2022 Let's Eat - United First, United Business, & Premium Transcon Service
May 10, 2022, 11:04 am
#676
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I guess I'm one of the rare few that received a plated meal on a United Express flight since the pandemic. It was in August 2021, on an evening Mesa Airlines E175 flight from IAH to RNO. We were offered the same Latin chicken dish & accompaniments that we've had lots of experience tasting in the past year on mainline flights, but the entree in the casserole dish was served chilled instead of heated. If memory serves, the alternative offering was a snack box.
May 10, 2022, 11:06 am
#677
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I didn't see the bottle but the bubbly served last night on IAH-MIA was awful, so I'm guessing it was this; much sweeter than what they had been pouring on all my prior recent domestic flights. It was so bad I switched it out for the slightly less awful white (an extremely buttery chardonnay).
May 10, 2022, 11:21 am
#678
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Re. UAX discussion: I've got upcoming LAX-ZIH-LAX flights, which GCMap lists as 1,538 miles and for which UA.com shows breakfast on the outbound and lunch on the return. I'll report back on what is actually served.
May 10, 2022, 11:25 am
#680
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I thought no UX was allowed hub-hub
May 10, 2022, 11:39 am
#681
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I haven't seen a plated cold entree meal on Express in a very long time, even before coronavirus, and even on a 3+ hr flight. Of course I certainly saw a very artistically presented and tasty cold plate meal on Swiss for a 40 minute flight, so it's not like it cannot be done.
The flight attendant served two doubles in that 30 minute flight
May 10, 2022, 12:23 pm
#682
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May 10, 2022, 12:45 pm
#683
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May 10, 2022, 12:59 pm
#684
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May 10, 2022, 2:34 pm
#685
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So what can I expect tomorrow in Premium Plus on EWR-SFO, are they still doing the same meals as Polaris?
May 10, 2022, 9:12 pm
#686
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May 10, 2022, 9:20 pm
#687
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May 11, 2022, 12:02 am
#688
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Alright take #2, what are the westbound dinner options for June? Namely, EWR-LAX if it matters? Thanks!
May 11, 2022, 12:45 am
#689
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Have to agree. I'm not one to expect anything other than "edible" from UA meals, and normally I'm satisfied with what they serve. A stiff G&T helps many things (with my TrueLime packets of course - thanks FT!).
Then along comes Ragu or Latin/Spanish/?? Chicken, which are among the worst offerings ever. And now, to top it off, the Chicken is inedible. For this week's flight, it was so rubbery it couldn't be cut with a knife. I barely managed to saw off three bites, which also tasted pretty much like rubber. The rice was a watery mess. Literally the most disgusting UA dish I've ever been served.
Side note, it's laughable they're still serving a breakfast fruit bowl instead of a salad. Ah well, at least the fruit edible.
Then along comes Ragu or Latin/Spanish/?? Chicken, which are among the worst offerings ever. And now, to top it off, the Chicken is inedible. For this week's flight, it was so rubbery it couldn't be cut with a knife. I barely managed to saw off three bites, which also tasted pretty much like rubber. The rice was a watery mess. Literally the most disgusting UA dish I've ever been served.
Side note, it's laughable they're still serving a breakfast fruit bowl instead of a salad. Ah well, at least the fruit edible.
SFO-EWR today had a choice of the leftover Chicken Orzo or the Butternut Squash ravioli.
Service was very slow given only three FAs now for the full 789 cabin, and the FA flying the Purser/Left Aisle position shared it was her second ever flight after training - the outbound was her first.
May 11, 2022, 8:36 am
#690
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