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Topic of the Week: Your Favorite Airplane Food

Let’s go a little random this week. What’s the best food you’ve had on an airplane? What airline was it? Read More...

Published Fri, Apr 20 2012 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Meals
Five US Airports Doing Great Things with Concessions (Guest 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...

Published Thu, Feb 2 2012 11:45 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Meals, Guest Posts
Topic of the Week: Alaska Pulls Prayer Cards

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...

Published Fri, Jan 27 2012 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Alaska Airlines, Meals
The Many Steps Alaska Takes to Put Food on Your Flight

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 when...

Published Thu, Dec 22 2011 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Alaska Airlines, Meals
What Airlines Spend on Food

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...

Published Mon, Jul 12 2010 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Meals
My Video Review of the JetBlue Snack Boxes

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 with...

Published Wed, Jun 30 2010 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: JetBlue, Meals
JetBlue Introduces Boring Buy on Board Meals

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...

Published Thu, Jun 24 2010 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: JetBlue, Meals
Taste-Testing Airline Food at Amazing Food Creations

Would you willfully submit yourself to taste-test a bunch of airline food? Probably not, but I did this past week thanks to the people at Amazing Food Creations. And you know what? It was good. Beyond that, learning more about the insanity involved in...

Published Tue, May 18 2010 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Meals
Continental Ditches Free Food For Flights Under 6 Hours

Larry Kellner has only been gone as head of Continental for a couple months and already new CEO Jeff Smisek is making plenty of changes. The most visible one to coach passengers is likely to be the elimination of free meals, something that was long the...

Published Tue, Mar 16 2010 3:03 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Continental, Meals
Why Did US Airways End Charges for Soda and Water? To Enhance Its Rep

Over the weekend, US Airways said it would stop charging for soda, water, coffee, and tea on March 1. You’ve probably read about this elsewhere by now, but it’s interesting to think about why they’re finally relenting on something that...

Published Tue, Feb 24 2009 4:04 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: US Airways, Customer Service, Meals
This Week on BNET (Sep 22 - 26)

American Airlines’ In-flight Internet Raises Porn Questions Now that American has started to test in-flight internet, some are getting angry that the airline isn’t restricting which websites people can see. US Airways is Happy That Nobody is Buying...

Published Sat, Sep 27 2008 3:40 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: United, US Airways, Technology, Southwest, British Airways, Fares, American, Meals, BNET
Did Lufthansa Impact United’s Decision to Reverse International Meal Charges?

The rumors starting creeping out over the weekend, but the news officially broke yesterday. United has decided not to begin charging for meals in coach on transatlantic flights from Washington as previously announced. Of course, the question now is ....

Published Wed, Sep 3 2008 3:15 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: United, Meals
This Week on BNET (August 25 - 29)

United Slow to Address Public Concern Over Paid Meals on International Flights United made waves by announcing charges for meals on some international flights last week. Unfortunately, their PR efforts weren’t up to the task. American Offers Wi...

Published Sat, Aug 30 2008 2:32 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: United, US Airways, Technology, Schedule Changes, Southwest, Mergers/Finance, Inflight Entertainment, American, Meals, Allegiant
United’s Meal Charges Earn the Cranky Jackass Award

United really is a sad, confused airline, isn’t it? For an airline that just two days ago stated that it had put together several “initiatives . . . to improve the guest experience,” yesterday’s announcement seems completely out...

Published Wed, Aug 20 2008 3:53 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: United, Cranky Jackass, Meals
United Considers Charging for Meals Internationally, Drinks as Well

Oh me, oh my. Looks like United has been investigating following US Airways into the abyss of ancillary revenue and actually trying to surpass them. They’re floating a survey asking how people feel about paying for drinks in coach as well as food...

Published Mon, Aug 4 2008 3:12 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: United, Meals

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