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)
#406
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Finally what? I guess I don't see a lot changes in the first class catering...that cheesecake has been around for awhile in one form or another and the odd potato salad thing I think shows up again if you go far enough back in the thread. Now if we started seeing steak as an entree or ice cream sundaes showing up for desert, THAT would be a new change. I too am excited about being able to pre-order meals in F, but keep in mind that well over 50% of the meals served in F are on flights with only one choice so unless you fly at lot of Hawaii and transcon flights in F, this probably won't change your travel experience very much.
#408
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The E-175 I flew on PDX-BUR had an oven and the dinner served in F was the same served on mainline on similar length routes.
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#410
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Sounds good thanks! The price was very competitive and I am excited to try Alaska for the first time. Was going to book Y on American but with the 737 pitch reduction news, I feel compelled to spend elsewhere.
#411
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Horizon E175 meal service
Flight: 2790
Route: PDX-STL
Flight Time: 3:54
Meal: Breakfast
As promised, mugs on the QX E175s!
Breakfast was scrambled eggs, marinated black beans and chorizo with pico de gallo, sour cream and tortilla strips. Fruit plate on the side. This was actually really good...chorizo had a real nice kick to it and the beans had good flavor.
Warm nuts were served about an hour prior to arrival.
Route: PDX-STL
Flight Time: 3:54
Meal: Breakfast
As promised, mugs on the QX E175s!
Breakfast was scrambled eggs, marinated black beans and chorizo with pico de gallo, sour cream and tortilla strips. Fruit plate on the side. This was actually really good...chorizo had a real nice kick to it and the beans had good flavor.
Warm nuts were served about an hour prior to arrival.
#412
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Horizon E175 meal service
Flight: 2791
Route: STL-PDX
Flight Time: 4:20
Meal: Lunch
Warm nuts were served with the first drink service (now with real glasses).
Lunch was a tabouleh salad with beef kefta meatballs, tzatziki and flatbread. Lemon square for dessert. To be honest, I wasn't excited about this but dang if that wasn't a good meal. Not super filling but excellent flavor and spices and the flatbread was warmed and soft. I wish we'd ditch the pre-packaged desserts but overall I was pleased.
The QX E175s also have ovens in Y so they had a hot BOB dish for sale on the return trip. I don't think I heard anything for sale on the breakfast flight but that doesn't mean there wasn't - first service for FAs on the new aircraft so they were getting used to it.
Route: STL-PDX
Flight Time: 4:20
Meal: Lunch
Warm nuts were served with the first drink service (now with real glasses).
Lunch was a tabouleh salad with beef kefta meatballs, tzatziki and flatbread. Lemon square for dessert. To be honest, I wasn't excited about this but dang if that wasn't a good meal. Not super filling but excellent flavor and spices and the flatbread was warmed and soft. I wish we'd ditch the pre-packaged desserts but overall I was pleased.
The QX E175s also have ovens in Y so they had a hot BOB dish for sale on the return trip. I don't think I heard anything for sale on the breakfast flight but that doesn't mean there wasn't - first service for FAs on the new aircraft so they were getting used to it.
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Thanks for the food pics on PDX-STL-PDX....the breakfast looks good although I'm not a fan of black beans for breakfast and that tray is screaming for some kind of a pastry like a blueberry muffin or cream cheese danish. The "lunch" on a 4+ hour flight looks more like a snack and I agree, they need to lose the pre-packaged lemon bar, but this is one of the small meal service differences you'll notice on the E175 vs. the 737....if you would have been on the mainline flight from STL-SEA, you would have had plated warm cookies instead of that yucky lemon bar ^
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Excited to see glassware on QX
Has QX ever offered glassware before?
Has QX ever offered glassware before?
#415
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#416
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May 7
SEA-KTN
Quiche with feta, broccoli and red pepper flakes served with a side of fruit
or
Granola with yogurt and side of fruit
Does AS not serve breakfast breads on these flights?
