Marvelous. Thanks, will spread this among my friends!

Marvelous. Thanks, will spread this among my friends!

#15: Definitely agree with you.

#30: I have no idea what you're smoking but I'd stay away from Air India like I do from chikungunya. That airline is so unbelievably awful.

In my experience, the best experience I have had on airlines has been (in no particular order): JetBlue, Singapore Airlines, Emirates, KLM (i've only flown this once between New Delhi and Amsterdam so I'll admit my lack of experience here.), Kingfisher Airlines (in India only but they're planning on flights to New York and Vancouver soon) and Austrian Airlines (also only flew this for one roundtrip sector).

I just chose my meal on an Iberia flight (oddly this madrid-based airline had the lowest fare I found for JFK-VIE-JFK -- 580 rt after all taxes) and they had 21 dinner choices! All the possible combinations of lowfat, low sodium, vegetarian, kosher, meat, seafood, etc. I chose the "Asian Vegatarian" :)

Why are all these reactionary PC white people up in arms over the use of ethnic. You all knew what he meant so stfu and go home.

I flew Continental from NYto Barcelona and back and thought the lasagna was BANGIN! But I was so hungry after 4 hours on the runway, I would have eaten a turd.

I recently flew from JFK to Heathrow on American Airlines and was pleasantly surprised by the quality of the food. It was a breakfest flight which I think in general is a safe bet.

Re: the "ethnic" airlines

Which ethnicity are you referring to? You do realize that everyone has an ethnicity, even white people.

Why are so many people clueless about what the word ethnic actually means?

The best food i've had on a plane is Air France, Japan Air Lines, Singapore Airlines and this Malaysian company whose name I no longer remember. Air Italia food sucks. German airline food sucks. British Airways wasn't bad. Most american-based companies' food sucks.

Another vote here for Air France.

Also, if you are lucky enough to travel in business, the food on AA is also good (well, it better be at those ticket prices!).

"as a general rule, the "ethnic" airlines, meaning non white-people except maybe the italians, will have the best foods."

Hmmm. Not only racist, but confusing as well. Soooo tell us, Herr "S"; are the Italians on your "non-white" list or not?.

Not that it really matters, it's just I wanna hear you sound stupid again.

Japan's ANA has amazing service and as someone mention plenty of legroom and space compare to most airlines.

It's a bit more expensive then say most American Airlines but it's worth it.

midwest makes fresh baked complimentary choc. cookies for every flight. pretty bad ass...

Most definitely Singapore Air. Great food, excellent service, you forget for a moment you're flying economy.

i would agree with others -- thai air, korean air, and air france are quite good for service (the latter really only has trouble getting the damn plane out of CDG on time). KLM is passable. continental and northwest are among the worst, and getting worse. i've flown continental to tokyo for about 5 years now and there has been a noticeable drop in quality (not that it was ever great) and quantity of food.

as for the beverages...i have been drinking them with wild abandon and flagrant disregard for bacterial content, and so far so good. airplanes are kind of germy anyway -- best to stay hydrated.

Having consistently logged over 100,000 miles each year, I've had my share of airplane meals.

I agree that most Asian airlines offer better service and meals but among US airlines, I find United Airlines's meals (when they offer them) are fine. They also serve bottle water and will give you individual bottles sometimes.

Actually was in business class on United JFK-SFO and the food kept on coming, and wasn't bad. Even the steak was medium rare ... and hot.

The booze was neverending. I'm glad that a taxi took me home from JFK - fell right asleep and that helped with jet lag.

Conversely, I've had crappy meals in economy on United cross-country.

Guess I was lucky when I sat up front those two days.

I used to order the vegetarian option when I flew primarily with United for domestic flights. Since the food wasn't produced on such a mass scale, it tended to be fresher and tastier. Other airlines, however, seemed to give special meal options their LEAST effort. I think on one Delta flight I was given a cold pita with bland chickpeas. Awful. Overall the food quality has gotten even worse on domestic airlines if they offer food at all. I don't mind picking up food inside the airport for that reason. Domestically, JetBlue does have the best snack options.

When in doubt, and if available. request the Hindu meal in advance. You'll get served first so it will be warmer, and probably have something like lamb on saffron rice.

The only good part of the meal I had on Continental between Newark and Frankfurt was the dessert.

All I need to say is this: on my last flight from Manchester (UK) to New York on Lufthansa, I was given a free glass of brandy--without my needing to ask!