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Home » Meal of the Week » The Most Addictive Airline Meal
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The Most Addictive Airline Meal

Matthew Klint Posted onJune 22, 2017November 14, 2023 8 Comments

When you’re loyal to one airline, you tend to the run into the same meal often. Sometimes that is a curse, sometimes that is a blessing. In the case of United Airlines, the cheeseburger continues to be a blessing. After another great meal, I cannot help but to feature it once again in this week’s Meal of the Week segment.

I flew Air Serbia to New York JFK on Tuesday and had a business class connection back to LAX on United for a flight leaving at 9:35p. I arrived into JFK at noon and figured I would have plenty of time to get across town to Newark (EWR).

The journey to Newark took much longer than I expected, but I arrived at 5pm. By then, I just wanted to get home. Doing something I rarely do, I gave up my business class seat to fly standby on a flight leaving at 5:30p. Why? Well, to get home early of course. Also because I figured I would be more productive working for five hours on the flight then going to bed rather than working in the lounge, sleeping on the flight, then waking up to drive home.

But there was one other reason as well: I knew I could still have my hamburger. Honestly, that made the choice to fly coach on the earlier flight a little easier. While not served on a porcelain dish over a cloth placemat with real silverware, it was the same delicious burger. And unlike in first class, you get these amazing French Fry/crisps in economy class.

a plastic container with food in it next to a brown bag

a brown paper bag with a label on it

a food in a container

a cheeseburger on a paper

a burger with cheese on a bagel

a cheeseburger on a brown paper

a burger on a paper wrapper

a burger and fries on a paper wrapper

a burger and fries on a paper wrapper

Look, you can laugh at me for having so much affinity for a terribly unhealthy airline cheeseburger, but let me tell you: I am not the only one!

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Matthew Klint

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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8 Comments

  1. MeanMeosh Reply
    June 22, 2017 at 10:18 pm

    I share your affinity for the cheeseburger, a guilty pleasure I picked up from the CO days. I have no idea why, honestly, but the few times I’ve flown CO/UA up front, I’d always looked forward to wolfing that down.

  2. Christian Reply
    June 22, 2017 at 10:37 pm

    French fry crisps? Props for attempts at inclusion, I guess, but pick one.

    • Matthew Reply
      June 22, 2017 at 10:42 pm

      I didn’t know how else to describe them. They are crunchy potato chips (in the US, not British sense of the word). I thought that was less confusing then saying French fries / chips which people would think are synonymous. So I used crisps!

  3. Andy K Reply
    June 22, 2017 at 10:55 pm

    The fries are definitely misleading. They look like the good stuff from McDonald’s but are actually cold chips.

  4. Dan T. Nelson Reply
    June 23, 2017 at 9:58 am

    I fly United exclusively, and I just saw the cheeseburger in domestic first class for the first time. I suppose my food tastes are simpler than many people have, but for several years in first class United has had a lot of Asian foods, Indian spices, and Mexican dishes, and I haven’t cared much for many of them. I often just skip the meal rather than eat food that isn’t interesting. The burger was a delightful change, and it was quite tasty. I suspect a lot of passsengers will consider it low class, though, and criticize the airline for it. As we know, you can’t satisfy everyone.

  5. JoeMart Reply
    June 23, 2017 at 11:24 am

    Bon Appétit! I only take issue with the pretzel roll not being grilled with garlic butter before the catering service placing the beef patty inside. Imagine if it was a Wagyu beef, smoked Gouda, thick double smoked Tennessee bacon, Dijon mustard sriracha homemade mayo. 😉

  6. Nick Summy Reply
    June 23, 2017 at 1:11 pm

    I would also like to add the stroopwafels they give out to everyone on morning flights. Those things are more addicting than crack!

  7. John Reply
    June 23, 2017 at 5:20 pm

    I agree–the consistently available cheeseburger in coach is a bonus. You’re killing me with the news that it is being rotated off. Why? Too popular?

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