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We need to travel in a few months and I'm finding the best prices (for now) on Delta and United. Not familiar with either one other than what a few people have told me. We have always traveled on American or AirTran.
I have been told that Delta serves a fruit plate and no nuts.
I don't know about United.
Anyone know?
Delta still serves bags of peanuts --- where did you hear no nuts?
United is still "no blatant peanuts" but there are purchase on-board trailmixes with nuts and whatnot.
Delta has the infamous "3 seat buffer zone" which completely useless with recirculated air, and further, isn't always enforced by the flight crew.
From Delta's website under coach-dining:
http://www.delta.com/traveling_checkin/inflight_services/economy_class/dining.jsp
I would call United far more "peanut allergy acceptable" than Delta.
It boils down to the no-bags-of-peanuts for each and every passenger so far as the food service. Delta still continues this service -- and will only offer the 3-row buffer zone. United quit service of bags-o-peanuts in abt 1998. That's 13 years without vs Delta still doing it.
That's my best answer.
If Delta has discontinued peanut service, I've not seen any formal annoucement from them to that effect. (Doesn't mean they haven't done this OR made announcment, just that I'd never seen it and was unaware if these events had actually occurred.)
When United discontinued peanut service in the late-90s, they made formal announcment via press release. (Once upon a time that press release was linked from UAL's website. I've not been able to find it in past couple of years, however. Likely gone as it's "old news" so far as airline is concerned.)
ETA -- A quick Google and brief reading and I don't see any formal announcement by Delta as to removal of pnuts from offering, nor any news article with this verifiable info either.
I flew Delta in June. They serve peanuts. They will do the buffer zone or alternate snacks, depending on the crew. If there's enough turbulence, the flight crew will have to remain harnessed and there will be no snack service. So you could pray for bad weather.