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United Airlines Restoring First Class Meals On More Flights

Matthew Klint Posted onMay 26, 2022May 26, 2022 12 Comments

After initially leading the way when it came to restoring onboard meals during the pandemic, United Airlines currently lags behind its competitors in terms of first class dining. But starting next month, meals will return to more domestic routes, which marks welcome news for premium cabin travelers.

United Airlines Will Restore First Class Meals On More Domestic Flights

As Alaska, American, and Delta have restored full meals on shorter flights, United Airlines has continued to offer these sandwiches (or snack boxes) on many flights between 800 and 1500 miles:

United Airlines First Class Sandwiches

These unhealthy and messy sandwiches are no substitute for a three-course meal and United is finally wising up to the fact that it is an outlier when it comes to onboard premium cabin catering, and not in a good way.

Effective June 1, 2022, United Airlines is expanding its domestic first class meal service and will offer full meals on all first class flights between 801-1500 miles. On mainline flights, this will include:

  • entree (hot or cold option)
  • side dish
  • dessert

On United Express flights over 800 miles, a cold meal will be offered with side dish and dessert, as these aircraft have no ovens onboard.

While United Airlines has not confirmed, I am hopeful that the expansion of meal service will usher in new menus and the return of salad onboard. Historically, “domestic” has also included flights to Canada, Mexico, and Central America.

For example, take Dallas – Washington Dulles. Currently, American Airlines offers warmed mixed nuts after takeoff, a choice of entree, salad, and dessert. United offers a snack box:

It should be noted that American and Delta serve meals on flights over 900 miles while United will serve meals on flights over 800 miles.

International Meal Service Improvements

As I wrote about earlier this month, United is also improving its Polaris business class meal service, moving from single-tray service to three-course service on all routes. Menus will be refreshed, the bread basket will return, and a choice of desserts (ice cream, cheese, or cake) will be available.


> Read More: United Airlines Will Introduce More Polaris Dining Improvements Next Month


Additionally, liquor minis will one again be complimentary in premium economy class on June 1st and will be offered for sale in economy class.

Flight attendants will also add an additional mid-flight beverage service in economy class.


> Read More: United Airlines Will Restore Free Alcohol Minis In Premium Economy Class


CONCLUSION

It is nice to see United Airlines catching up to its competition here and I look forward to meal service on more routes. With planes full and fares high, certainly an argument could be made that the status quo was working just fine. Yet the move recognizes that passengers do care about meal service and restores a bit of quality to more domestic routes.

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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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12 Comments

  1. Greg Reply
    May 26, 2022 at 12:32 pm

    Good sign – hopefully the benchmarked the competition and found a way to improve on it

    3 step intl service is still below par if it’s a thimble sized salad with no app

    • Gravelly Point Guy Reply
      May 26, 2022 at 12:41 pm

      As per Gary Leff from View From The Wing, the Polaris changes do include Both appetizer and salad as the first course. Of course, I’ll believe it when I see it!!

      • Matthew Klint Reply
        May 26, 2022 at 1:05 pm

        That’s not true – Gary is incorrect here. There are no appetizers coming to Polaris.

        • Gravelly Point Guy Reply
          May 26, 2022 at 1:19 pm

          Well, did you read my comment?, “according to Gary…”, not me!

          • Matthew Klint
            May 26, 2022 at 1:20 pm

            I don’t get it. I said Gary was incorrect, but you.

  2. Jerry Reply
    May 26, 2022 at 1:37 pm

    This is objectively good news, but I’m starting to get to the point where I just give domestic F food a pass. I probably just need to stop ordering beef. It’s never ever good.

  3. Timothy Reply
    May 26, 2022 at 1:39 pm

    Oh finally! Fingers crossed for a new menu and the return of salads. I just flew SLC to DEN yesterday and they offered juice, water, or wine as the PFB. Hopefully this is a sign of better things to come.

  4. Jared Houser Reply
    May 26, 2022 at 6:08 pm

    Fingers crossed we are going to be offered something else besides Italian ragu! I have complained about it in every survey since they introduced it a year ago, and flight attendants are even starting to say how bad it is, so really hoping it changes!

    Don’t Delta and American serve a different meal on every flight? Like if I fly United from LAX-EWR, it’s actually halfway decent and something different each flight. If I fly LAX-DEN, it’s Italian ragu. Do Delta and American have a few fixed options on all routes, or is it always different? Hoping UA goes back to it being different each flight.

  5. K Lucazs Reply
    May 27, 2022 at 8:39 am

    Live and Let’s Fly! And Let the Planet Die!
    Gratuitous, selfish and totally unnecessary emission of yet more CO2.

    • Matthew Klint Reply
      May 27, 2022 at 11:05 am

      You should start you own blog!

      • Jack Reply
        May 27, 2022 at 6:11 pm

        Honestly, those sandwiches are an existential threat to humanity on par with climate change.

  6. Matt Reply
    May 27, 2022 at 9:32 am

    I’ve flown round trip F from IAD to MCO, DFW, and BOS in April and May and only received the ridiculous bag with water, pretzels and stroopwaffle. I’m envious of the messy sandwiches!

    Any improvement would be appreciated but consistency across flights should be the first step.

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