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Roundup Of Routes Where Kosher Meals Are Served By North American Airlines - http://www.dansdeals.com/archives/89484

Here's a google docs where people could input their inflight kashrus experience :
http://kshr.us/KosherMeals 


AA KSML availability:

-Most domestic routes where meals are served (in J or F)
-Flights to Europe or Asia in all classes.
-Flights to Belo Horizonte, Brasilia, Porto Alegre, Recife, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, Sao Paulo, Brazil in all classes.
-Flights to Asuncion, Paraguay in all classes.
-Flights to Buenos Aires, Argentina in all classes.
-Flights to Santiago, Chile in all classes.
-Flights to Montevideo, Uruguay in all classes.

UA KSML availability:

-EWR-SFO in J
-EWR-LAX in J
-BOS-SFO in J
-Flights between the US mainland or Guam and Hawaii in J or F.
-Flights to Europe or Asia in all classes.
-Flights to Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Peru in all classes.

Please Include:
Airline:
Class:
Route:
Caterer:
Hechsher:
Flight date:
Meal in pics:
Stogel-Hermolis Scale Score (1-10):

Stogel-Hermolis Scale:
1. Inedible, wouldn't feed to a dog. (Stogel [long-life])
2. Disgusting, would only eat if starving
3. Barely edible, would only eat if very hungry
4. Below average, but would eat if hungry (Stogel [fresh-frozen])
5. Average/typical KSML, would eat if hungry (Borenstein?)
6. Above average KSML (Borenstein?)
7. A good KSML, might even eat if not hungry.
8. A very good KSML
9. An excellent KSML, could pass for something served in a decent restaurant.
10. Top of the line KSML, would be happy eating this at a decent restaurant. (Hermolis)


AirlineRouteClassMeal
BALHR-JFKJDinner
BALHR-PRGJBreakfast
CM           TGU-PTY          J              Lunch
CM           PTY-JK          J              Dinner
CO           EWR-TLV          BF              Dinner
COEWR-TLVBFBreakfast
COHNL-EWRBFDinner
COHNL-EWRBFBreakfast
COIAH-HNLBFLunch
COIAH-HNLBFSnack
LHFRA-VCEJSnack
LXORD-ZRHFDinner
LXZRH-TLVYDinner
SNBRU-VCEJBreakfast
SNTLV-BRUJDinner
SNTLV-BRUJBreakfast
TPJFK-LISYDin/Break
TPLIS-JFKYDinner



United Airlines
USA-Australia routes (economy): Koshair, O-U, Hamotzi, CS.
USA-Sydney  (First): Regal - meat and chicken meals.
Australia-USA routes (economy): Lewis Continental, K-A, Hamotzi, CY.
LH EWR-FRA Y Regal Chicken
LH MUC-EWR Y Sohar Hot meat meal and cold sandwich
LH FRA-VIE C Sohar Cold Meal (fish)
OS VIE TLV C VIE Local Co (hechser Rabbi Schwartz) Hot
US TLV PHL C Hamasbia
UA(CO) EWR-TLV Y Regal Beef meal (2010)
SA JNB-CPT-JNB Y Hot Meal from Joburg Beth Din
MN(BA) JNB-VFA Meal from Joburg Beth Din
SQ JFK-FRA Suites very poor Borenstein meal, labeled business class, chicken, no real dishes, very little food.
EK SYD-AKL  F    Lewis, no hot meal.
NZ AKL-LAX  Y    Gray's deli, fish meal.
TK CPT-IST  J/Y    Norries Caterers - CPT Beth Din - Milk Snack (Sandwich & Muffin CPT-JNB leg) Meat Dinner, Milk breakfast
« Last edited by zow on May 22, 2019, 02:37:01 PM »

Author Topic: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread  (Read 704155 times)

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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
« Reply #1360 on: November 05, 2017, 06:28:53 AM »
Was WAM good?
wam is never good!!!!

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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
« Reply #1361 on: November 07, 2017, 12:48:55 PM »
Just called UA to reconfirm KSML for lax-ewr tomorrow and I had an agent tell me that they are only available for us-TLV flights :o. And he insisted upon this “fact”. Even after I read him the ksml availability from United.com.


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Re: Lucky's Latest Adventure
« Reply #1362 on: December 13, 2017, 04:00:04 PM »
Here's a link to some pictures of the food on flight TLV-LAX   F
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/akdq41xm0tieypj/AADvVsphTmtNbCAoHC1Kz_H5a?dl=0

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Re: Re: Lucky's Latest Adventure
« Reply #1363 on: December 13, 2017, 04:16:37 PM »
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Re: Re: Lucky's Latest Adventure
« Reply #1364 on: December 13, 2017, 04:21:32 PM »
Here's a link to some pictures of the food on flight TLV-LAX   F
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/akdq41xm0tieypj/AADvVsphTmtNbCAoHC1Kz_H5a?dl=0
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Re: Re: Lucky's Latest Adventure
« Reply #1365 on: December 13, 2017, 04:33:18 PM »
Here's a link to some pictures of the food on flight TLV-LAX   F
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/akdq41xm0tieypj/AADvVsphTmtNbCAoHC1Kz_H5a?dl=0
Looks good, but time for a real camera :D
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Re: Re: Lucky's Latest Adventure
« Reply #1366 on: December 13, 2017, 07:20:27 PM »
Does it matter that those pics are from August 2016.?

