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Photo taken by: Bruce Jonas
Route: SEA-EWR, 31 March 2005
Ticket price: $917
Flight duration: 5 hours
Aircraft type & class: Boeing 737-800, Economy (despite the price)
Business or leisure trip: Business
Meal type: Dinner
Contents of the meal: Philly-style cheesesteak, Cole Slaw, potato chips, Pepperidge Farm Milano cookies, mayo packet for some reason
Drink: Water and coke
Comments: Words fail. When someone mentioned to a flight attendant that the food was bad, the response was, "We're the only ones serving meals." If I fly Continental again (and I hope I won't), I'll know to bring my own food anyway. By the way, a Philly cheesesteak is actually made from thin slices of steak. This was more like a McDonald's Sausage McMuffin. Note the processing marks on both the meat and the roll. Untouched by human hands is the best thing you can say about this. Even better was the flight to Seattle, when they served a stromboli (melted cheese wrapped in soft bread - see CO photo 202 on this site) with both potato salad and potato chips. The healthiest thing in both meals was the cookies. Or not eating.
Rating: 1
Camera brand & type: Canon S-50


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Photo taken by: Gene K.
Route: IAH-EWR CO48 date: 03 April 2005
Ticket price: $335 (+ elite upgrade)
Duration: 3h 20m
Aircraft type & class: Boeing 767-424/ER BusinessFirst
Business or leisure trip: Business
Meal type: Breakfast
Contents of the meal: Starter plate of sliced/peeled oranges, honeydew, mango, with strawberry and grapes. Warm croissants and cinnamon rolls brought around in a basket prior to main tray presentation. Main course was an herb omelet with ham, a sausage patty, and a potato souffle.
Drink: Orange juice, full beverage service.
Comments: Nothing special here, omelet was actually tasty but nothing out of the ordinary for CO's breakfast service. Decent crew on the 767 that morning, ton of CO employees throughout the cabin, and single seat in the 767 BF cabin is the way to go when traveling alone. Nice flight.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 6
Camera brand and type: Sony DSC-S85


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Photo taken by: Gene K.
Route: EWR-IAH CO51 date: 01 April 2005
Ticket price: $335 (+ elite upgrade)
Duration: 4h (due to poor weather in IAH area)
Aircraft type & class: Boeing 777-224/ER BusinessFirst
Business or leisure trip: Business
Meal type: Dinner
Contents of the meal: Starter of Fisher salted cashews. Main tray had Legal Sea Foods' Lobster Bisque, plus choice of either Lasagna in a marinara sauce, or shrimp salad with a Greek vinaigrette dressing. Dessert was a cherry cheesecake.
Drink: Full beverage service.
Comments: This is always a fun flight to take because of the availability of Continental's great BusinessFirst cabin on this huge aircraft. Seat was excellent, food was more than adequate (the lobster bisque is my favorite out of the CO soups), and nobody really seemed to mind being on the aircraft for an extra hour or so while we avoided big T-storms in the Houston area. Fantastic IAH-based crew on this trip.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 7
Camera brand and type: Sony DSC-S85


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Photo taken by: Gene K.
Route: PUJ-EWR CO879 date: 31 March 2005
Ticket price: $400 (+ elite upgrade)
Duration: 3h 50m
Aircraft type & class: Boeing 737-724 First Class
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal type: Dinner
Contents of the meal: Assorted nuts served in a small paper cup; starter salad with herb vinaigrette dressing; warmed rolls served before main course; chicken, cheese, and pepper sandwich on a huge onion roll; blueberry cheesecake for dessert.
Drink: Water, white wine, and full beverage service.
Comments: This flight made the trip down there in Coach well worth it. Cabin crew very good, but the meal was excellent, better than most of the food I had at the resort. The bread was typical of the kinds "native" to the area, very light and crispy, and the sandwich was much bigger than usual domestic CO flights. Lattice decorative touch on a very fluffy cheesecake was nice.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 8
Camera brand and type: Sony DSC-S85


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Photo taken by: Gene K.
Route: SEA-EWR CO1680 date: 23 February 2005
Ticket price: $500 (+ elite upgrade)
Duration: 4h 55m
Aircraft type & class: Boeing 737-824 Coach Class
Business or leisure trip: Both
Meal type: Dinner
Contents of the meal: Began with warm nuts served in a ramekin. Appetizer of smoked salmon with cream cheese and caviar, served with horseradish sauce and lime. Salad was "mesclun salad mix" with an herb vinaigrette or Thousand Island dressing. This tray was served upside down. Entree was a grilled Sterling Silver rib eye steak, served with mashed potatoes, maitre'd hotel butter, asparagus, and red peppers. My traveling companion's Surf & Turf option had a smaller cut of the Sterling Silver steak, along with shrimp, carrots, spinach, and lemon. For dessert, the usual ice cream sundae was offered with all the fixin's.
Drink: Full beverage service.
Comments: One of the best transcon F meals I have had. Everything about this flight was top shelf, even down to the temperature of my beef (medium rare). CO does a great job with dinner flights on the transcon routes.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 9
Camera brand and type: Sony DSC-S85


