F pax requesting Y meals: Don't have to wait anymore?
Mar 30, 2015, 11:05 am
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A single data point -- on my recent ANC-SEA flight at least 3 of us in F requested cheese plates from Y instead of the pasta dish that was on the lunch menu. We received the box on our meal trays at the same time everyone else was being served. Cloth napkins & silverware were also on the trays.
I'm 75K and wasn't charged for the meal. I don't recall seeing the FA using the credit card scanner at any time. The other folks were scattered around the cabin, so I have no idea whether they were upgraded elite flyers, traveling on award tickets, or if they were in paid F seats.
I'm 75K and wasn't charged for the meal. I don't recall seeing the FA using the credit card scanner at any time. The other folks were scattered around the cabin, so I have no idea whether they were upgraded elite flyers, traveling on award tickets, or if they were in paid F seats.
immediately after taking drink and meal orders, even prior to F beverage service. My guess was at least four of them, and nobody was charged. I even had the gnocchi as well.
I didn't hear, but the F FA may have mentioned the option to those in the first row, and then
it snowballed from there. Guess the customers voted with their palates on the desirableness
of the F offerings.
Maybe AS should load half and half for F, and not take away from Y pax?
Yes, it would make it a bit more expensive to offer F pax a choice, but as noted elsewhere,
frequent flyers get tired of the same one item for a whole month, in both directions, and on
many routes.
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Mar 31, 2015, 4:05 pm
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Got a wedge salad last week SEA-SNA... and offered a wedge salad again today SNA-SEA. Double catering?
I was sitting in 4F so was the last person to talk to the FA. I said I would prefer to have the cheeseburger please, and upon hearing this 4D jumps in with, "Oh, I'd like one too!"
It was great. Now that I think about it though, perhaps I should have politely asked if still getting the wedge salad would still be possible, so I could totally outfit the burger with lettuce, tomato, and bacon.
Mmm... bacon cheeseburger...
I was sitting in 4F so was the last person to talk to the FA. I said I would prefer to have the cheeseburger please, and upon hearing this 4D jumps in with, "Oh, I'd like one too!"
It was great. Now that I think about it though, perhaps I should have politely asked if still getting the wedge salad would still be possible, so I could totally outfit the burger with lettuce, tomato, and bacon.
Mmm... bacon cheeseburger...
Mar 31, 2015, 6:30 pm
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There are a couple other MM'ers who I'm sure will be reporting back as they travel.
Mar 31, 2015, 6:56 pm
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Mar 31, 2015, 10:55 pm
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Apr 1, 2015, 11:06 am
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Apr 1, 2015, 11:15 am
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Just to reiterate the policy. You can have both if you want to purchase the cheese/fruit or want to wait for the service in Y to be finished. If you want the cheese/fruit prior to Y service for free then it is in lieu of your F meal. The change in policy is not to create an additional meal course, it's to offer an option for vegetarians or simply someone that doesn't want the F meal being offered. That's what many here have said they wanted for a while.
I'm sure that there are going to be FA's that are going to interpret the policy in different ways. There have been several recent changes leading up to this in a very short time, which has created confusion. None the less, the policy is as described above.
I'm sure that there are going to be FA's that are going to interpret the policy in different ways. There have been several recent changes leading up to this in a very short time, which has created confusion. None the less, the policy is as described above.
Last edited by slopeboy40; Apr 1, 2015 at 6:34 pm Reason: Was actually ANC-HNL, not SEA-HNL. Too many flights.
Apr 1, 2015, 4:10 pm
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Well I am all kinds of confused now. Flew SEA-HNL yesterday in F. A couple of hours into the flight, meal service is done in F and Y. They announce the second pass of the Y food cart and what is available. I was thinking of asking for a cheese plate to go with my wine and movie until I saw 2 being delivered to row 1 and being charged for it. Are they not comp after the first Y service or is that just wishful thinking on my part? I was afraid to ask for one and make a fool of myself.
Apr 1, 2015, 4:17 pm
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Do any of the west coast flights get the hot meal option in Y (cheeseburger, chili, etc.) or is it just the fruit/cheese plate? I thought they needed to be at least 2.5 hours but there are a lot of flights on the boarderline like SEA/PDX-SAN.
Apr 2, 2015, 10:59 pm
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SEA-LAX had the Chili back in Feb.
Apr 2, 2015, 11:13 pm
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I would have bought you lunch off the cart if I knew your were a million miler. I'm a little more than half way there and I've been a member since the late 80s.
Apr 3, 2015, 12:54 pm
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I opted for the cheese plate instead of the wedge the other day. It was no problem.
SEA-TUS very rarely has a hot meal option in F, but sometimes has one in Y. Which is too bad, since it's over 1200 miles, and I *think* the longest flight without a proper meal (and at lunch time, too).
SEA-TUS very rarely has a hot meal option in F, but sometimes has one in Y. Which is too bad, since it's over 1200 miles, and I *think* the longest flight without a proper meal (and at lunch time, too).
Apr 3, 2015, 4:40 pm
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Just flew SEA-SNA this morning and we had the hot biscuits and gravy breakfast, which was comped to me as a MM and to my wife as the wife of a MM (but 75k in her own right).