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Re: Re: Lucky's Latest Adventure
« Reply #1367 on: December 13, 2017, 08:36:49 PM »
Pics please...why are there no SKML pics on DDF?
Not best pics.
This was MXP to TLV in J
Ex TLV was even fresher but sorry no pics.

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Re: Re: Lucky's Latest Adventure
« Reply #1368 on: December 13, 2017, 08:49:00 PM »
Not best pics.
This was MXP to TLV in J
Ex TLV was even fresher but sorry no pics.

Looks good, but time for a real camera :D
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Re: Re: Lucky's Latest Adventure
« Reply #1369 on: December 14, 2017, 12:45:03 AM »
Looks good, but time for a real camera :D
Not everyone is taking pictures of their meal to post on a blog.
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Re: Re: Lucky's Latest Adventure
« Reply #1370 on: December 14, 2017, 09:35:56 AM »
Not best pics.
This was MXP to TLV in J
Ex TLV was even fresher but sorry no pics.

Those vegetables look inferior to what's served on TK (ex IST and ex TLV, both of which get the meals from IST, and I would assume the same goes for flights from the rest of Europe).
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Re: Re: Lucky's Latest Adventure
« Reply #1371 on: December 14, 2017, 09:58:40 AM »
Those vegetables look inferior to what's served on TK (ex IST and ex TLV, both of which get the meals from IST, and I would assume the same goes for flights from the rest of Europe).
Yea salad ex MXP wasn't the best.  But ex TLV was really fresh

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Re: Re: Lucky's Latest Adventure
« Reply #1372 on: December 17, 2017, 01:01:42 PM »
This is the Mehadrin?

Yes, it was delicious.

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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
« Reply #1373 on: December 20, 2017, 07:04:40 AM »
UA TLV-SFO
Class: Y!

GS Manager and Hamasbia Mashgiach came to my seat to call me to the J Galley.
"Hi is it your Birthday" (someone must have told them, Wife claims no responsibility)
"We have these 2 platters of fruit and cakes for you to enjoy, feel free to let us know when you want them"
No Kosher tape or anything, guess that's why the Mashgiach came on board?

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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
« Reply #1374 on: December 21, 2017, 03:56:30 AM »
UA TLV-SFO
Class: Y!

GS Manager and Hamasbia Mashgiach came to my seat to call me to the J Galley.
"Hi is it your Birthday" (someone must have told them, Wife claims no responsibility)
"We have these 2 platters of fruit and cakes for you to enjoy, feel free to let us know when you want them"
No Kosher tape or anything, guess that's why the Mashgiach came on board?
Happy Birthday.
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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
« Reply #1375 on: December 21, 2017, 07:33:18 AM »
UA TLV-SFO
Class: Y!

GS Manager and Hamasbia Mashgiach came to my seat to call me to the J Galley.
"Hi is it your Birthday" (someone must have told them, Wife claims no responsibility)
"We have these 2 platters of fruit and cakes for you to enjoy, feel free to let us know when you want them"
No Kosher tape or anything, guess that's why the Mashgiach came on board?
Happy birthday! Good luck finding a fruit to make shehechiyanu on come R"H
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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
« Reply #1376 on: December 21, 2017, 01:20:52 PM »
UA TLV-SFO
Class: Y!

GS Manager and Hamasbia Mashgiach came to my seat to call me to the J Galley.
"Hi is it your Birthday" (someone must have told them, Wife claims no responsibility)
"We have these 2 platters of fruit and cakes for you to enjoy, feel free to let us know when you want them"
No Kosher tape or anything, guess that's why the Mashgiach came on board?
Nice! status?

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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
« Reply #1377 on: December 21, 2017, 04:42:53 PM »
Nice! status?

Yes but actually FA showed me that no status was recorded in her app so was VERY surprised. Asked me "who do you know at United HQ?"

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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
« Reply #1378 on: December 22, 2017, 01:09:39 AM »
UA TLV-SFO
Class: Y!

GS Manager and Hamasbia Mashgiach came to my seat to call me to the J Galley.
"Hi is it your Birthday" (someone must have told them, Wife claims no responsibility)
"We have these 2 platters of fruit and cakes for you to enjoy, feel free to let us know when you want them"
No Kosher tape or anything, guess that's why the Mashgiach came on board?
The Mashgiach didn't comment that it was Kosher? Also, what do you mean by GS manager?
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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
« Reply #1379 on: December 23, 2017, 01:57:48 AM »
The Mashgiach didn't comment that it was Kosher? Also, what do you mean by GS manager?
Ground services manager?
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