What Will Alaska Airlines Be Serving in First Class on Your Flight? (2018)
Nov 26, 2018, 4:49 pm
#1051
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: SFO
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That sandwich does look tasty, though. Well deserved after a rather circuitous routing to get home.
Nov 26, 2018, 4:50 pm
#1052
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Pacific Wonderland
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A jar of Pringles from the back would go well with that sandwich!
(I’d choose another brand of chips if I had my druthers, but you have to work with what you’ve got)
(I’d choose another brand of chips if I had my druthers, but you have to work with what you’ve got)
Nov 26, 2018, 4:58 pm
#1053
Join Date: Dec 2008
Programs: Alaska MVP Gold, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 669
I have to say that while I have many qualms about Alaska these days, food is not one of them. I had a really good breakfast on EWR-SEA recently (6am flight with the same frittata as referenced above) and also a good breakfast on PHX-SEA (the same breakfast sandwich as shown above). I think the food quality is vastly better than it used to be, and usually the right size for the length of flight.
Nov 26, 2018, 4:58 pm
#1054
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Seattle, WA
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As I'd already had breakfast, the protein plate sounded better and worked pretty well with wine instead of coffee. The other choice was a breakfast sandwich. Turkey, Beecher's flagship cheese, apples, hard-boiled eggs, cranberries, orange and pita triangles were on the tray, along with plain Greek yogurt. Food quality was good.
Nov 28, 2018, 2:10 pm
#1055
Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: Denver
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AS 315
SFO-SEA 11/27/18
16:00 DEP
Meal: Choice between (Hot) Turkey Sandwich or Protein Plate with beet(?!?) hummus. No menus. For flight time of 1.5 hours sandwich was pretty decent. Still don't understand why people put things in hummus and call it hummus when it has no resemblance to the actual dish, its either hummus with some garnish or some totally different dip... but I digress. No nuts served on this flight, drinks after take off, chocolate to finish before landing.
SFO-SEA 11/27/18
16:00 DEP
Meal: Choice between (Hot) Turkey Sandwich or Protein Plate with beet(?!?) hummus. No menus. For flight time of 1.5 hours sandwich was pretty decent. Still don't understand why people put things in hummus and call it hummus when it has no resemblance to the actual dish, its either hummus with some garnish or some totally different dip... but I digress. No nuts served on this flight, drinks after take off, chocolate to finish before landing.
Last edited by safari ari; Nov 29, 2018 at 12:48 am
Nov 28, 2018, 2:17 pm
#1056
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: SEA
Programs: AS 100K, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 876
AS815
KOA-SAN 11/27/18
11:17am Departure
Meal : All of the food was delicious. The Polenta was cooked perfected which was shocking. The Pasta was the slight undercooked that AS seems to prefer. Overall we both were quite impressed. The Ice-cream was macadamia nut and absolutely amazing. I think this likely was the best meal I have had all year.
KOA-SAN 11/27/18
11:17am Departure
Meal : All of the food was delicious. The Polenta was cooked perfected which was shocking. The Pasta was the slight undercooked that AS seems to prefer. Overall we both were quite impressed. The Ice-cream was macadamia nut and absolutely amazing. I think this likely was the best meal I have had all year.
Nov 28, 2018, 4:07 pm
#1057
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Seattle
Programs: AS
Posts: 2,293
AS674 SEA-DEN
Nov. 17, 2018
1:45 p.m. - 5:25 p.m.
737-900 - Seat 3D
Same roast beef sandwich as I enjoyed on this flight a month earlier, but it's a nice choice. Quite filling. Roast beef slices on a ciabatta roll, provolone cheese, onions, tomatoes, pickles and spinach leaves. A Seattle Chocolate dark chocolate nugget was dessert and served a bit later.
Nov. 17, 2018
1:45 p.m. - 5:25 p.m.
737-900 - Seat 3D
Same roast beef sandwich as I enjoyed on this flight a month earlier, but it's a nice choice. Quite filling. Roast beef slices on a ciabatta roll, provolone cheese, onions, tomatoes, pickles and spinach leaves. A Seattle Chocolate dark chocolate nugget was dessert and served a bit later.
SEA/LAX #1784 . 10:15am. 3 hour flight. lunch
sandwich was very good. Warm nuts first with drink order. Seattle chocolate after clearing of trays.
very good FA, Diana. Great flight and service. (Seat and IFE worked just fine)
Nov 28, 2018, 9:59 pm
#1058
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Location: Denver
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Same roast beef sandwich as I enjoyed on this flight a month earlier, but it's a nice choice. Quite filling. Roast beef slices on a ciabatta roll, provolone cheese, onions, tomatoes, pickles and spinach leaves. A Seattle Chocolate dark chocolate nugget was dessert and served a bit later.
