Last edit by: Seat 2A
How to find out what the meal service will be for a specific Alaska Air flight:
1) On the website, use the "Explore" tab and select "Flight Schedules" from the left-hand side of the drop-down menu.
2) Plug in your city-pair and your week of travel, and the site will pull up all of the Alaska Air flights for that week.
3) Find your flight number on the list. From there you can see what's offered for the meal service. There are two columns corresponding to first class and coach.
A) In first class the codes are (B-breakfast; L-lunch; D-dinner; S-snack).
B) For coach the section may be blank (meaning beverage service and for-purchase cold snack-packs). Or it may show "F" or "F,F" to indicate there are other items for purchase on longer routes like a cheese plate, or in some cases the Beecher's breakfast sandwich or one of the Tom Douglas items.
What *specifically* is offered in first class for B, L, D, or S is the source of much discussion in this thread.
Sometimes a S (snack) will seem more substantial than what's offered as L (lunch). That's where searching this thread can be of assistance.
As near as I can tell for the coach section:
Blank = snack packs only;
"F" = snack packs and cheese plates offered;
"F,F" = snack packs, cheese plate, plus one other item on offer.
Please feel free to edit if that assumption is not correct.
For anyone desiring a more structured or organized submission, here is a template (You'll need to add a / before the last bracketed B as in [/b]):
[B]Date of Flight[B]:
[B]Flight Number and Route flown[B]:
[B]Time of Departure[B]:
[B]Length of flight[B]:
[B]Class of service[B]:
[B]Pre-Departure Beverage service[B]:
[B]Meal served[B]:
[B]Meal Description[B]: .
[B]Additional Comments[B]:
1) On the website, use the "Explore" tab and select "Flight Schedules" from the left-hand side of the drop-down menu.
2) Plug in your city-pair and your week of travel, and the site will pull up all of the Alaska Air flights for that week.
3) Find your flight number on the list. From there you can see what's offered for the meal service. There are two columns corresponding to first class and coach.
A) In first class the codes are (B-breakfast; L-lunch; D-dinner; S-snack).
B) For coach the section may be blank (meaning beverage service and for-purchase cold snack-packs). Or it may show "F" or "F,F" to indicate there are other items for purchase on longer routes like a cheese plate, or in some cases the Beecher's breakfast sandwich or one of the Tom Douglas items.
What *specifically* is offered in first class for B, L, D, or S is the source of much discussion in this thread.
Sometimes a S (snack) will seem more substantial than what's offered as L (lunch). That's where searching this thread can be of assistance.
As near as I can tell for the coach section:
Blank = snack packs only;
"F" = snack packs and cheese plates offered;
"F,F" = snack packs, cheese plate, plus one other item on offer.
Please feel free to edit if that assumption is not correct.
For anyone desiring a more structured or organized submission, here is a template (You'll need to add a / before the last bracketed B as in [/b]):
[B]Date of Flight[B]:
[B]Flight Number and Route flown[B]:
[B]Time of Departure[B]:
[B]Length of flight[B]:
[B]Class of service[B]:
[B]Pre-Departure Beverage service[B]:
[B]Meal served[B]:
[B]Meal Description[B]: .
[B]Additional Comments[B]:
What Will Alaska Airlines Be Serving In First Class On Your Flight? (2017)
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Flight/Route: AS682/SEA-DEN/Jan. 29, 2017
Aircraft/Tail/Seat: 737-900/N477AS/2C
Departure Time/Duration/Meal: 2:05 p.m./2:30/Lunch
Tortellini again, this time a multi-colored variety. It was mushier then the DEN-SEA version, though, and I didn't enjoy it quite as much......
Which is why it's referred to as "The Costco Pasta Thing" so people don't confuse it with a more general article.
Aircraft/Tail/Seat: 737-900/N477AS/2C
Departure Time/Duration/Meal: 2:05 p.m./2:30/Lunch
Tortellini again, this time a multi-colored variety. It was mushier then the DEN-SEA version, though, and I didn't enjoy it quite as much......
Which is why it's referred to as "The Costco Pasta Thing" so people don't confuse it with a more general article.
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Originally Posted by PDXPremier
You're gonna need more water than that if you put those jalapenos on that sandwich...yikes!
I didn't find the resulting sandwich to be overly hot so much as eminently flavorful. Estaba muy sabroso!
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The Bahn Mi sandwich was also served today between Portland and Anchorage on AS 131, the 9:40am departure. Now me, I love raw jalapeños so when I noticed that seatmate chose not to eat his, I was only too happy to relieve him of them and add them to my own along with the cucumbers and two packets of Grey Poupon mustard (I always carry my own).