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Photo taken by: Gene K.
Route: EWR-SEA CO1581 date: 17 February 2005
Ticket price: $500 (+ elite upgrade)
Duration: 5h30m
Aircraft type & class: Boeing 737-824 First Class
Business or leisure trip: Both
Meal type: Breakfast
Contents of the meal: First is the new "Premier Bags" CO gives out on transcons out of EWR. They contain a paperback novel, face spray, lip balm, chocolates, and a sample of a designer fragrance. Starter plate was sliced pineapple, canteloupe, honeydew, grapes, and strawberries. Fresh baked croissants, cinnamon rolls, and bagels were brought out in baskets. The main course was a cheese omelet with smoked pork loin, cherry tomato, and potatoes. Around an hour before arrival, fresh baked chocolate chip cookies were served.
Drink: Water, orange juice, full drink service.
Comments: Beautiful flight to Seattle, friendly crew and good meal. The new Premier Bags are a nice touch, especially considering the premium-cabin market from NYC to the West Coast is only becoming richer with the introduction of United's p.s. 757 service from JFK. Slight service cuts here and there are evident but Continental still offers an excellent product.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 8
Camera brand and type: Sony DSC-S85


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Photo taken by: Gene K.
Route: EWR-PUJ CO878 date: 24 March 2005
Ticket price: $400 (missed elite upgrade)
Duration: 3h 30m
Aircraft type & class: Boeing 737-724 Coach Class
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal type: Breakfast
Contents of the meal: Honey Corn Flakes cereal, Champion raisins, carrot muffin, and 2% milk.
Drink: Orange Juice, full coach beverage service.
Comments: Hard to believe I didn't get upgraded on this flight, but the plane went out full in either cabin. Meal was satisfactory for length of the flight and time of departure, but it would be nice to see a banana instead- I'm not a big raisin fan. Times like this make me realize how good I have it when I get upgraded!
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 5
Camera brand and type: Sony DSC-S85


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Photo taken by: Gene K.
Route: MSY-EWR CO617 date: 31 December 2004
Ticket price: $260 (+ elite upgrade)
Duration: 2h 40m
Aircraft type & class: Boeing 737-524 First Class
Business or leisure trip: Business
Meal type: Lunch
Contents of the meal: Started with "Unwind" snack mix. Main tray had a cup of split pea soup, a cheese steak sandwich with potato salad, pickle, and (spicy) barbeque sauce. "Dessert" was a Russell Stover Pecan Delight. Warm rolls were brought out just after presentation of the meal tray.
Drink: Water, full drink service.
Comments: This is your typical (non-transcon) lunch service on Continental. Pretty dull after a while, but rarely is the food inedible and quality is consistent. Again, great Continental service, special "shout out" to Jerry, a nonrev-ing CO F/A seated next to me on this leg.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 6
Camera brand and type: Sony DSC-S85


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Photo taken by: Gene K.
Route: EWR-MSY CO716 date: 28 December 2004
Ticket price: $260 (+ elite upgrade)
Duration: 3h
Aircraft type & class: Boeing 737-724 First Class
Business or leisure trip: Business
Meal type: Breakfast
Contents of the meal: Starter plate consisted of sliced/peeled orange, mango, honeydew with grapes and a strawberry, warm croissants and cinnamon rolls were passed out in a basket. Main course was a plain omelet with cheese on top, potatoes, and a slice of ham.
Drink: Orange juice and water, full drink service offered as usual.
Comments: This being a relatively short domestic flight, the smaller portions really aren't a big deal, but the presentation was fine and service consistently good on Continental. No complaints here.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 7
Camera brand and type: Sony DSC-S85


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Photo taken by: Spencer
Route: Los Angeles LAX to Newark EWR, date: 17 March 2005
Ticket price: $1062.00 r/t
Flight duration: 4h 40m
Aircraft type & class: B767-200 BusinessFirst
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal type: Breakfast
Contents of the meal: Fresh Fruit followed by a Cheddar Cheese Omelette with Breakfast Potatoes, Bacon, and Sausage and a Hot Cinnamon Bun
Drink: Orange Juice and Water
Comments: Excellent meal with excellent service.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 10
Camera brand & type: Canon PowerShot S110


