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Home » United Airlines » A First For Me: I Slept Through Meal Service on United
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A First For Me: I Slept Through Meal Service on United

Matthew Klint Posted onMarch 29, 2011 3 Comments

This is not really anything to be proud of, I suppose, but it was a first for me: I slept through a transcon redeye on United last night, consuming no food or drink onboard.

While this might be trivial to some road warriors, the whole reason I got involved in the frequent flyer game in the first place was because I hated getting no food in economy class while first class passengers received full meals. It was those delectable sandpaper omletes and rubbery steak dinners that I really must credit with making me loyal to United nearly seven years ago.

For years, even when tired on a redeye, I have made it a point to always eat what is offered, believing that I wouldn’t be getting my money’s worth if I skipped the meal. I’ve finally matured a bit from that mindset.

I was still prepared to eat last night—I even ordered a Hindu meal was looking forward to it. But a delicious home-cooked dinner with family just a few hours early left my stomach full and me tired—so tired that I was out almost immediately after rollback and did not awaken until the double chime 10 minutes before landing.

Next time, I will still look forward to eating onboard, but it just got a little easier to pass up on that meal and still feel like I didn’t end up with the short straw. After all, I got 4.5 hours of nearly uninterrupted sleep.

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Matthew is an avid traveler who calls Los Angeles home. Each year he travels more than 200,000 miles by air and has visited more than 135 countries. Working both in the aviation industry and as a travel consultant, Matthew has been featured in major media outlets around the world and uses his Live and Let's Fly blog to share the latest news in the airline industry, commentary on frequent flyer programs, and detailed reports of his worldwide travel.

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3 Comments

  1. Kevin Reply
    March 29, 2011 at 5:46 pm

    There’s no shame in it! I’ve done that many times. But I know the feeling… I mean if you slept through the meal, you were probably really tired. So you probably woke up, feeling rested, but then you were like, “Hey… i just got screwed!”

    At least that’s how I am 🙂

  2. chrisw Reply
    March 29, 2011 at 8:44 pm

    I’m exactly the opposite — I have never consumed ANY food or drink on a transcon redeye (in F or Y) after dozens of flights. I think I’ve noticed the service occurring exactly once.

    I agree on the must-get-my-money’s-worth, and that mentality causes me to eat when I’m not necessarily hungry (and drink alcohol when not really necessary) on all flights other than redeyes.

    On second thought I did take some orange juice when offered on a redeye right before landing one time.

  3. Inflight Dish Reply
    March 31, 2011 at 4:48 pm

    Redeyes can be a tough call. I’m all about putting that tray table down, but sometimes sleep is the better option. I missed out on a Lufthansa biz dinner back in January (on a 10 hour flight from BLR-FRA) because the flight LEFT at 3:40AM. No way I could put down a multi-course meal service that late. In fact, much like you, I never ever saw a single salt shaker. The flat bed made up for it. Think of it as a brief in-flight diet.

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