Jun 29, 2022, 11:33 am
Last edit by: WineCountryUA
united.com/preordermeals
Generally available on all flights (including widebodies) over 900 miles except Premium Transcon (EWR<>SFO/LAX)
Pre-order has priority on the flight even about GS/1K and while originally pre-order was limited to a portion of each inflight choice, recent reports pre-order can consume the entire flight's allocation of a particular offering.
archive thread: UA preorder premium cabin meal, Y snacks/drinks {Archive}
Generally available on all flights (including widebodies) over 900 miles except Premium Transcon (EWR<>SFO/LAX)
Pre-order has priority on the flight even about GS/1K and while originally pre-order was limited to a portion of each inflight choice, recent reports pre-order can consume the entire flight's allocation of a particular offering.
archive thread: UA preorder premium cabin meal, Y snacks/drinks {Archive}
UA preorder premium cabin meal, Y snacks/drinks - all >800 (900?) mile
Jun 29, 2023, 6:36 am
#121
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Jul 2, 2023, 11:12 pm
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Jul 3, 2023, 6:26 am
#124
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I'm wondering if I should bother selecting a meal for my upcoming flight. After all, GS/1K get first choice anyways.
Jul 3, 2023, 6:38 am
#125
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I've never gotten a preordered a meal before because they've always failed to load it. Ofcourse my CPU rate is so low lately, I guess it's a small sample size.
I'm wondering if I should bother selecting a meal for my upcoming flight. After all, GS/1K get first choice anyways.
I'm wondering if I should bother selecting a meal for my upcoming flight. After all, GS/1K get first choice anyways.
hopefully the preorder is actually loaded.
Jul 3, 2023, 9:19 am
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Pre-orders are supposed to get their ordered choice first. GS/1Ks get first choice of what’s left. The risk of not ordering is a higher percentage of GS/1Ks (due to last minute purchases or upgrades) fighting over a smaller set of (still) proportioned meal choices. You still increase your odds of getting what you want if you pre-order. There’s no downside to pre-order (even if it doesn’t work out), so why not?
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Jul 3, 2023, 11:45 am
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Jul 3, 2023, 3:02 pm
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Jul 3, 2023, 5:50 pm
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Pre-orders are supposed to get their ordered choice first. GS/1Ks get first choice of what’s left. The risk of not ordering is a higher percentage of GS/1Ks (due to last minute purchases or upgrades) fighting over a smaller set of (still) proportioned meal choices. You still increase your odds of gettting what you want if you pre-order. There’s no downside to pre-order (even if it doesn’t work out), so why not?
Jul 3, 2023, 8:23 pm
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Preordered the lemon roasted chicken thigh for my wife and myself for lunch on today's PBI-EWR flight. Got tandoori chicken.
Definitely not to our liking.
Definitely not to our liking.
Jul 4, 2023, 3:52 pm
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Got preorder emails 5 days before transcon flights. Everything except crappo snack boxes are "out of stock". Useless. Will plan to stock up at Amex lounge, UC and/or PP restaurants instead.