Originally Posted by
AAEmpireState
Unfortunately, those snacks are only offered during meal times on slightly shorter flights (although it would be a great improvement if AA rolled these out on meal flights post 8 p.m.):
700-899 miles
(2 – 2:30 hours)
Warmed mixed nuts and a selection of plated snack such as fruit and cheese, hummus and pita or spinach dip and pita; or a warm cookie is served on most flights.
Those snacks are absolutely still served on longer flights outside of the meal windows, just not on the flights ~10pm. My recent flights at 8:15 and 8:50 both include the hummus/cheese choices. Perhaps ~9pm is the unpublished cutoff from Snack to Refreshment.