the pie in the sky but I could do without the gratuitous sugar rocks on top. The chocolate makes it sweet enough. All in all, a solid domestic F meal (repetitiveness aside). Pics below though nothing new.
