Jaunted

Thankfully complimentary meals on international flights in the back of the plane aren’t going away, but US Airways just wants to provide something a little more substantial—and tasty—for those willing to pay for it. These "DineFresh" options will need to be ordered at least 24 hours in advance, so it's not a last-minute selection as the beverage cart rolls down the aisle.

Sample options include a vegetarian meal with portobello mushroom tortellini in sun-dried tomato pesto, caprese salad, and turtle cheesecake. There’s also another with citrus-marinated chicken skewers and orzo with mango chutney, classic shrimp cocktail and creme brulee cheesecake.

On paper each sounds pretty tasty—even though they’re both chilled—but we’re really interested in checking out the execution before handing over our credit card digits. We guess it’s nice to at least have the option, but we’ll still probably take our chances with the freebie food.

Just remember not to give US Airways all the credit on this; ANA have been this since 2010, and KLM since last year, and that's just off the top of our heads.

[Photo: US Airways]