AA Carib / Mexico business/ domestic First: sparkling wine / bubbly?
Apr 1, 2010, 9:06 am
#16
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: DFW
Programs: AS, BA, AA
Posts: 3,670
Not to hijack this thread, but I experienced exactly the same food offerings 2 weeks ago. The sandwich was billed as Salami [with "vegetable" soup], but the FA said the chicken breast came with "potato salad" [obviously it was what you described]. I opted for the chicken breast which was almost impossible to cut with the butter knife that accompanied the meal, and the dry, salty chicken breast required me to guzzle my drink to wash it down. The flan that came with the meal was utterly gross.
AA should tell its CUN-based caterer to supply something edible on this route.
AA should tell its CUN-based caterer to supply something edible on this route.
Apr 6, 2010, 1:47 pm
#17
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 1,296
Domestic (non-transcon) sparkling/champagne offering
Do all of the non-transcon domestic flights have the same sparkling wine offering? And if so, how often does AA change the offering? Except when I had a last-minute equipment sub and ended up on a plane that had originally been scheduled to fly an international flight, I've only ever seen Laurier.
Apr 6, 2010, 3:41 pm
#19
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 1,296
Maybe one of our friendly FA contributors knows?
Apr 6, 2010, 3:52 pm
#20
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Join Date: Feb 2010
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sorry for the late reply
Yea I basically just adore bubbly.
I would even take Korbel on board.
Obviousely I love the good stuff a la SQ, TG and LH (F), but I would be satisfied with any domestic California "champagne" as it knocks spots of plain old white and really gets a premium cabin trip off in style IMO.
The food ex-CUN sounds repulsive! Do you think it will change or is it always that terrible?
What about MIA-Punta Cana Cuisine? / Punta Cana-MIA? Anyone know from recent experience in F
Lastly, do they show a movie/TV on the DFW-CUN/CUN-DFW and the MIA-Punta Cana-MIA sectors?
Cheers
Yea I basically just adore bubbly.
I would even take Korbel on board.
Obviousely I love the good stuff a la SQ, TG and LH (F), but I would be satisfied with any domestic California "champagne" as it knocks spots of plain old white and really gets a premium cabin trip off in style IMO.
The food ex-CUN sounds repulsive! Do you think it will change or is it always that terrible?
What about MIA-Punta Cana Cuisine? / Punta Cana-MIA? Anyone know from recent experience in F
Lastly, do they show a movie/TV on the DFW-CUN/CUN-DFW and the MIA-Punta Cana-MIA sectors?
Cheers
Apr 14, 2010, 9:42 am
#21
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: NYC
Programs: AA ex-Plat
Posts: 425
i just flew LGA-ORD-CUN-JFK in the past week, and they had "champagne" on the ORD-CUN and CUN-JFK flights. AA 445 and 1674, respectively. the LGA-ORD flight departed at 6am, so i didn't ask for champagne.
for the meal back to JFK (@4:25pm), they had pre-departure beverage (OJ/water/champagne), warm mixed nuts, another beverage service, then the meal. offerings were either penne pasta with halibut or a chicken empanada (but bigger than the empanadas i'm used to), both served with a salad, consisting of mixed greens, black olives, feta cheese, and a vinaigrette. had the flan and a piece of bread as well.
FWIW, the halibut was good but small, the penne very al dente, and the white sauce on the pasta was tasteless. and despite all that, i was still pleased that i didn't get the bologna/salami sandwich or cabbage/vegetable soup that others mentioned...lol. i didn't think the flan was that bad, but honestly, i like the jell-o flan i've made myself at home in the past much better.
for the meal back to JFK (@4:25pm), they had pre-departure beverage (OJ/water/champagne), warm mixed nuts, another beverage service, then the meal. offerings were either penne pasta with halibut or a chicken empanada (but bigger than the empanadas i'm used to), both served with a salad, consisting of mixed greens, black olives, feta cheese, and a vinaigrette. had the flan and a piece of bread as well.
FWIW, the halibut was good but small, the penne very al dente, and the white sauce on the pasta was tasteless. and despite all that, i was still pleased that i didn't get the bologna/salami sandwich or cabbage/vegetable soup that others mentioned...lol. i didn't think the flan was that bad, but honestly, i like the jell-o flan i've made myself at home in the past much better.