Jan 3, 2017, 9:02 am
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)
May 11, 2017, 9:21 am
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As long as they don't celebrate by giving me extra polenta, I'm happy 
May 11, 2017, 10:34 am
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May 11, 2017, 11:35 am
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May 13, 2017, 4:23 pm
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Menu looks good ex-IND.
Let's see how Gate Gourmet did in a few minutes.
Let's see how Gate Gourmet did in a few minutes.
May 13, 2017, 8:35 pm
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May 16, 2017, 5:42 pm
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AS65 JNU-ANC
Spinach Hummus
So/so
Spinach Hummus
So/so
May 16, 2017, 9:47 pm
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5/15 AS 755 SEA-ANC 9:30 PM Departure
Quiche with cheese, tomato and onion with side. Cabin was too dark for photos. Tasty enough but a weird choice for a late PM flight. Seattle's Best chocolate for dessert. Warm nuts with the first drink service. No snack basket. Good service and talked to me using my name throughout the flight.
Quiche with cheese, tomato and onion with side. Cabin was too dark for photos. Tasty enough but a weird choice for a late PM flight. Seattle's Best chocolate for dessert. Warm nuts with the first drink service. No snack basket. Good service and talked to me using my name throughout the flight.
May 16, 2017, 9:56 pm
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5/16/17 AS65 SEA-KTN
Something Florentine with chicken sausage or "continental breakfast"
Something Florentine with chicken sausage or "continental breakfast"
May 17, 2017, 1:37 pm
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OAK-SEA Snack, SEA-ANC Snack
The first choice is just plain weird, why go through all that formalities and have all that empty space on the tray, just do couple of rounds snack basket and be done with it.
The second one is an upgrade if its replacing that disgusting Chicken Cesar salad they had in past. Bigger question is why is a 730PM SEA-ANC departure a snack flight? DL serves a full dinner on 830PM SEA-ANC departure. Must be those marketing geniuses at AS who choose to spend the least on F food while still creating the aura of best airline.
The second one is an upgrade if its replacing that disgusting Chicken Cesar salad they had in past. Bigger question is why is a 730PM SEA-ANC departure a snack flight? DL serves a full dinner on 830PM SEA-ANC departure. Must be those marketing geniuses at AS who choose to spend the least on F food while still creating the aura of best airline.
May 17, 2017, 2:41 pm
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Honestly that "snack" looks pretty good to me and it's not much different from a midcon dinner, apart from no warm cookies or nuts.
May 18, 2017, 10:38 am
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5/14/17 AS3424 SEA-ICT
Can't recall what it was described, but it tasted about as good as it looked. Should have opted for the bbq chicken sandwich in Y.
Can't recall what it was described, but it tasted about as good as it looked. Should have opted for the bbq chicken sandwich in Y.
May 18, 2017, 10:44 am
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5/15/17 AS3425 ICT-SEA
Hot towel service and warmed nuts served with the first beverage round.
Chicken Coconut Curry - tasty, although the side veggies had annoying little mushrooms in them. Still nice to have something new ^
Hot towel service and warmed nuts served with the first beverage round.
Chicken Coconut Curry - tasty, although the side veggies had annoying little mushrooms in them. Still nice to have something new ^
May 18, 2017, 11:19 pm
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It is gnocchi and italian sausage but the FA served it with the cabbage underneath the gnocchi. To retain the moisture in pasta dishes, they put a little piece of cabbage on top of the pastas that is to be removed and discarded before being served. Apparently, someone didn't get the memo. It could have been plated better to look more appetizing.
May 18, 2017, 11:34 pm
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It is gnocchi and italian sausage but the FA served it with the cabbage underneath the gnocchi. To retain the moisture in pasta dishes, they put a little piece of cabbage on top of the pastas that is to be removed and discarded before being served. Apparently, someone didn't get the memo. It could have been plated better to look more appetizing.
The fun of OO F/A's
And thanks for reminding me what the meal was called.