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Photo taken by: Spencer
Route: Newark EWR to Los Angeles LAX, date: 12 March 2005
Ticket price: $1062.00
Flight duration: 6h 2m
Aircraft type & class: B767-200 BusinessFirst
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal type: Dinner
Contents of the meal: Salad and Alaskan Salmon to begin followed by Seared Halibut with Risotto and Vegetables followed by an Ice Cream Sundae for dessert
Drink: Diet Coke with Lemon
Comments: Salad was extremely fresh, salmon was tasty, main course was mediocre, and dessert was a nice ending
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 8.5
Camera brand & type: Canon PowerShot S110


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Photo taken by: flywithmein2003
Route: Houston IAH – Roatan, Honduras, date: 23 October 2004
Ticket price: Employee Travel
Flight duration: 2h 30m
Aircraft type & class: Boeing 737-900 in coach
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal type: Snack
Contents of the meal: Pretzels
Drink: Cranberry juice
Comments: Very surprised this was all we got for a two and a half hour international flight. Cheap, cheap, cheap
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 4
Camera brand & type: Sony DSC-P8 (some turbulence)


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photo taken by: jandutchwaterman
route: LAX , Houston / Amsterdam
flight duration: 14 u
aircraft type & class: boeing 767
business or leisure trip: leisure
meal type: dinner
contents the meal: mashed potatoes, pork meat, carrots & salad & cake .
drinks: orange juice
comments: tasty!
rating: 7.5


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photo taken by: jandutchwaterman
route: LAX ,Housten / Amsterdam
flight duration: 14 u
aircraft type & class: boeing 767
business or leisure trip: leisure
meal type: lunch
contents the meal: turkey pastrami , carrots , chips .
drinks: orange juice
comments: pastrami of turkey was good.
rating: 7


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photo taken by: jandutchwaterman
route: amsterdam / houston / LAX.
price ticket euro 198 + tax.
flight duration: 15 u + stop-over
aircraft type & class: boeing 767
business or leisure trip: leisure
meal type: dinner
contents the meal: pasta , beef , carrot's/ spinaz , salad & chocolatcake
drinks: orange juice
comments: did expect better food for skyteam members!
rating: 6.5


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Photo taken by: Carey K. Green
Route: London-NY , date 21 February 2005
Ticket price: $500
Flight duration: 6.5 Hours
Aircraft type & class: 767 economomy
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal type: Lunch
Contents of the meal: Beef with Vegetables, Potatoes, Apple Dessert, Salad.
Drink: Water
Comments: Poor, but much better than the Burger and Chips they serve now domestic flights.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 4.5
Camera brand & type: Disposable


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Photo taken by: dlen111
Route: phx-iah December 27, 2004
Ticket price: $870 (RT MSY-IAH-PHX-IAH-MSY)
Flight duration: 2 hours 10 minutes
Aircraft type & class: 737-800 First Class
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal type: Breakfast
Contents of the meal: Grilled toast sandwhich with eggs, cheese and canadian bacon. salsa for dipping. select fruit and cinimon rolls.
Drink: Water, screw driver and bailey's and coffee (no shown but ordered to accompany the cinnimon roll)
Comments: great simple meal. no need to fuss over breakfast. better than any fast food breakfast sandwhich around (and i thinkk fast food breakfast sandwhiches are pretty good)
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 8
Camera brand & type: Minolta Dimage X


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Photo taken by: Sluggo
Route: Houston IAH to Tokyo NRT, 11 November 2004
Ticket price: 800USD
Flight duration: 12h
Aircraft type & class: Boeing 777 Economy Class
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal type: Dinner
Contents of the meal: Overmicrowaved rubbery chicken breast, broccoli (ever nuke broccoli until it tastes like hot nothing?), carrots, and a gelatinous mass under the chicken that I believe was rice. Or used to be rice. I think SkyChefs was trying to do some mochi-type of thing, but I'm telling you, they failed miserably. I mean, how can you swing a kine in such a tight space anyway? Anyway, there was not even one separate grain of rice left, just a mass of goo. And really hot over in one corner, $49 Wal-Mart microwave style, that burned the crap out of my palette and left me with that little bit of broiled skin hanging from the roof of my mouth. No blood, though... Hard roll, slimy grapes, wilted iceberg lettuce with purple cabbage and carrots, a thimbleful of margarine, and lukewarm water.
Also, they served us that angelfood cake every time they had a chance, like they were trying to get rid of it. Didn't get a chance to check the expiration date.
Drink: The aforementioned cup of ditch water.
Comments: Bad stuff... Didn't have a bowel movement for like five days afterward. I think the rice-mass built a beaver dam in my colon.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): -6
Camera brand & type: Canon A95