JNU-ANC later the same day (no choice - snack flight)
Spinach dip
Carrots, red peppers and some kind of white stick that was shaped like a carrot but was maybe a big radish and 3 little pieces of pita plus a small packaged salted caramel
SEA-KTN
Quiche with feta, broccoli and red pepper flakes served with a side of fruit
or
Granola with yogurt and side of fruit
Does AS not serve breakfast breads on these flights?
JNU-ANC later the same day (no choice - snack flight)
Spinach dip
Carrots, red peppers and some kind of white stick that was shaped like a carrot but was maybe a big radish and 3 little pieces of pita plus a small packaged salted caramel
#417
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May 7
SEA-KTN
Quiche with feta, broccoli and red pepper flakes served with a side of fruit
or
Granola with yogurt and side of fruit
Does AS not serve breakfast breads on these flights?
JNU-ANC later the same day (no choice - snack flight)
Spinach dip
Carrots, red peppers and some kind of white stick that was shaped like a carrot but was maybe a big radish and 3 little pieces of pita plus a small packaged salted caramel
SEA-KTN
Quiche with feta, broccoli and red pepper flakes served with a side of fruit
or
Granola with yogurt and side of fruit
Does AS not serve breakfast breads on these flights?
JNU-ANC later the same day (no choice - snack flight)
Spinach dip
Carrots, red peppers and some kind of white stick that was shaped like a carrot but was maybe a big radish and 3 little pieces of pita plus a small packaged salted caramel
#418
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Decided to give AS F a try for my fall PVR vacation and I'm regretting it already. VX serves dinner on the 5:40PM PVR-SFO but the 4:20PM AS flight with a 6:10PM arrival is shown on the flight schedule as only serving a snack...is this an error? Unfortunately I only found this out after booking and then reading here how to find out what the meal service will be. The app displayed "Food for purchase" on my reservation which I knew was wrong.
Date of Flight: 5/3/17
Flight Number and Route flown: AS223 PVR-SFO
Time of Departure: 4:41 pm
Length of flight: 3hrs, 31min
Class of service: First
Pre-Departure Beverage service: Dasani bottled water
Meal served: Snack
Meal Description: Yellow coated chicken (curry/saffron?), couscous on spinach topped with marinated onions, garden salad, wheat berry dinner roll, & Dancing Deer lemon square. Plain pretzels served with first drink.
For all those wanting white meat chicken-- well, here it is. Dried out and chewy. Not aerococina's best work I gave up on it and asked for the cheeseburger from the back. So did the person across the aisle. FA said she'd check after finishing dinner service to the rest of the cabin. Fortunately for us, there were some available. Much better than the chicken and even better than AS previous cheeseburgers. Juicy and full of flavor with a complete condiment set. Once again chips were Lay's, not the Tim's in the entree description. Frankly I'm glad. I find Tim's to be overcooked and bland.
The couscous and marinated onion were good but once again I just shake my head at serving something like couscous on a plate to be eaten with a fork. Put it in a bowl and give us a spoon! Salad was missing the dressing which I think was a plating oversight but by then I wasn't interested in it. Lemon square was nice but small.
Additional Comments: Unrefurbed B739. Seat 3A decide to wedge his stinky barefoot feet between 2A's seat the and the wall. Killed my wife's appetite for this flight.
Service was excellent! In addition to getting the cheeseburgers, the F FA was constantly moving through the cabin during the meal and making sure drinks were refilled. This continued at a relaxed pace for the rest of the flight. The forward Y FA also checked on pax as she went through the cabin. I went to the lav while the FA was taking her break. She paused her conversation to ask if she could get anything when I exited. Nope, but I really appreciated the total customer focus.
#419
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Date of Flight: 5/7/17
Flight Number and Route flown: AS788, SEA-MSY
Time of Departure: 11:40a
Length of flight: ~4:15
Class of service: F
Pre-Departure Beverage service: bottled water brought by FA
Meal served: lunch
Meal Description:
First taste: Premium roasted nuts
Salad: Romaine, roasted tomatoes, bacon, and Parmesan cheese with Caesar dressing
Choice of entree: Roasted chicken with thyme and garlic or Orecchiette primavera pasta. I had the pasta.
