A la Carte menu in Business?
Jun 20, 2014, 2:38 am
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I guess I'm still pretty bad at checking FT on my iphone - everything always looks uncanly small and I keep missing the buttons I want to press even after enlarging, but still, a "not" is the worst word to miss in a post!! 
Oopsy!
Jun 21, 2014, 6:29 pm
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What page do you see this on? I just checked my IAD-CDG flight next month and don't see anything about dining anywhere (let alone the meal choices in the screenshots).
Jun 22, 2014, 1:57 am
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I think those à la carte meals in J are not proposed (yet ?) on every route. So maybe IAD is not one of them as of today.
Jul 22, 2014, 1:54 pm
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Also in Premiere
There are also A La Carte meals (fee free) available in La Premiere. It's the same cuisines (Asian & seafood) but different menus. So far I've only been offered this option on flights from CDG to JFK.
Jul 24, 2014, 3:19 am
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CDG to JFK in October, also have them . AA has been doing this for at least 2 years now and it works really well.
Why would you need to print a voucher and exchange it for the meal? A note in the manifest wouldn't be enough for the crew to identify the passengers who ordered the meal?
. AA has been doing this for at least 2 years now and it works really well. Why would you need to print a voucher and exchange it for the meal? A note in the manifest wouldn't be enough for the crew to identify the passengers who ordered the meal?
Jul 25, 2014, 9:57 am
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CDG to JFK in October, also have them . AA has been doing this for at least 2 years now and it works really well.
Why would you need to print a voucher and exchange it for the meal? A note in the manifest wouldn't be enough for the crew to identify the passengers who ordered the meal?
. AA has been doing this for at least 2 years now and it works really well. Why would you need to print a voucher and exchange it for the meal? A note in the manifest wouldn't be enough for the crew to identify the passengers who ordered the meal?
The AF system allows you to pre-order meals which would not be part of the onboard selection on the day, more like SQ and MH. So if you do not pre-select that option, you will not be able to ask for it once onboard.
Aug 16, 2014, 11:35 am
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Does anybody know when AF plan to introduce the new a la carte J menus (for free 
) to all routes?
Also does anyone know if they still offer a Japanese main course on Japanese routes (KIX and HND here) and also if they still offer a second main hot meal in the Japan-France direction?
) to all routes?Also does anyone know if they still offer a Japanese main course on Japanese routes (KIX and HND here) and also if they still offer a second main hot meal in the Japan-France direction?
Aug 16, 2014, 12:26 pm
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The answer is yes for both questions
Aug 16, 2014, 12:46 pm
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) and with the second meal a hot breakfast. Thanks for the answers! Has the second meal still got a choice of main or did they move to the "light meal concept" like they seem to do to the likes of ATL and IAH (where they seem to only offer a risotto or pasta dish)?
Aug 16, 2014, 2:22 pm
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This appears to still be happening, I just read about it in Air France magazine. How do you know if it is available on your flight? By logging into AF and your reservation? or is it on all flights, at least ex-Paris?
Jul 25, 2015, 2:34 am
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You can see the option in your reservation on the AF site
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Yes, but only, I believe, if your ex-Paris reservation is on AF ticket stock. If you made your res. on dl.com, unless this has changed in the last year, the pre selection option is not available. At least this was my experience last summer.