Comparing American and United’s catering out of San Juan

By: Ben Schlappig

Published: May 12, 2012

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I just got back from San Juan today and while I’ll share my impressions of the city in a future post (long story short, I loved it), I have something unrelated that kind of surprised me

Departing San Juan today I flew American to Miami at 1:25PM, while a friend flew United to Newark at 1:05PM. Not only did his flight leave closer to lunch time, but it was also 600 miles further than mine.

Upon landing we traded food pics, and I couldn’t help but feel like I came out victorious. 😉

Here’s his United meal, for which there was no choice (and no nuts):

While here’s my American meal, where I had the choice between chicken quesadillas and a salmon salad:

How United considers a 1:05PM flight a “snack” window is beyond me…

And this is one of the (many) reasons that American’s catering is the best of any US airline, in my opini0n.

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Mike Guest

May 14, 2012, 2:30 am

i find this funny because i just came back from San Juan today! what are the odds of that...

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joe Guest

May 13, 2012, 6:56 pm

the united food is pretty bad sometimes considering it comes from the intergalactic council of chefs, errr council of some-mauliers, err whatever the hell they are. the presentation is grade 3 level, taste is not much better. i do like the yogurt and fruit for breakfast tho.

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Dan Guest

May 13, 2012, 8:37 am

So 2 choices vs 1, + nuts vs no nuts??? Oh sure, that's a reason to blowoff an airline. Rolleyes.

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Adam Guest

May 13, 2012, 8:24 am

I'll go you one better (or worse). That pasta/chicken "snack" 'from UA looks like a first class lunch or dinner on DL. The EWR stage is about 1600 miles and DL serves similar cold lunches and dinners (and breakfasts) on stages of that length. It's virtually impossible to get a hot meal in first on DL unless you are traveling between at least 3 time zones.

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Jamison Member

May 13, 2012, 8:22 am

glad u liked that SJU mileage run! under 200 right?

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