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This week’s Meal of the Week installment takes us back nearly 12 years to my first trip to Europe and first longhaul flight on Lufthansa. I was only a United Premier Gold at the time, but a friend had given me a United systemwide upgrade for my Lufthansa flight home from Germany. Back in the […]
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Malaysia Airlines is in the midst of a renaissance, desperately trying to stay competitive and return to profit in a market crowded with competition. Wisely, it seems to me, Malaysia is not just cutting but adding: we’ve even heard plans of lie-flat seats on 737s. In whatever form Malaysia Airlines ultimately ends up in, though, […]
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For this week’s Meal of the Week, I compare shrimp salads on United Airlines and British Airways. 1. British Airways – London to Frankfurt – Club Europe (1hr30min) British Airways offers light meals on shorthaul business class flights within Europe, with meal service split into five periods (breakfast, brunch, lunch, tea, and dinner) depending upon […]
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I’ve compared afternoon tea on British Airways and United. This week’s Meal of the Week compares lasagna lunches on United and Alitalia. #1: Alitalia (Madrid to Rome / August 2017) You’ll note the lasagna noodles are green. Usually that means spinach or basil inside the noodles. If that was the case here, the meat and […]
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For this week’s Meal of the Week, I share a delicious little snack I enjoyed on a Turkish Airlines flight from Ercan (ECN) in occupied Northern Cyprus to Istanbul (IST) in 2011. The snack has a deeper political meaning as well… I mention “occupied Northern Cyprus” because it plays into the meal served. The Turkish […]
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United Airlines provides a hot snack on premium transcontinental red eye flights. Over the last couple years I’ve only been offered three variations, but all were tasty. For this week’s Meal of the Week I review a trio of midnight treats. #1: Roast Beef Sandwich with Horseradish This one surprised me. It looked like a […]
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Now an elusive award redemption available only to upper-tier elite members of the Miles & More program, SWISS first class used to be a relatively easy award booking to score. For this week’s Meal of the Week I review a particularly good dinner aboard SWISS First Class. I was traveling from Shanghai (PVG) to Zurich […]
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For this week’s Meal of the Week I focus on an Italian meal on a German airline on a Scandinavian route. I was flying from Stockholm to Munich on Lufthansa around dinnertime, with a flight time of two hours. While Lufthansa Business Class within Europe is simply a blocked middle seat toward the front of […]
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Once in a while the first class meal options are simply not appealing. That leaves you with three choices: eat it anyway, skip meal service altogether, or request something from coach. Requesting meal service from economy class is the subject of this week’s Meal of the Week. American, Delta, and United will generally (though not […]
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Qatar Airways only offers first class on its eight A380 aircraft, with flights to London, Paris, Guangzhou, Bangkok, Melbourne and Sydney. Last year I had the chance to fly from Doha to Paris in first class on a morning flight. My Meal of the Week post this week recalls breakfast onboard. Although the Qatar A380 […]
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I mentioned it briefly in my first thoughts on flying Ethiopian Airlines, but want to focus on an unexpectedly delicious Ethiopian meal on Ethiopian Airlines for my Meal of the Week post this week. Airline food is still airline food, but I’ve found over the years that you are better off ordering “local” cuisine (when […]
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Part of my travels this week included time in Zurich, a beautiful city in Germanic Switzerland. For my weekly Meal of the Week post, I’ll highlight breakfast on a shorthaul flight in SWISS business class. I was traveling from Zurich to Rome on a 7:20a flight, with actual flight time of roughly one hour. The lounge […]
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Those of us who fly often tend to settle into a routine. Admit it. Same security line, same seat in the lounge, same seat onboard, same meal. For my Meal of the Week segment this week, I pay homage to the airline meal I’ve had more often than any other. My MillionMiler status on United […]
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My recent trip to the –stans included a 189-mile flight on Uzbekistan Airways from Tashkent to Dushanbe. Though only 45 minutes, a full breakfast was served and is the subject of this week’s Meal of the Week. The flight departed at 7:30a, prime time for breakfast, but I was skeptical about what kind of meal […]
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Sometimes you find amazing meals on unexpected airlines. Rarer is a carrier that delivers a consistently superior menu: an airline where you know you will always receive a great meal. At least for me, that airline is Qatar Airways. In case you missed my flight review, for my Meal of the Week segment this week […]
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How was breakfast on a Chinese domestic Hainan flight? The answer, not bad at all. For this week’s Meal of the Week I recall a hearty breakfast on an early morning flight. Hainan is considered one of the better if not the best Chinese carrier. I booked this flight, however, due to price and time […]
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Intra-Europe business class is usually not much to speak of. Typically, carriers will offer an economy class aisle or window seat with the middle blocked. A meal will be served, but it tends to be light and cold on shorter flights. For my Meal of the Week feature this week, I want to focus on one […]
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Don’t ask why, don’t ask how, but I recently found myself in economy class (at least in Economy Plus with an open middle) on a 15hr flight from Tel Aviv to San Francisco on United Airlines. For my weekly Meal of the Week segment I focus on two meals served during the flight. Last week I talked about […]
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Last week I flew from Los Angeles to Frankfurt in Lufthansa First Class then connected on a cheap ticket from Frankfurt to Amman via Athens in Aegean economy class. Believe it or not, the dinner on the 807-mile ATH-AMM flight leaving at midnight was better than my main course from LAX-FRA on Lufthansa and is […]
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Yesterday I published a review of my Sun Country Airlines first class flight from Los Angeles to Minneapolis. For those of you who missed it, I want to focus on the meal itself for my weekly Meal of the Week post. You have to know something about me: I love Mediterran/Middle Eastern food. I’m at my […]
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