seat38a

Nice to see that the dessert has been changed out from those mini pie things.

Repooc17

Got it as well on UA1666 SFO to EWR (I think this is my 4th red-eye on this flight in 2022, and first time getting the arrival breakfast).

I slept well and woke up while the plane was within minutes from landing (on final approach). One FA saw me waking up, and asked if I wanted breakfast...I shoved the entire croissant in my mouth within 5 seconds, and took the yogurt and extra water bottle to go.

st530

PDB of OJ or water offered. Meal choices were taken pre-departure—choice of “chicken with couscous or cheese manicotti”. I chose the former, seat mate chose the latter. Passenger directly in front of us was the only one whose first choice the crew could not accommodate, and he was loudly unhappy about it, complaining about paying for F and not getting first choice, etc. FA handled it professionally. Post-takeoff, drink orders were taken. No bubbly, we were told, because inbound flight supposedly consumed it all. Is it really the case that UA double-caters IAH-SJU-IAH when incoming aircraft spends the night and sits almost 12 hours on the ground between flights? In any event, seems like catering could have bought a couple of $6 bottles on the ground? Evidently not. Went with white wine instead.

Chicken with couscous turned out to be grilled chicken breast (and a tasty orange sauce) with rice and grilled vegetables. Chicken breast was substantially larger than any pandemic-era Polaris protein I’ve had. Salad on the side (romaine, feta and cranberries with the old Polaris bottle of olive oil and vinegar), cold packaged bread, and a packaged chocolate chip cookie. All was really good! Took a photo of seat mate’s manicotti, which had the same accoutrements.

Is this the new F normal in February? If so, nice to have some new choices! Good crew that kept the drinks flowing.

MatthewLAX

That's impressive service! Could it be that you just slept through it on the other flights?

Repooc17

Agreed on the impressive service; although I don't think it was SOP - we were well under 10K feet. Anyway, I appreciated it regardless.

I usually can't sleep on planes, even with lie-flat seating, but I was super tired yesterday, and slept for most of last night's redeye

You informed FT about the croissant, and soon after, I asked about it on a January red-eye from SFO, and the FA I inquired didn't know what I was talking about.

VWang1111

Breakfast choices were described as egg white kale pastry, croissant sandwich, or a “continental breakfast” (no specifics given, didn’t ask either)

Croissant sandwich seems suspiciously like the economy bistro on board. Still decently tasty though.


Surprised they haven’t switched up the menu in months but the usual chicken katsu or cauliflower croquette.

seat38a

The couscous looks like rice to me in your picture. Was it really couscous?

fumje

Check the description again!

seat38a

I need another coffee.

747Clipper

UA1289 / IAH-SEA / B738
2-7-21

I preordered the waffle. And they delivered. PDB of water or sparkling wine. Had the wine. Meal was good. Friendly service overall. An enjoyable 4h17m.

ExplorerWannabe

I've had similar service on my last 2 flights back from Hawaii. A sample size of 2 is nowhere near statistically significant but my experience with the FAs on United for the past 14 months has been a near-polar opposite to that posted by jaded FTers.

DEN

I don't recall all the food options so I just posted the meals that I ate.

27 Jan UA384 DEN-HNL 1G.

Roll heated, salad partially frozen, chicken was ok, veggies tasted better than they looked.

28 Jan UA201 HNL-GUM 1D.



Thick and pasty

7 Feb UA 200 GUM-HNL 1D


Croissant not heated, french toast was ok. I thought we were done with the fruit cups.....

7 Feb UA 383 HNL-DEN 11A.


Dinner. It was ok.



Breakfast. Croissant not heated. Not the best meal.

Out of 8 meals offered, I had 5. Although these were Polaris equipped 777's, the cabin is considered First Class, not Polaris.
I believe meal service for economy has been restored on the Guam segments but I didn't actually witness it being served.

Seems to me that the Guam & Hawaii based cabin crew were disinterested and were playing games on their phones soon after the meal service. They used to be some of the best when they were CO Micronesia. I did happen to get the same cabin crew to and from Guam!

I have another Guam trip planned for June so we will see if things change.

DEN

dilanesp

The waffle is better than the french toast as far as sugary UA breakfasts go.

char777

The current chicken dish is definitely a bit weird, as is the ragu. The orzo was much better though I think everybody was getting tired of that one.

moyang_mm

Chicken or vegetable enchilada, chose the latter. Although pre-selection was between chicken and Italian ragu.

bread and nuts were warmed, but no dessert.