In article
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Ranee at Arabian Knits > wrote:

> In article >,
> sf > wrote:
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> > Why do people want to eat on a flight that is less than 5 hours long?
> > Watch a movie instead, eat in the airport before you take off if you
> > want to eat that badly. Airport food is pretty good over all and not
> > very expensive anymore. I had a fabulous burrito at O'Hare the last
> > time I flew through there.
>
> Because you had to be at the airport 2 hours before, which required
> getting up 2 or 3 hours before that, depending on how long your drive or
> bus ride is to the airport. And the flight was at 5:48 a.m., so you're
> not exactly interested in eating before then. Or it is at 3:00 p.m. and
> you don't want to eat dinner at 2:00. You can usually make better food
> for less money than you'd pay at the airport (and no, I'm not counting
> property tax, mortgage/rent or power in that), or you are looking for
> something specific to eat. There are a lot of reasons to bring food.

I guess I am lucky. I live near PHL (Philadelphia). The airport food at
PHL is pretty good and the prices are reasonable. On outbound flights, I
either eat something at the airport or I bring a light snack with me
before a flight. I won't like to eat a heavy meal before a flight so
even if I do eat a meal, it will be something basic like an egg sandwich
or maybe a slice of pizza to hold me until I get where I am going if its
a domestic flight during the day.

When I fly home from out west (which is typical for me to do), I almost
always take a red eye flight. All I usually want to do is sleep on the
jet. I just eat dinner wherever I am (usually Las Vegas) before I get to
the airport and then on the flight, I just put on my earphones and
listen to my iPod and doze off.

Last June, I took a red eye flight to London. That was on USAirways.
They fed me reasonably well. During most of that flight, I was trying to
sleep so being fed was not on my list of priorities. It was a great
flight, especially since it cost me next to nothing due to frequent
flyer miles. As it happened, I ended up in London around 7:00am and I
completely forgot to pack the details of where my hotel room was and I
couldn't find the info on the laptop I took with me either. I knew the
name of the hotel, but not its address. Unfortunately, when I want to
hotel info at Victoria Station, they were unhelpful. Fortunately, I
found the hotel after an hour or so of walking around the Victoria
Station area.