SEA-DEN
11/28/18 19:55
Same as above. Interesting my SFO-SEA got a hot sandwich versus a roast beef on both a lunch and dinner flight. Nuts were served in a little ceramic ramekin #ramekingate2018
Last edited by safari ari; Nov 29, 2018 at 12:42 am
Nov 29, 2018, 9:01 am
#1059
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AS815
KOA-SAN 11/27/18
11:17am Departure
Meal : All of the food was delicious. The Polenta was cooked perfected which was shocking. The Pasta was the slight undercooked that AS seems to prefer. Overall we both were quite impressed. The Ice-cream was macadamia nut and absolutely amazing. I think this likely was the best meal I have had all year.
KOA-SAN 11/27/18
11:17am Departure
Meal : All of the food was delicious. The Polenta was cooked perfected which was shocking. The Pasta was the slight undercooked that AS seems to prefer. Overall we both were quite impressed. The Ice-cream was macadamia nut and absolutely amazing. I think this likely was the best meal I have had all year.
Nov 29, 2018, 9:10 am
#1060
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Dinner served on mid-con ERJ 175 flight from MCI to SFO. Possibly the best polenta I have eaten in my life. The chicken was also flavorful, and the brussels sprouts were, well, brussels sprouts.
Nov 29, 2018, 10:29 am
#1061
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: SFO
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It does look small and I think it's due to the fact that it's been served on the rectangular plate that they serve the sandwiches on, instead of the square (like in the chicken/brussels sprout dish) plate that is normally used. You'll notice it's the same amount food (roughly) in each of those meals.
Nov 29, 2018, 2:26 pm
#1062
Join Date: Jan 2017
Programs: AS 100K, Marriott Titanium, Delta Gold, United Silver
Posts: 250
AS 572 PDX - SAN
Choice of protein plate or roast beef sandwich, but protein plates were all taken by row 1. This sandwich looked a little different from others I’ve seen posted here - no pickles or onions
Choice of protein plate or roast beef sandwich, but protein plates were all taken by row 1. This sandwich looked a little different from others I’ve seen posted here - no pickles or onions
Nov 29, 2018, 4:49 pm
#1063
Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: Denver
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Different as it isn't sliced already, with what looks like different bread? Plus ramekin of mayo and a side salad.
Dec 3, 2018, 5:10 pm
#1064
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: PNW
Programs: AS 100K
Posts: 1,551
Date of Flight: November 18, 2018
Flight Number and Route flown: AS 175 MKE-SEA
Time of Departure: 6:50pm
Length of flight: 4 hours
Class of service: First
Meal served: Dinner
Meal Description: Rosemary Chicken Breast. This meal has been written up here before. I post it now for two reasons - MKE-SEA meal service has not been described of late, and presentations vary from one meal to the next. So if you're throwing up your arms in dismay and screaming "NOooooo! Not Rosemary Chicken again!", chill, and look at the bright side. Now you know what's on offer on the MKE-SEA flights this month. Dessert was that lightly crispy, flaky, sweet thing that's been making the rounds over the past month. Not the brownie, the other thing. Nice presentation, moist chicken and good service from the FA. In all, a good meal on a good flight.
Dec 4, 2018, 8:33 am
#1065
Join Date: May 2006
Location: TUS/PDX
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Posts: 5,798
11/28 PHX-PDX 730a departure: choice of the breakfast protein plate or "some sort of egg sandwich." Choices were gone after row one, so I donated my meal to the pilots and opted for the delicious Dasani water and a solid nap from wheels up to TOD.
For what it's worth, all front line, customer facing employees are slated to go through "reprogramming" (my friend's word, not mine), that will address service standards, customer service expectations etc. No clue if those service standards indicate they should serve meals in courses on long flights, but it seems in my very limited experience recently that crews are a little friendlier and more attentive than before.
Am I the only one who seems to feel that poor quality service is enabled when management doesn't take adequate steps to address it? Consistently good service starts with good hiring and continues with proper training with clearly outlined expectations (such as all meals will be served course by course on flights longer than 4 hours - unless the passenger requests an expedited service) and finally an effective means of ensuring compliance and the will to do so as required.