Dessert: Ghirardelli's chocolate brownie with Seattle Chocolates Rainier cherry truffle center.
Snack basket about 45 minutes from landing.
Additional Comments:
The pasta was better than the typical Costco-style stuff on mid-con flights. It had pistachio pesto and some vegetables. I was pleased with the brownie, served warmed and a better portion than the mini-cupcake.
As usual, the lone FA up front was taxed. She was by no means dragging her feet, but the first drink came out an hour after wheels up and she cleared dessert plates 3:00 after wheels up.
Flight Number and Route flown: AS788, SEA-MSY
Time of Departure: 11:40a
Length of flight: ~4:15
Class of service: F
Pre-Departure Beverage service: bottled water brought by FA
Meal served: lunch
Meal Description:
First taste: Premium roasted nuts
Salad: Romaine, roasted tomatoes, bacon, and Parmesan cheese with Caesar dressing
Choice of entree: Roasted chicken with thyme and garlic or Orecchiette primavera pasta. I had the pasta.
Dessert: Ghirardelli's chocolate brownie with Seattle Chocolates Rainier cherry truffle center.
Snack basket about 45 minutes from landing.
Additional Comments:
The pasta was better than the typical Costco-style stuff on mid-con flights. It had pistachio pesto and some vegetables. I was pleased with the brownie, served warmed and a better portion than the mini-cupcake.
As usual, the lone FA up front was taxed. She was by no means dragging her feet, but the first drink came out an hour after wheels up and she cleared dessert plates 3:00 after wheels up.
#420
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Date of Flight: May 7 2017
Flight Number and Route flown: AS 678, SEA-DEN
Time of Departure: 7:45 PM
Length of flight: ~2 hours
Class of service: First
Pre-Departure Beverage service: Bottles of water distributed by FA, drink order taken before take-off
Meal served: Described as a beef burrito by the FA
Meal Description: Turned out to be a "deconstructed" burrito, or basically a plate of beef, tomato-corn salsa and tortillas. Accompanied with a green salad and chocolate chip cookie.
Additional Comments:
Well, the picture says it all, the FA said my plate was abnormally soupy, the sauce was average probably the best part of the beef. Overall the plate tasted like a fast casual restaurant equivalent, except the beef seemed like the cheap beef cubes you get in the store for goulash, albeit I don't eat beef very often, it was tender. Salad was usual salad with creamy Italian dressing, had a good amount of tomatoes in the salad, which was a plus. Don't know how this is served as a first class meal, or at least I wouldn't describe it as a burrito. Either way I wish Alaska would punt on this as its overly messy and seems they had some of this left over from Cinco de Mayo celebrations.
Flight Number and Route flown: AS 678, SEA-DEN
Time of Departure: 7:45 PM
Length of flight: ~2 hours
Class of service: First
Pre-Departure Beverage service: Bottles of water distributed by FA, drink order taken before take-off
Meal served: Described as a beef burrito by the FA
Meal Description: Turned out to be a "deconstructed" burrito, or basically a plate of beef, tomato-corn salsa and tortillas. Accompanied with a green salad and chocolate chip cookie.
Additional Comments:
Well, the picture says it all, the FA said my plate was abnormally soupy, the sauce was average probably the best part of the beef. Overall the plate tasted like a fast casual restaurant equivalent, except the beef seemed like the cheap beef cubes you get in the store for goulash, albeit I don't eat beef very often, it was tender. Salad was usual salad with creamy Italian dressing, had a good amount of tomatoes in the salad, which was a plus. Don't know how this is served as a first class meal, or at least I wouldn't describe it as a burrito. Either way I wish Alaska would punt on this as its overly messy and seems they had some of this left over from Cinco de Mayo celebrations.