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)
Jun 7, 2017, 10:49 am
#481
Join Date: Sep 2007
Posts: 998
I miss the PDB if we end up sitting on the ground for awhile... though in that situation do they normally go ahead and do a bev run for F?
Just about all my flights in the last few years have been very tight and prompt and we aren't really on the ground very long before take off... however, I do remember a flight out of JFK some years back (can't remember who I was flying on) and just because of a line of aircraft taking off the taxi and take off after we pushed away from the gate took like 45 minutes (I think I was departing at like 5:30pm or something) and it was very nice to have a drink (maybe I actually had two in that time) and just stare out the window...
Just about all my flights in the last few years have been very tight and prompt and we aren't really on the ground very long before take off... however, I do remember a flight out of JFK some years back (can't remember who I was flying on) and just because of a line of aircraft taking off the taxi and take off after we pushed away from the gate took like 45 minutes (I think I was departing at like 5:30pm or something) and it was very nice to have a drink (maybe I actually had two in that time) and just stare out the window...
Jun 7, 2017, 12:49 pm
#482
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: Providence RI
Programs: American Exec Plat, Hyatt Refugeeist, Marriot Gold, Air Canada Cattle Class, Korean Air Morning Plat
Posts: 988
- Sasquatch
- Loch Ness Monster
- Alaska PDB
all mythical with grainy photos and some eyewitness testimony, none have been seen by me.
Jun 7, 2017, 3:16 pm
#483
Join Date: Apr 2012
Posts: 331
June 5, 2017 - AS 37 MSP - SEA.
PDB - water bottles.
Dinner - BBQ chicken, potatoes, green beans, salad.
Dessert - cookies.
Decent meal, with one interesting note - my little container of salad dressing came with a hole poked in it with a fork. As someone who has experienced exploding, sea-level-pressured salad dressing when opening these things pointed towards you (and who always opens them facing away as a result), this of course makes sense from a practical perspective. However it did strike me as a bit strange from a service / cleanliness perspective. Someone else who receives a salad dressing container with a hole poked in it might not realize its practical intent, and be a little put off, no? Has anyone else received one of these pressure-equalized salad dressing containers? I may have in the past but this was the first time I noticed.
PDB - water bottles.
Dinner - BBQ chicken, potatoes, green beans, salad.
Dessert - cookies.
Decent meal, with one interesting note - my little container of salad dressing came with a hole poked in it with a fork. As someone who has experienced exploding, sea-level-pressured salad dressing when opening these things pointed towards you (and who always opens them facing away as a result), this of course makes sense from a practical perspective. However it did strike me as a bit strange from a service / cleanliness perspective. Someone else who receives a salad dressing container with a hole poked in it might not realize its practical intent, and be a little put off, no? Has anyone else received one of these pressure-equalized salad dressing containers? I may have in the past but this was the first time I noticed.
Jun 7, 2017, 3:49 pm
#484
Moderator: Alaska Mileage Plan
Join Date: Feb 2005
Posts: 12,319
my little container of salad dressing came with a hole poked in it with a fork. As someone who has experienced exploding, sea-level-pressured salad dressing when opening these things pointed towards you (and who always opens them facing away as a result), this of course makes sense from a practical perspective. However it did strike me as a bit strange from a service / cleanliness perspective. Someone else who receives a salad dressing container with a hole poked in it might not realize its practical intent, and be a little put off, no? Has anyone else received one of these pressure-equalized salad dressing containers? I may have in the past but this was the first time I noticed.
Good to know that I'm not the only person who opens the container facing away.
Jun 7, 2017, 5:33 pm
#485
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Seattle
Programs: AS MVPG, Alaska Lounge, HHonors Silver, Bonvoy Gold, National Executive
Posts: 455
I've gotten it once before as well, and the FA explained it as she was serving. Nice to know it was recently poked and didn't come that way from the flight kitchen.
