Free snacks coming back on American and United – Philadelphia Inquirer
American is following United in matching Delta by having snacks onboard in coach again. My quote here about airlines competing on more than price is my main takeaway from all this. But the part about Hawaiian was more of … Read the post
Category: Meals
Yesterday I gave an overview of my day going through International Service Training for flight attendants at United. Today, I’m going into much greater detail about everything that goes into the main meal in the premium cabin on a long haul international flight. Even if you’ve had one of … Read the post
Let’s give United some real credit here. The airline has actually been doing a fair bit to try to upgrade its onboard product experience, and last week it made another good change. What’s really shocking is that while most service upgrades talk about the front cabin, this one is all … Read the post
When you think of things that make for a good flight, how high on the list is a decent meal? You’ll almost never get a free meal in the back of the bus domestically, but up front, the big three here in the US are now paying close attention to … Read the post
Way back in 2010, JetBlue rolled out a bunch of snack boxes, and I was less than impressed. JetBlue is an airline that should be able to do better than just a run of the mill snack box.
Well, this Tuesday JetBlue began a 3 route test (JFK – … Read the post
Let’s go a little random this week. What’s the best food you’ve had on an airplane? What airline was it? … Read the post
Getting back to speed with a new baby in the house isn’t easy, so I’m posting one more guest post today to help me catch up. (Besides, I need time to read through all the American Airlines changes as well as the FAA reauthorization bill for posts next week.) This … Read the post
The topic has been raised here recently a couple of times. After decades of including prayer cards with meal trays, Alaska has decided to discontinue the practice. It had been reduced in scope when free meals disappeared from the coach cabin, but it was still in First Class meals. Do … Read the post
I had a great opportunity earlier this week to head on over to LAX to do a menu tasting with Alaska Airlines. They loaded me up with tasty food, but to me it was the process that made this so interesting. Airlines need to think about a lot of things … Read the post
It’s time once again for us to talk about airline food. I know, it’s your favorite, right? But this is really interesting stuff. As part of Form 41 data that airlines have to submit to the feds, food expense is broken out. Someone brought this to my attention recently, and … Read the post
Hours after I wrote my scathing review of the new JetBlue snack boxes last week, I just happened to be at an event with the local JetBlue crew here in Long Beach. The station manager invited me to come on out to the airport and he would set me up … Read the post
You know JetBlue for their blue chips, but now they’ve decided to beef up their offerings. The airline quietly started launching buy-on-board meals this week 
and the result is underwhelming to say the least.
Let’s make one thing clear. The ample selection and large variety of snacks will stay. That’s … Read the post