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)
#661
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: PNW
Programs: AS 100K
Posts: 1,550
AS678 SEA-DEN August 19, 2017
737-900 3C
7:55 p.m.
Dinner aka Snack
Alaska calls this a snack but it is really dinner. No choice, but the "Serrano Beef" was tasty. Similar to what I'd call Barbacoa, it was not spicy but the meat was very tender. It was served with a corn/black bean/red pepper/onion mix and two warmed tortillas. A side salad with shredded carrots and cherry tomatoes and Creamy Italian dressing was on the side, along with a Cougar Mountain oatmeal raisin cookie.
After dinner I tried a drink listed in the inflight magazine, the "Oregon Bulldog." Crater Lake hazelnut espresso vodka, Coca-Cola and half and half. Sounds vile but it went down pretty easy. Tasted sort of like a Coke float. Never mind how it looks, which is disgusting! The crew was great; the flight attendant serving F, Penny, was a delight. Really funny and engaging.
737-900 3C
7:55 p.m.
Dinner aka Snack
Alaska calls this a snack but it is really dinner. No choice, but the "Serrano Beef" was tasty. Similar to what I'd call Barbacoa, it was not spicy but the meat was very tender. It was served with a corn/black bean/red pepper/onion mix and two warmed tortillas. A side salad with shredded carrots and cherry tomatoes and Creamy Italian dressing was on the side, along with a Cougar Mountain oatmeal raisin cookie.
After dinner I tried a drink listed in the inflight magazine, the "Oregon Bulldog." Crater Lake hazelnut espresso vodka, Coca-Cola and half and half. Sounds vile but it went down pretty easy. Tasted sort of like a Coke float. Never mind how it looks, which is disgusting! The crew was great; the flight attendant serving F, Penny, was a delight. Really funny and engaging.
#662
Join Date: May 2006
Location: TUS/PDX
Programs: WN CP/A-List, AS MVPG75K
Posts: 5,798
8/22 PDX-PHX 940a departure: some sort of Mexican themed dish. I was asleep for the description, but it looked like scrambled eggs, salsa, tortilla chips and some fruit.
The FA pretended to be offended when I declined the meal and said "you must not like my cooking." I asked her if she ate her cooking and she said "No. I can't cook."
Great crew on this trip.
That drink looks truly terrible.
The FA pretended to be offended when I declined the meal and said "you must not like my cooking." I asked her if she ate her cooking and she said "No. I can't cook."
Great crew on this trip.
That drink looks truly terrible.
#663
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: SEA
Programs: AS 100K, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 876
SEA->BOS late flight - Small Eqq Quiche and salad. Prolly the worst meal I've had.
BOS->SEA morning flight - granola cereal, fruit, and honey yogurt. Was quite delicious. Wife had the egg and mushroom big quiche. Other than the mushrooms was good.
BOS->SEA morning flight - granola cereal, fruit, and honey yogurt. Was quite delicious. Wife had the egg and mushroom big quiche. Other than the mushrooms was good.
#665
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Join Date: Jul 1999
Location: Over the Bay Bridge, CA
Programs: Jumbo mas
Posts: 38,623
#666
Join Date: Oct 1999
Location: Denver, Colorado, USA
Programs: AS MVP 100K, UA PremEx-MM
Posts: 3,335
It did look a lot nicer in the ad
#668
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Pacific Wonderland
Programs: ʙᴏɴᴠo̱ʏ Au, IHG Au, HH Dia, Nexus, Pilot FlyingJ Preferred
Posts: 5,336
If you do order half & half as "cream" with your hazelnut vodka, make sure your FA doesn't hear "cranberry" instead. It's not really bad... but it's not great either and it curdles any Bailey's if you have that in there.
#670
Join Date: May 2006
Location: TUS/PDX
Programs: WN CP/A-List, AS MVPG75K
Posts: 5,798
Same thing happens with the orange tea. I tried it once and both the FA and I were quite amazed with my science experiment.
#671
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Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: Benicia CA
Programs: Alaska MVP Gold 75K, AA 3.8MM, UA 1.1MM, enjoying the retired life
Posts: 31,849
SJC 8/5
Breakfast
My family took up all of row 2
Water at seats, menu next to water, drink order when we were in our seats.
Fruit plate with pastries
Choice of
Monterey Jack Omelet
Pineapple Fried Rice
Portuguese Sausage
Or
Zucchini Frittata
Shakshuka Sauce
O'Brien purple potatos
Last call Roasted Nuts
Breakfast
My family took up all of row 2
Water at seats, menu next to water, drink order when we were in our seats.
Fruit plate with pastries
Choice of
Monterey Jack Omelet
Pineapple Fried Rice
Portuguese Sausage
Or
Zucchini Frittata
Shakshuka Sauce
O'Brien purple potatos
Last call Roasted Nuts
#672
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: PDX
Programs: AS 75K, BW Plat, Marriott Gold, IHG Plat, Hilton Gold
Posts: 10,723
8/22 PDX-PHX 940a departure: some sort of Mexican themed dish. I was asleep for the description, but it looked like scrambled eggs, salsa, tortilla chips and some fruit.
The FA pretended to be offended when I declined the meal and said "you must not like my cooking." I asked her if she ate her cooking and she said "No. I can't cook."
Great crew on this trip.
That drink looks truly terrible.
The FA pretended to be offended when I declined the meal and said "you must not like my cooking." I asked her if she ate her cooking and she said "No. I can't cook."
Great crew on this trip.
That drink looks truly terrible.
*applause*
#673
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Location: PDX
Programs: AS 75K, BW Plat, Marriott Gold, IHG Plat, Hilton Gold
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I would have been disappointed if that were all that was left....that doesn't look remotely like anything I would want for breakfast...the ability to pre-order needs to get here soon. On that subject, it would be nice, particularly when traveling with kids, if we could pre-order a kid's snack box to take the place of a first class meal...just a wild and crazy thought.
#674
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Posts: 12,079
Hot ramekin/Cold nuts
A first for me. On KOA-SEA redeye last Sunday we received a heated ramekin of cold nuts before our cheese, crackers and grapes. Kind of strange. Not sure why the nuts were refrigerated.
#675
Join Date: May 2006
Location: TUS/PDX
Programs: WN CP/A-List, AS MVPG75K
Posts: 5,798
I hate when my nuts are cold...but this begs the question: why on earth was the ramekin hot if the were nuts cold?