Jun 7, 2017, 5:49 pm
#486
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Pacific Wonderland
Programs: ʙᴏɴᴠo̱ʏ Au, IHG Au, HH Dia, Nexus, Pilot FlyingJ Preferred
Posts: 5,336
Jun 7, 2017, 7:14 pm
#487
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: ANC
Programs: AS 100K, UA 1K, Hilton Diamond, Hyatt Globalist, Marriott Silver
Posts: 322
As750 sea-atl
Date of Flight: June 7, 2017
Flight Number and Route flown: AS 750 SEA-ATL
Time of Departure: 16:01
Length of flight: 4 1/2 Hours
Class of service: First
Pre-Departure Beverage service: Bottled Water
Meal served:
First taste
Premium roasted nuts
Salad
Spinach and romaine with roasted beets and chèvre crumbles. olive oil and balsamic vinaigrette
Choice of entree
Trident wild Alaskan cod with red coconut curry sauce. mushrooms, peppers and broccoli, jasmine rice
or
Cheese ravioli with pesto and oven roasted tomatoes. topped with fried capers and Parmesan cheese
Dessert
Chuckanut Bay salted caramel cheesecake
Flight Number and Route flown: AS 750 SEA-ATL
Time of Departure: 16:01
Length of flight: 4 1/2 Hours
Class of service: First
Pre-Departure Beverage service: Bottled Water
Meal served:
First taste
Premium roasted nuts
Salad
Spinach and romaine with roasted beets and chèvre crumbles. olive oil and balsamic vinaigrette
Choice of entree
Trident wild Alaskan cod with red coconut curry sauce. mushrooms, peppers and broccoli, jasmine rice
or
Cheese ravioli with pesto and oven roasted tomatoes. topped with fried capers and Parmesan cheese
Dessert
Chuckanut Bay salted caramel cheesecake
Jun 8, 2017, 10:02 pm
#488
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: USA
Programs: Alaska MVP, Marriott Lifetime Titanium (United Silver), Hilton Gold
Posts: 779
Date of Flight: June 4, 2017
Flight Number and Route flown: AS 53 EWR-PDX
Time of Departure: 15:53
Length of flight: 6 Hours
Class of service: First
Pre-Departure Beverage service: Bottled Water
Meal served: Dinner/Snack Basket
First Taste
Premium roasted Nuts
Salad
Farro salad with shiitake mushrooms and red peppers, cherry tomatoes in Italian dressing
Choices of entree
Butter chicken, steamed basmati rice, yellow dal
OR
Beef Provencal, chive Yukon Gold mashed potatoes, green beans with butter
Dessert
Almond peach pistachio tart
Flight Number and Route flown: AS 53 EWR-PDX
Time of Departure: 15:53
Length of flight: 6 Hours
Class of service: First
Pre-Departure Beverage service: Bottled Water
Meal served: Dinner/Snack Basket
First Taste
Premium roasted Nuts
Salad
Farro salad with shiitake mushrooms and red peppers, cherry tomatoes in Italian dressing
Choices of entree
Butter chicken, steamed basmati rice, yellow dal
OR
Beef Provencal, chive Yukon Gold mashed potatoes, green beans with butter
Dessert
Almond peach pistachio tart
Jun 9, 2017, 10:11 am
#489
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Treasure Coast, FL
Programs: DL Diamond, Marriott LT Plat, HH Diamond, Avis Preferred Plus, National Executive
Posts: 4,578
The portions look tiny on the last two reports.
Looks to be about 2oz of chicken on gba's picture and it is sitting in a bath of grease.
Looks to be about 2oz of chicken on gba's picture and it is sitting in a bath of grease.
Last edited by apodo77; Jun 9, 2017 at 10:50 am
Jun 9, 2017, 10:28 am
#490
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: PDX
Programs: AS 75K, BW Plat, Marriott Gold, IHG Plat, Hilton Gold
Posts: 10,725
I totally would have picked the beef provencal...it sounds delicious from the menu description (too bad there isn't a photo)...the chicken dish looks...umm, not that appetizing.
Jun 9, 2017, 4:54 pm
#491
Join Date: Oct 1999
Location: New York
Posts: 7,352
AS 313 San Francisco SFO to Seattle
June 2017
Alaska Airlines flight 313
San Francisco to Seattle
Surprised to receive this hearty breakfast tray featuring a Southwestern breakfast wrap filled with scrambled egg, ham, cheese, onions and green peppers, and then a bowl of fruit
Alaska Airlines flight 313
San Francisco to Seattle
Surprised to receive this hearty breakfast tray featuring a Southwestern breakfast wrap filled with scrambled egg, ham, cheese, onions and green peppers, and then a bowl of fruit
Jun 9, 2017, 4:55 pm
#492
Join Date: Oct 1999
Location: New York
Posts: 7,352
AS 500 Seattle to Indianapolis
June 2017
Alaska Airlines 500
Seattle to Indianapolis
Hot Breakfast but no printed menu
First Course
Fresh Fruit plate and warmed blueberry muffin
Main Course
Choice of Oatmeal or Pepperjack cheese omelet with bacon and potatoes
Warmed Mixed Nuts served mid-flight
Alaska Airlines 500
Seattle to Indianapolis
Hot Breakfast but no printed menu
First Course
Fresh Fruit plate and warmed blueberry muffin
Main Course
Choice of Oatmeal or Pepperjack cheese omelet with bacon and potatoes
Warmed Mixed Nuts served mid-flight
Jun 11, 2017, 5:29 pm
#493
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Washington DC
Posts: 1,358
If I don't like either selection (on a transcon) can I still request a burger from E, without charge? I remember a discussion about this a year ago, but don't remember the outcome. Thanks!
Jun 11, 2017, 7:44 pm
#494
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Treasure Coast, FL
Programs: DL Diamond, Marriott LT Plat, HH Diamond, Avis Preferred Plus, National Executive
Posts: 4,578
Jun 11, 2017, 9:11 pm
#495
Join Date: May 2006
Location: TUS/PDX
Programs: WN CP/A-List, AS MVPG75K
Posts: 5,798
6/7 SAN-FAT 810a departure: blueberry scone & drinks in plastic cups.
6/7 FAT-PDX 1045a departure: I fell asleep from the time we took off until about 20 mins out of PDX, but I woke up long enough to see the hummus plate make an appearance. Still no idea what it is and why it's red.
6/7 FAT-PDX 1045a departure: I fell asleep from the time we took off until about 20 mins out of PDX, but I woke up long enough to see the hummus plate make an appearance. Still no idea what it is and why it's red.