A passenger on a recent United Airlines flight from Sydney to Los Angeles says they found a maggot in their inflight meal, but they only discovered the slimy larva after already taking several bites out of the pasta dish.
Sharing several photos of the disgusting discovery on Reddit, the passenger says they quickly recovered the dish with the foil that had been covering it when presented by flight attendants before ‘quietly’ letting the crew know.
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The passenger, who goes by the username ‘rereadit’, says the flight attendants were “really nice” but that there was little they could do to make up for the situation.
United Airlines did, however, credit the passenger with 7,500 MileagePlus frequent flyers miles and a week after the flight, the airline also posted a $150 flight credit into their account.
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