United announces more free food

Just before Christmas last year, United Airlines announced a merry change: Complimentary food was back for fliers in coach seats. Starting last February, passengers are offered a stroopwafel, or Dutch caramel-filled waffle, on flights departing before 9:45 a.m. The airline also started offering pretzels, sesame sticks and rice cakes on flights later in the day. Now the world's third-largest carrier is adding to its menu of free munchies. Coach passengers on flights from the US to Europe currently get a free mid-flight snack, plus whatever they want to buy from the onboard menu. But starting Wednesday, coach passengers on those flights will get a complimentary pre-arrival snack: a warmed croissant, jam and a yogurt cup. Passengers on flights from Europe to the US, who already get a pre-arrival snack, will now also receive a mid-flight snack. On flights from the West Coast to Europe, United announced, the airline will offer a new complimentary small sandwich. Travelers flying from Europe to the West Coast already receive a pre-arrival sandwich, so the new offering for them is an enhanced mid-flight snack, according to a United spokesman. <br/>