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16
Aug
2007

United Thinks It Feeds You Too Much

Filed under: Meals, United;
Mmm, Biscoff cookies. If you’re flying United these days, these cookies are about the only thing that differentiates the airline from American or Northwest (if you aren’t in Economy Plus). Apparently, they’ve now decided that they’re giving you way too much food on each flight, so they’re cutting back.

On August 7 the airline decided to start handing out 5 oz. packages instead of the previous super-sized 9 oz. ones. I, for one, am glad to see United doing its part to fight the growing obesity problem in the US. Those 9 oz. packages were destroying our children and raising healthcare costs. It’s about time someone stood up and tried to save us.

Oh wait, that’s right. This is just another way to cut costs. *sigh*

UPDATE 8/23 @ 944a: I believe that may actually be .5 oz down from .9 oz. 5 oz would be one big cookie.
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5 Responses to “United Thinks It Feeds You Too Much”

Rick Seaney » On-Time Departures (17-August): Losing Data, Gaining Traffic, and Eating Pie August 17th, 2007 at 3:00 pm

[...] that United gives you? Well, too bad. United will be cutting your cookie intake back to 5 oz. The Cranky Flier has a great post about one airline’s latest move to cut [...]
How to tell if an airline’s customer service is on the rebound » Upgrade: Travel Better August 20th, 2007 at 2:17 pm

[...] just days after it’s United’s turn, smaller Biscoff packages notwithstanding. It’s buried in this short blurb — which also points to an [...]
Mahka August 27th, 2007 at 1:44 pm

Except that Delta also serves the cookies…branded with the Delta logo as well (don’t remember if United does that).

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meara September 3rd, 2007 at 8:14 am

Having read this, I was somehow unsurprised when the flight attendant on my United flight from SEA-IAD handed me a bag of pretzels that seemed suspiciously light…it had ONE pretzel in it! It was some kind of mistake, and she gave me another bag, but I wonder at the future!

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Josephina December 30th, 2008 at 8:04 pm

Go to Walgreens and get two packages of Biscoff Cookies (64 cookies total) for $5.00, and make your fellow passengers look green with envy.

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