What Will Alaska Airlines Be Serving in First Class on Your Flight? (2018)
Aug 13, 2018, 10:26 pm
#707
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AS 502 PDX-LAX
8/13/18
0503 departure
Breakfast
Same as the last few times I've done the same flight:
PDB of coffee or OJ
smoothie shot
Choice of protein plate or bialy sandwich (I got the last bialy sandwich before the two on the other side of the aisle got stuck with the protein plate)
8/13/18
0503 departure
Breakfast
Same as the last few times I've done the same flight:
PDB of coffee or OJ
smoothie shot
Choice of protein plate or bialy sandwich (I got the last bialy sandwich before the two on the other side of the aisle got stuck with the protein plate)
Aug 14, 2018, 10:27 am
#708
Join Date: Feb 2017
Location: BLI
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Date: 8/13
Route: ABQ-SAN
Flight Number: 2729
Departure time: 1205
Meal description (if given): Snack
Hummus Plate consisting of two slices of peppers, one cucumber, two pieces of pitta bread and a dollop of hummus.
Route: ABQ-SAN
Flight Number: 2729
Departure time: 1205
Meal description (if given): Snack
Hummus Plate consisting of two slices of peppers, one cucumber, two pieces of pitta bread and a dollop of hummus.
Aug 14, 2018, 10:45 am
#709
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: SW WA
Posts: 3,882
That makes sense - it must be a length of flight difference rather than an airplane difference. I'm flying PDX-BUR usually. It was a mainline flight on Sunday and likewise catered 50/50.
Aug 14, 2018, 4:30 pm
#710
Join Date: May 2016
Location: Seattle
Posts: 85
It is distance-based. There are 6 categories. 0-299, 300-674, 675-1099, 1100-1499, 1450-1999, and 2000+ miles. The first three are each 50/50 catered, the last three are 70/30, and the last two allow pre-selecting meals
Aug 14, 2018, 4:45 pm
#711
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I will take the mixed plate please. 8 Seat 70% = 5.6 & 30% = 2.4 plates
12 Seats 70% = 8.4 & 30% = 3.6 plates
16 Seats 70% = 11.2 & 30% = 4.8 plates
I think you mean a 75/25 ratio. 6/2, 9/3 & 12/4.
James
Aug 14, 2018, 9:06 pm
#712
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8/12/18; SEA - LAX, 6:55AM departure.
PDB of coffee was offered and the raspberry peach smoothie shot was given as first "course".
Menus provided w/ choice of bialy breakfast sandwich (w/ fried egg, swiss cheese, turkey pastrami, balsamic caramelized onion jam, or protein plate w/ cheese, hard boiled egg, flatbread, grapes, oranges, strawberries, yogurt, and farro pudding. The back of the menus also now list beverage options (well, coffee, teas, and wines).
PDB of coffee was offered and the raspberry peach smoothie shot was given as first "course".
Menus provided w/ choice of bialy breakfast sandwich (w/ fried egg, swiss cheese, turkey pastrami, balsamic caramelized onion jam, or protein plate w/ cheese, hard boiled egg, flatbread, grapes, oranges, strawberries, yogurt, and farro pudding. The back of the menus also now list beverage options (well, coffee, teas, and wines).
“Policy” of no coffee/OJ for early morning PDB, and an FA who disappeared behind the curtain after service. Lackluster at best.
Aug 15, 2018, 1:55 am
#713
Join Date: May 2016
Location: Seattle
Posts: 85
Do you realize that with 8, 12, or 16 seats your numbers end up with parial plates! I will take the mixed plate please.
8 Seat 70% = 5.6 & 30% = 2.4 plates
12 Seats 70% = 8.4 & 30% = 3.6 plates
16 Seats 70% = 11.2 & 30% = 4.8 plates
I think you mean a 75/25 ratio. 6/2, 9/3 & 12/4.
James
I will take the mixed plate please.8 Seat 70% = 5.6 & 30% = 2.4 plates
12 Seats 70% = 8.4 & 30% = 3.6 plates
16 Seats 70% = 11.2 & 30% = 4.8 plates
I think you mean a 75/25 ratio. 6/2, 9/3 & 12/4.
James
Aug 15, 2018, 1:58 am
#714
Join Date: May 2016
Location: Seattle
Posts: 85
AS1670, 550a departure SEA-DEN same choices as above. I was pleasantly surprised by the sandwich and would definitely pick it again. No menus.
“Policy” of no coffee/OJ for early morning PDB, and an FA who disappeared behind the curtain after service. Lackluster at best.
Aug 15, 2018, 2:48 am
#715
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Okay! So Approximately 70/30?
11/5 is 68.75/31.35
8/4 is 66.66/33.33
6/2 is 75/25, you think you agree here. Definitely not 70/30
But hey, what do I know? Oh yeah! I know, I wanted the partial meals.
The last 2000+ mile flight I was on prior to preorder was catered 12/4. I don't recall when advised by the the FA the ratio being anything other than 75/25. I wanted the steel cut oates but they were all spoken for by 2C, We were in 2DF.
I was jesting, note the wink! If 70/30 is an approximate ratio for catering a cabin an explanation and where the knowledge was obtained would be more beneficial than a condescending Nope!
Cheers
Aug 15, 2018, 10:32 am
#716
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Even if you can't pre-order, it is the fruit/cheese plate always an option if there is meal service scheduled? I have a red-eye coming up that will likely have the "usual" humus plate as the "snack" but I'd prefer the fruit and cheese if it's an option now that I don't have to pay for.
Aug 15, 2018, 10:38 am
#717
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Even if you can't pre-order, it is the fruit/cheese plate always an option if there is meal service scheduled? I have a red-eye coming up that will likely have the "usual" humus plate as the "snack" but I'd prefer the fruit and cheese if it's an option now that I don't have to pay for.
Aug 15, 2018, 11:35 am
#718
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Aug 15, 2018, 11:48 am
#719
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On my OGG-PDX red-eye flight last week, 10:00 pm departure, the snack was a fruit and cheese plate.
James
James
Aug 15, 2018, 11:49 am
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Based upon the past few posts, Alaska's meal service appears to have definitely taken a turn for the worse, especially given the preponderance of Protein Plates which by my experience at least seem better suited to flights of 750 miles or less. I've got a bunch of Alaska flights coming up this fall. Looks like I'll continue to self cater with Waji's Chicken and Veggie bowl.
As to flight attendants who are "supposed" to serve AM PDBs but neglect to do so (much less properly serve any other aspect of Alaska's meal service), does Alaska management even make an effort to enforce its standards? I mean, now that the days of Ghost Riders have apparently been relegated to the dustbins of history, how does Alaska address allegations of flight attendants that fail to uphold its First Class standards? As one who's logged 1.8 million miles aboard Alaska over the past 40 years, I think most Alaska FAs do a fine job but I've also seen more than a few who are better suited to hosting a trailer park BBQ. How they ever got hired is a mystery given how good most of Alaska's other employees are.
As to flight attendants who are "supposed" to serve AM PDBs but neglect to do so (much less properly serve any other aspect of Alaska's meal service), does Alaska management even make an effort to enforce its standards? I mean, now that the days of Ghost Riders have apparently been relegated to the dustbins of history, how does Alaska address allegations of flight attendants that fail to uphold its First Class standards? As one who's logged 1.8 million miles aboard Alaska over the past 40 years, I think most Alaska FAs do a fine job but I've also seen more than a few who are better suited to hosting a trailer park BBQ. How they ever got hired is a mystery given how good most of Alaska's other employees are.
