Update on DL First Class Meal Service
May 12, 2003, 9:53 pm
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Update on DL First Class Meal Service
I haven't flown a DL domestic segment in almost six weeks. All my recent travel has been on DL, AM and VS Int'l routes. So I'm not up to speed on DL's "new and improved" meal service on domestic routes.
I've now got domestic itineraries booked on DL nearly every week for the next two months. Just curious as to what, if anything, DL is offering in the front cabin nowadays. From what I gather in various comments on this forum, it's little or nothing.
Most of my upcoming flights are transcon with connections through SLC, CVG and ATL. Also have a couple LAX/OGG flights coming up.
I've never been a big fan of airline meals but Ms. Cholula is joining me on several flights. She flies very infrequently and thinks B/E meals are "fun". I told her I think most meals have disappeared and she thinks I'm pulling her leg.
Can anybody fill me in on their inflight gastronomical experiences recently??
Thanks.
I've now got domestic itineraries booked on DL nearly every week for the next two months. Just curious as to what, if anything, DL is offering in the front cabin nowadays. From what I gather in various comments on this forum, it's little or nothing.
Most of my upcoming flights are transcon with connections through SLC, CVG and ATL. Also have a couple LAX/OGG flights coming up.
I've never been a big fan of airline meals but Ms. Cholula is joining me on several flights. She flies very infrequently and thinks B/E meals are "fun". I told her I think most meals have disappeared and she thinks I'm pulling her leg.
Can anybody fill me in on their inflight gastronomical experiences recently??
Thanks.
May 12, 2003, 10:53 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Cholula:
I haven't flown a DL domestic segment in almost six weeks. </font>
I haven't flown a DL domestic segment in almost six weeks. </font>
May 12, 2003, 10:56 pm
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Your and the Mrs. will get nothing hot unless the route competes with JetBlue or a select group of other rivals on specific routes.
No more omelets. Cereal on the breakfast runs. It's veritable flying granary.
Lunch is usually a salad or some kind of wrap. A brownie tops it off.
Dinner is also a fairly enjoyable salad bowl with chicken but no more linen placemat or metal cutlery. Wine choice is negligible..whatever red and white is catered that run.
The FA's remain committed as ever to making you comfortable and happy and though they have less work to do, freely acknowledge the cutbacks bother them, too. That's been my experience.
The wrap is the worst of the offerings, by the way.
No more omelets. Cereal on the breakfast runs. It's veritable flying granary.
Lunch is usually a salad or some kind of wrap. A brownie tops it off.
Dinner is also a fairly enjoyable salad bowl with chicken but no more linen placemat or metal cutlery. Wine choice is negligible..whatever red and white is catered that run.
The FA's remain committed as ever to making you comfortable and happy and though they have less work to do, freely acknowledge the cutbacks bother them, too. That's been my experience.
The wrap is the worst of the offerings, by the way.
May 12, 2003, 11:09 pm
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Try to grab some sample-sizes of a tasty hot sauce. It is guaranteed to make anything offered in FC taste better. IMHO, if a really good hot sauce was included in the "Blue Bag", even Y pax would be happier. Perhaps, Delta should spend a few more dollars on condiments and less on that ridiculous "home" ad campaign.
May 13, 2003, 6:54 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by LegalTender:
Your and the Mrs. will get nothing hot unless the route competes with JetBlue or a select group of other rivals on specific routes.
No more omelets. Cereal on the breakfast runs. It's veritable flying granary.
Lunch is usually a salad or some kind of wrap. A brownie tops it off.
Dinner is also a fairly enjoyable salad bowl with chicken but no more linen placemat or metal cutlery. Wine choice is negligible..whatever red and white is catered that run.
The FA's remain committed as ever to making you comfortable and happy and though they have less work to do, freely acknowledge the cutbacks bother them, too. That's been my experience.
The wrap is the worst of the offerings, by the way.</font>
Your and the Mrs. will get nothing hot unless the route competes with JetBlue or a select group of other rivals on specific routes.
No more omelets. Cereal on the breakfast runs. It's veritable flying granary.
Lunch is usually a salad or some kind of wrap. A brownie tops it off.
Dinner is also a fairly enjoyable salad bowl with chicken but no more linen placemat or metal cutlery. Wine choice is negligible..whatever red and white is catered that run.
The FA's remain committed as ever to making you comfortable and happy and though they have less work to do, freely acknowledge the cutbacks bother them, too. That's been my experience.
The wrap is the worst of the offerings, by the way.</font>
O2K....I'm going to HAVE to bring my own hot sauce because DL was never a customer of mine
. My best airline customer is and has been CO. They continue to buy our 3/8 oz. packets by the thousands of cases. Guess I'll be throwing a little business their way as well in the future.
