This morning I flew Delta Air Lines from Atlanta to New York LaGuardia. Delta’s meal windows would not normally allow for breakfast on such a short flight, but New York is a competitive market, so breakfast was served. The aircraft was a 737-700 and the choices were both cold. One being some kind of cereal/granola something, and the other being smoked salmon. Since I love smoked salmon, I went with that.
In addition to smoked salmon, the meal included a tasty toasted bagel, cream cheese (not from the little Kraft plastic tub), capers & onions, yogurt, and delicious fruit. The salmon was fresh and very tasty. I was pleasantly surprised by the quality and taste of this breakfast. Frankly, if it were offered as a choice along with the always reliable Delta First Class omelet, I might have to seriously consider the smoked salmon!!
This was a light and mostly healthy way to start a long day of traveling. What’s your favorite Delta First Class breakfast?
-MJ, August 16, 2014
Actually Delta serves meals for flights that are 900 miles or longer. ATL to LGA is exactly 900 miles (JFK is 908 miles).
The following comes from Delta website:
0-899 MILES
Enjoy light complimentary snacks, like your choice of cookie, pretzel or peanuts, on flights up to 250 miles and a heartier selection of savory and healthy snacks on flights 251–899 miles.
900-1,499 MILES
Between 5:00 a.m.-1:30 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. enjoy a full meal. Between 1:30 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. and after 8:00 p.m., enjoy a hearty selection of snacks.
1,500+ MILES
On longer flights between 5:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. we’re serving up a full meal with delicious menu selections, in addition to our hearty selection of snacks, such as fresh fruit, peanuts, chips, pretzels and cookies.
Thanks for posting those meal windows. Good info. However, in looking at my SkyMiles account this morning, it seems that ATL-LGA comes in at 761 miles. At least that’s what I was awarded before the Platinum Medallion 100% bonus.
Fun fact of the day: the 73W only flies ATL-LGA once a week, on Saturday morning, in order to position the aircraft for LGA-EYW. Glad you had an enjoyable flight.
@Disco,
Ha. I picked up on that in my last few FlightAware checks. 🙂 I’m an #AvGeek…. ugh. I’d forgotten there was a LGA-EYW flight. Now I want to get back to Key West!!!!
Fun fact of the day: the 73W only flies ATL-LGA once a week, on Saturday morning, in order to position the aircraft for LGA-EYW. Glad you had an enjoyable flight.
I had a First Class Breakfast on a DTW-IAH Regional Jet on Monday. Cold cereal and fruit. Or nothing. Those were the choices.
Bagel & lox
I do believe that is the proper name, Bill. 🙂