First AC flight
May 2, 2017, 10:09 pm
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First AC flight
We are traveling LAX-YVR-LAX in Business and was wondering it AC has a specific order for meal selection or if you can pick your meal online? Thought I'd ask and apologize if it's somewhere on the board as I did try to look. Thanks
May 2, 2017, 10:19 pm
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May 2, 2017, 10:20 pm
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They should ask the SEs first and then they go front to back or back to front. Sometimes they will prioritize other FFs, but not always.
May 3, 2017, 2:52 am
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You can order a special meal in advance of travel but there is no specific meal like SQ's 'Book the Cook', rather, it is more general of what you can/cannot eat.
May 3, 2017, 6:12 am
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If in Y, you dont get even a snack/drink even if you spent $20k with them.
May 3, 2017, 6:44 am
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Following that tangent, even if they can't let you BtC like SQ, what I've always wished is that they would indicate the menu ahead of time on Manage My Bookings. Even read-only, it would be useful. They don't even need to input the menu in detail. They have so few menus in the rotation at any given time, so they could list them ABCD, and then say your flight gets menu C.
May 3, 2017, 6:55 am
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I dont know why people are referencing SQ (is it because thats what AC is supposedly striving to be 
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We're talking about AA.... AA people.... AC cant even keep up with AA ....
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Great to see what youre gonna get
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)We're talking about AA.... AA people.... AC cant even keep up with AA ....
Since 2014
Great to see what youre gonna get
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/ameri...master-21.html
May 3, 2017, 7:19 am
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Following that tangent, even if they can't let you BtC like SQ, what I've always wished is that they would indicate the menu ahead of time on Manage My Bookings. Even read-only, it would be useful. They don't even need to input the menu in detail. They have so few menus in the rotation at any given time, so they could list them ABCD, and then say your flight gets menu C.
BR, for eg., lets you see the flight menu included in the pre-order menu which has additional options.
Worse is that so many other airlines allow you to just simply pre-order and once again, I did all of my recent CX flights right from Manage Bookings.
Bonus: it prompts you if you want the same meals for all flights on your itinerary.
Not on AC. None of this is available.
May 3, 2017, 8:00 am
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We have asked for that repeatedly - especially for the Special Meals. I do not understand why it is so difficult to list the description of the meal and the exact contents. I see it on my BR, CX and SQ meal options.
BR, for eg., lets you see the flight menu included in the pre-order menu which has additional options.
Worse is that so many other airlines allow you to just simply pre-order and once again, I did all of my recent CX flights right from Manage Bookings.
Bonus: it prompts you if you want the same meals for all flights on your itinerary.
Not on AC. None of this is available.
BR, for eg., lets you see the flight menu included in the pre-order menu which has additional options.
Worse is that so many other airlines allow you to just simply pre-order and once again, I did all of my recent CX flights right from Manage Bookings.
Bonus: it prompts you if you want the same meals for all flights on your itinerary.
Not on AC. None of this is available.
May 3, 2017, 9:18 am
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The other thread
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/air-c...l-service.html
has menus, but what we don't know is the rotation. Sometimes they switch out, and other times they keep the same items but swap the east/west or north/south allocation for example. (I once boarded to find the menu in the pocket promising the BBQ chicken, which I can tolerate, but that was the incoming, and my flight was getting something with allergens in both options.)
I am not asking them to make me something special, just tell me what they have so I know, should I pack a sandwich?
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/air-c...l-service.html
has menus, but what we don't know is the rotation. Sometimes they switch out, and other times they keep the same items but swap the east/west or north/south allocation for example. (I once boarded to find the menu in the pocket promising the BBQ chicken, which I can tolerate, but that was the incoming, and my flight was getting something with allergens in both options.)
I am not asking them to make me something special, just tell me what they have so I know, should I pack a sandwich?
May 3, 2017, 4:04 pm
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May 3, 2017, 4:04 pm
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