May 13, 2003, 8:49 am
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DL 940, AUS-CVG I flew on March 8. It had a full hot lunch meal service in F, complete with linens and metal flatware (save the plastic knife). I flew DL 940 in F on May 11. The full meal had been reduced to a hot sandwich (turkey) on thick italian bread with a few tomatoes and cukes on the side, serviced with salad dressing and salt & pepper. The linens were replaced with what appeared to be disposeable tablecloths (with the consistency of cheesecloth) and flatware was all plastic. Drinks continued to be served from glass, and the sandwich was served on porcelain.
May 13, 2003, 9:13 am
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Don't forget the salt and pepper shakers have disappeared too. Just the little paper packets.
May 13, 2003, 12:09 pm
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I'm not sure which city pairs you need to link on your 'transcon', but I just flew JFK-SEA-JFK this past weekend, and the outbound (in F) offered a choice of omlet, french toast, or cereal. The return dinner flight offered Lamb, Chicken or some sort of pasta thing. All with (paper) linens, etc. Oh...and the venerable ice cream sundays after dinner on the return 
.
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May 13, 2003, 10:07 pm
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Just got back from a SLC-CVG trip this evening. Paper napkins, paper table cloth, paper "S&P shaker" (I swear there were no more than 50 ground pepper corns barely covering the cornert of the paper thingee!), all plastic utensils!! Chicken salad (which actually was no different than before - cold but OK). Dry bread sticks instead of a roll and a wrapped cake/brownie of some sort for "desert". Same "menu" both ways (separated by one day).
It's been about 2 months since my last "meal run" - so certainly yet a further downgrading (and why do I think it may not be the last?)
It's been about 2 months since my last "meal run" - so certainly yet a further downgrading (and why do I think it may not be the last?)
May 13, 2003, 10:42 pm
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"Thanks" folks! This is getting more depressing by the minute. But, as Flying_Duck states, it could still get worse. Nobody has seen paper plates yet, have they??
May 13, 2003, 10:56 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Flying_Duck:
Just got back from a SLC-CVG trip this evening. Paper napkins, paper table cloth, paper "S&P shaker" (I swear there were no more than 50 ground pepper corns barely covering the cornert of the paper thingee!), all plastic utensils!! Chicken salad (which actually was no different than before - cold but OK). Dry bread sticks instead of a roll and a wrapped cake/brownie of some sort for "desert". Same "menu" both ways
(separated by one day).
The question I would ask is this... Given your recent experience, what is the value of an upgraded fare?
It's been about 2 months since my last "meal run" - so certainly yet a further downgrading (and why do I think it may not be the last?)</font>
Just got back from a SLC-CVG trip this evening. Paper napkins, paper table cloth, paper "S&P shaker" (I swear there were no more than 50 ground pepper corns barely covering the cornert of the paper thingee!), all plastic utensils!! Chicken salad (which actually was no different than before - cold but OK). Dry bread sticks instead of a roll and a wrapped cake/brownie of some sort for "desert". Same "menu" both ways
(separated by one day).
The question I would ask is this... Given your recent experience, what is the value of an upgraded fare?
It's been about 2 months since my last "meal run" - so certainly yet a further downgrading (and why do I think it may not be the last?)</font>
May 13, 2003, 11:24 pm
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Sorry. The UBB got a bit screwed up tonight. The point I was trying to make is why some of us are bothering to get and pay for upgradable fares, when there is nothing to upgrade to... a couple of inches of legroom, a couple of cocktails. If you want decent food, fly BE-- Flying F--bring your own food and enjoy the legroom, the cocktails and pre-boarding.
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May 14, 2003, 12:14 pm
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re paper plates....Please don't give Delta any new cost cutting ideas!
Paper plates might taste better than the vile sat fat mega muffin I was treated to on B/E last week from SFO/ATL..yuk..my arteries started to clog looking at the thing...the corn chex were ok.....and I so enjoyed the filthy, well used little pillow they supplied for snoozing......
Paper plates might taste better than the vile sat fat mega muffin I was treated to on B/E last week from SFO/ATL..yuk..my arteries started to clog looking at the thing...the corn chex were ok.....and I so enjoyed the filthy, well used little pillow they supplied for snoozing......
May 14, 2003, 10:23 pm
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Welcome to FT, dede pittman! Sorry about your arteries . You haven't given me too much hope but I appreciate the heads up. Look forward to your future posts on this forum....
. You haven't given me too much hope but I appreciate the heads up. Look forward to your future posts on this forum....
May 14, 2003, 10:36 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by dede pittman:
....and I so enjoyed the filthy, well used little pillow they supplied for snoozing......</font>
....and I so enjoyed the filthy, well used little pillow they supplied for snoozing......</font>
I hope you didn't actually use that little pillow. You might want to check out this thread....
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum21/HTML/010040.html
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