I didn't find the resulting sandwich to be overly hot so much as eminently flavorful. Estaba muy sabroso!
I didn't find the resulting sandwich to be overly hot so much as eminently flavorful. Estaba muy sabroso!
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Flight/Route: AS673/DEN-SEA/Jan. 28, 2017
Aircraft/Tail/Seat: 737-800/N529AS/2C
Departure Time/Duration/Meal: 11:15 a.m./2:56/Lunch
First time I've had the tortellini; I liked it! Served with a salad, breadstick and a lemon square. Note the unusual wine glass; not sure where that style came from.
Aircraft/Tail/Seat: 737-800/N529AS/2C
Departure Time/Duration/Meal: 11:15 a.m./2:56/Lunch
First time I've had the tortellini; I liked it! Served with a salad, breadstick and a lemon square. Note the unusual wine glass; not sure where that style came from.
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1/27 PHX-PDX 7a departure: usual west coast breakfast choice of granola and fruit or something with eggs. As usual, I didn't eat it. No breakfast bread on anyone's tray.
1/30 SAN-MCO 1010a departure: Great service from a SEA based crew. Same menu as Seat 2A posted above (we even had plates!), but I'll fill in the blanks.
Salad with pears & cheese and walnuts.
Choice of chicken and gravy with mashed potatoes and creamed spinach or cod with something else.
Dessert was some minuscule cupcake that tasted like it came from Safeway and was about a week old.
I don't do AS transcons very much, but when I did this flight last year the dessert was a cheesecake in a jar. Not sure when that got changed.
Another aside: Gogo didn't work much during either of my recent AS flights. On the PHX-PDX flight all entertainment was inop, and on SAN-MCO it took me 25 minutes to load Google.
Those "potatoes" on your salad were pears...
1/30 SAN-MCO 1010a departure: Great service from a SEA based crew. Same menu as Seat 2A posted above (we even had plates!), but I'll fill in the blanks.
Salad with pears & cheese and walnuts.
Choice of chicken and gravy with mashed potatoes and creamed spinach or cod with something else.
Dessert was some minuscule cupcake that tasted like it came from Safeway and was about a week old.
I don't do AS transcons very much, but when I did this flight last year the dessert was a cheesecake in a jar. Not sure when that got changed.
Another aside: Gogo didn't work much during either of my recent AS flights. On the PHX-PDX flight all entertainment was inop, and on SAN-MCO it took me 25 minutes to load Google.
Those "potatoes" on your salad were pears...
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1/27 PHX-PDX 7a departure: usual west coast breakfast choice of granola and fruit or something with eggs. As usual, I didn't eat it. No breakfast bread on anyone's tray.
1/30 SAN-MCO 1010a departure: Great service from a SEA based crew. Same menu as Seat 2A posted above (we even had plates!), but I'll fill in the blanks.
Salad with pears & cheese and walnuts.
Choice of chicken and gravy with mashed potatoes and creamed spinach or cod with something else.
Dessert was some minuscule cupcake that tasted like it came from Safeway and was about a week old.
I don't do AS transcons very much, but when I did this flight last year the dessert was a cheesecake in a jar. Not sure when that got changed.
Another aside: Gogo didn't work much during either of my recent AS flights. On the PHX-PDX flight all entertainment was inop, and on SAN-MCO it took me 25 minutes to load Google.
Those "potatoes" on your salad were pears...
1/30 SAN-MCO 1010a departure: Great service from a SEA based crew. Same menu as Seat 2A posted above (we even had plates!), but I'll fill in the blanks.
Salad with pears & cheese and walnuts.
Choice of chicken and gravy with mashed potatoes and creamed spinach or cod with something else.
Dessert was some minuscule cupcake that tasted like it came from Safeway and was about a week old.
I don't do AS transcons very much, but when I did this flight last year the dessert was a cheesecake in a jar. Not sure when that got changed.
Another aside: Gogo didn't work much during either of my recent AS flights. On the PHX-PDX flight all entertainment was inop, and on SAN-MCO it took me 25 minutes to load Google.
Those "potatoes" on your salad were pears...
Yes -- very UNRIPE pears will do that... and affect your digestive system, alas!
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By the way, for those of you who don't get upgraded and get left behind in Premium Economy, here are a couple shots of the complimentary snack offerings:
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A couple of thumbs up (including mine) so far. I certainly enjoyed it more than the lemon bar dessert on my last AS flight.