United airlines serving Trader Vic's Mai Tais!!! - Tiki Travel

P PremEx Tiki Socialite Houston, Texas Joined: Aug 23, 2006 Posts: 335	P PremEx Posted posted on Tue, Sep 9, 2008 10:35 AM Very sad to report that on or about September 4th 2008 and after over 3 decades of serving them...United Airlines has discontinued serving Mai Tais onboard its Hawaii bound flights. Cost savings in cost-of-goods and weight/fuel savings they say. Also the Trader Vic's hot meals in First Class are now a thing of the past, with standard airline slop now being served. I had heard this rumor prior to our flight to Maui the other day (where we are vacationing right now), but it was confirmed shortly after we boarded our flight from San Francisco to Maui. This ends a long tradition of service to what United used to call its "Royal Hawaiian Service" to "Our Little Corner Of The World." Just another flight now. Getting there isn't half as fun as it used to be. :(

Very sad to report that on or about September 4th 2008 and after over 3 decades of serving them...United Airlines has discontinued serving Mai Tais onboard its Hawaii bound flights. Cost savings in cost-of-goods and weight/fuel savings they say.

Also the Trader Vic's hot meals in First Class are now a thing of the past, with standard airline slop now being served.

I had heard this rumor prior to our flight to Maui the other day (where we are vacationing right now), but it was confirmed shortly after we boarded our flight from San Francisco to Maui.

This ends a long tradition of service to what United used to call its "Royal Hawaiian Service" to "Our Little Corner Of The World." Just another flight now.

Getting there isn't half as fun as it used to be. :(

Post #406855 by PremEx on Tue, Sep 9, 2008 10:35 AM