2022 Let's Eat - United First, United Business, & Premium Transcon Service
May 24, 2022, 6:43 pm
#736
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Good point… but that really shouldn’t be what J passengers on a pseudo “premium transcon” route have to resort to, when the completion is offering so much better to/from JFK
May 24, 2022, 10:40 pm
#737
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Don’t get me wrong - would be great if UA stepped up their game. But in this climate with demand outstripping supply, there isn’t much competition for them to worry about trying to improve their service.
May 25, 2022, 8:05 am
#738
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Nothing but snack boxes on a 3+ hour block DCA-IAH today... is this the new normal? Based on the UA site it is, but with AA DL and AS back to hot meals in F this is kinda embarasing.
May 25, 2022, 3:05 pm
#739
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: PHL, EWR
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In that case it is more the airport pairs you are flying. If you fly IAD-IAH, which is virtually the same length, you get a meal in first class (if it's a mainline flight). That's because it's hub to hub.
May 25, 2022, 3:17 pm
#740
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Location: Morris County, NJ
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Wondering if they have catering issues at non-hub locations like DFW. The worker shortage is most certainly acute.
(I also flew EWR-ATL-EWR 2 weeks ago -- that was one of those "hot meal exception" flights until the pandemic. Now it's the water baggie... talk about a fall from grace.)
May 26, 2022, 8:54 am
#741
Join Date: Mar 2015
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Yeah, I flew DFW-EWR (3:50 block time) last week and it was just the Revive box. Kinda lousy. At least EWR-DFW had the heartbomb™ sandwiches.
Wondering if they have catering issues at non-hub locations like DFW. The worker shortage is most certainly acute.
(I also flew EWR-ATL-EWR 2 weeks ago -- that was one of those "hot meal exception" flights until the pandemic. Now it's the water baggie... talk about a fall from grace.)
Wondering if they have catering issues at non-hub locations like DFW. The worker shortage is most certainly acute.
(I also flew EWR-ATL-EWR 2 weeks ago -- that was one of those "hot meal exception" flights until the pandemic. Now it's the water baggie... talk about a fall from grace.)
UA has no need to differentiate itself when its competitor is not offering anything different.
I still choose DL for the subjectively better aircraft and not having to be bombarded with iPADs in EWR.
Last edited by kmersh; May 26, 2022 at 10:55 am
May 26, 2022, 9:05 am
#742
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May 26, 2022, 10:23 am
#743
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Yeah, I flew DFW-EWR (3:50 block time) last week and it was just the Revive box. Kinda lousy. At least EWR-DFW had the heartbomb™ sandwiches.
Wondering if they have catering issues at non-hub locations like DFW. The worker shortage is most certainly acute.
(I also flew EWR-ATL-EWR 2 weeks ago -- that was one of those "hot meal exception" flights until the pandemic. Now it's the water baggie... talk about a fall from grace.)
Wondering if they have catering issues at non-hub locations like DFW. The worker shortage is most certainly acute.
(I also flew EWR-ATL-EWR 2 weeks ago -- that was one of those "hot meal exception" flights until the pandemic. Now it's the water baggie... talk about a fall from grace.)
May 26, 2022, 11:51 am
#744
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Yeah, I flew DFW-EWR (3:50 block time) last week and it was just the Revive box. Kinda lousy. At least EWR-DFW had the heartbomb™ sandwiches.
Wondering if they have catering issues at non-hub locations like DFW. The worker shortage is most certainly acute.
(I also flew EWR-ATL-EWR 2 weeks ago -- that was one of those "hot meal exception" flights until the pandemic. Now it's the water baggie... talk about a fall from grace.)
Wondering if they have catering issues at non-hub locations like DFW. The worker shortage is most certainly acute.
(I also flew EWR-ATL-EWR 2 weeks ago -- that was one of those "hot meal exception" flights until the pandemic. Now it's the water baggie... talk about a fall from grace.)
May 27, 2022, 5:48 am
#745
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transcon redeye snack?
What's the current "snack" in J on the redeye from LAX to JFK? (Or SFO-JFK.) The LAX-JFK flight departs at 10:30 pm and lists "snack" instead of "dinner".
May 27, 2022, 8:41 am
#746
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In the Before Times, that flight was double-catered from EWR. It's an out-and-back route, so that's fairly easy to do.
Lame excuse from United if they can't double-cater the heartbombs™. Not that anyone needs more of those in their life, but that still shouldn't be the reason for the snackboxes.
Lame excuse from United if they can't double-cater the heartbombs™. Not that anyone needs more of those in their life, but that still shouldn't be the reason for the snackboxes.
May 27, 2022, 9:16 am
#747
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In the Before Times, that flight was double-catered from EWR. It's an out-and-back route, so that's fairly easy to do.
Lame excuse from United if they can't double-cater the heartbombs™. Not that anyone needs more of those in their life, but that still shouldn't be the reason for the snackboxes.
Lame excuse from United if they can't double-cater the heartbombs™. Not that anyone needs more of those in their life, but that still shouldn't be the reason for the snackboxes.
Then again, the tradeoff between the sandwich and snackbox is negligible - they are both not good choices.
May 27, 2022, 11:12 am
#748
Join Date: Apr 2018
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be-careful on JFK’s J cabin, it’s not unusual to swap to 753, aka no lie flat seat, as it happened 5/26 red eye from SFO, and today AM flight to SFO!
May 27, 2022, 9:31 pm
#749
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May 28, 2022, 11:20 pm
#750
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That said... so what's the eastbound redeye snack these days?