Jan 10, 2019, 7:18 pm
Last edit by: pcoll
A slight change to this thread for 2020. Please include whether a menu card was offered along with the other information:
Date:
Route:
Flight Number:
Departure time:
Menu: Yes/No
Meal description (if given) Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Snack:
Date:
Route:
Flight Number:
Departure time:
Menu: Yes/No
Meal description (if given) Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Snack:
What Will Alaska Airlines Be Serving in First Class on Your Flight? (2019)
Mar 29, 2019, 12:41 pm
#286
Join Date: May 2003
Location: SFO, mostly
Posts: 2,204
It’s funny, when they used to serve a warm cookie on late evening flights, a lot of people would say “I can’t believe all they offered was a cookie. How about at least a snack basket?” Now that there is a snack basket, I suppose it’s inevitable some will miss the warm cookies.
Mar 29, 2019, 12:57 pm
#287
Join Date: Oct 1999
Location: Denver, Colorado, USA
Programs: AS MVP 100K, UA PremEx-MM
Posts: 3,335
Steak sighting:
My upgrades BWI-SEA-DEN popped four days out so I was able to pre-select dinner on AS765 BWI-SEA:
I chose the steak - description indicates mushroom sauce, fingerling potatoes and beet micro-greens. I hope it looks good like post 241 OGG-ANC. I'll post photos post-flight.
SEA-DEN is at 9:20 p.m. so snack basket only, but at least it's an Airbus so I can sleep before a 12:59 a.m. arrival.
My upgrades BWI-SEA-DEN popped four days out so I was able to pre-select dinner on AS765 BWI-SEA:
I chose the steak - description indicates mushroom sauce, fingerling potatoes and beet micro-greens. I hope it looks good like post 241 OGG-ANC. I'll post photos post-flight.
SEA-DEN is at 9:20 p.m. so snack basket only, but at least it's an Airbus so I can sleep before a 12:59 a.m. arrival.
Mar 29, 2019, 1:39 pm
#288
Join Date: Oct 1999
Location: Denver, Colorado, USA
Programs: AS MVP 100K, UA PremEx-MM
Posts: 3,335
Mar 29, 2019, 6:12 pm
#289
Join Date: Dec 2018
Programs: Alaska MVP Gold75, United Mileageplus
Posts: 50
Westbound breakfast offerings
I’m flying BOS-SEA in a couple of weeks. I’m in 3A on the 738 so I want to pre-order. Choices are shown as a breakfast bowl w/ veggies, sausage, eggs, and hash browns or a spinach omelet with bacon. Has anyone had experience with this menu yet?
Mar 29, 2019, 8:21 pm
#290
Moderator: Alaska Mileage Plan
Join Date: Feb 2005
Posts: 12,320
Here's a breakfast bowl:
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/30855592-post242.html
And an omelet:
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/30840868-post223.html
Our members love to post food pics, so search is your friend.
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/30855592-post242.html
And an omelet:
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/30840868-post223.html
Our members love to post food pics, so search is your friend.
Mar 29, 2019, 8:58 pm
#291
Join Date: Mar 2016
Posts: 984
Date: 3/23/19
Route: HNL-PDX
Flight Number: AS 834
Departure time: 12:15 PM delayed to 1:07
Menu: Yes
Meal Description: (I preordered so not much chitchat)
PDB: No - just water. The late plane and turn around made service a little abbreviated
Choice between seared cod with brown rice, carrots, and gai lan (Chinese broccoli) or penne pasta with arugula salad. Pre-ordered the cod, thinking it was the curry flavored cod from last month. Instead it was fish and rice with a nice ginger soy sauce. Pretty good all around dish. The desert was macadamia nut ice cream from a Hawaiian company.
Route: HNL-PDX
Flight Number: AS 834
Departure time: 12:15 PM delayed to 1:07
Menu: Yes
Meal Description: (I preordered so not much chitchat)
PDB: No - just water. The late plane and turn around made service a little abbreviated
Choice between seared cod with brown rice, carrots, and gai lan (Chinese broccoli) or penne pasta with arugula salad. Pre-ordered the cod, thinking it was the curry flavored cod from last month. Instead it was fish and rice with a nice ginger soy sauce. Pretty good all around dish. The desert was macadamia nut ice cream from a Hawaiian company.
Mar 29, 2019, 9:14 pm
#292
Join Date: Apr 2017
Programs: AS 100k, DL PM, New Sagaya
Posts: 1,292
For this trip I used a GGU coming home to upgrade. I’ve had real hot and cold experiences with upgrades out of Hawaii. I think generally it’s elite light with more leisure travelers. I travel three or four times a year. In January my wife and I were upgraded at the gate. But no luck home. In November I flew out of Maui upgraded and an empty seat next to me! The. Other times it looks like a lot of purchased F or at least instant upgrades since it’s full well before the 120 hour mark. Long story short: hard to predict! We can take the chat to another new thread if you want!
Mar 31, 2019, 5:29 pm
#293
Join Date: Jan 2017
Programs: AS 100K, Marriott Titanium, Delta Gold, United Silver
Posts: 250
Preorder is finally up for my upcoming 4/13 AS 771 flight (DCA - PDX). Why did they have to put mushrooms on both choices? 😩 I guess it’ll be a fruit and cheese platter for me
Mar 31, 2019, 6:13 pm
#294
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: SFO
Programs: AS, UA, WN, IHG Diamond Elite, Hyatt Globalist, Hilton Gold, CET 7*
Posts: 3,301
FYI, the sauce is heated in the oven in a small aluminum tin separate from the steak, and you can ask to have it not included.
Mar 31, 2019, 10:19 pm
#295
Join Date: Jan 2017
Programs: AS 100K, Marriott Titanium, Delta Gold, United Silver
Posts: 250
Apr 2, 2019, 9:04 pm
#296
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Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: PHX
Programs: AS 75K; UA 1MM; Hyatt Globalist; Marriott LTP; Hilton Diamond (Aspire)
Posts: 56,485
Apr 2, 2019, 10:27 pm
#297
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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
Not very hot when it got to me, but enough flavor in there to order it again. Looked like the person who had the cod next to me actually had a bigger plate of food compared to the pasta.
Apr 3, 2019, 11:42 am
#298
Join Date: Oct 1999
Location: Denver, Colorado, USA
Programs: AS MVP 100K, UA PremEx-MM
Posts: 3,335
Date: April 2, 2019
Route: BWI-SEA
Flight Number: 765
Departure time: 5:05 p.m.
Menu: Yes
Meal description: Dinner
I'm happy to report that my "steak expectations" were not unfulfilled
We departed right on time; my pre-order was acknowledged by the very sweet flight attendant working the F cabin.
Warm nuts and drinks; I chose a Woodford Reserve. Seconds on the nuts were offered, which I gladly accepted. A new round of "city" napkins seems to be in circulation now; I also saw Nashville and Puerto Vallarta and a fourth city that escapes me at the moment.
Dinner arrived on a single tray and was exactly as described in the menu. The soup was "creamy roasted red pepper and smoked gouda." It had a very nice, smoky pepper flavor. The salad had three kinds of carrots, including purple. The greens were fresh, although the balsamic vinaigrette was a bit sharp for my taste. The roll was perfectly chewy and also tasted fresh. I switched to red wine, which was Battle Creek Cellars 2017 Unconditional Pinot Noir. I enjoyed it as well.
The steak was excellent; a bit less tender as sirloin isn't a filet, but the flavor was nice and the meat was still a bit rare. The mushroom sauce was a nice complement, as was the asparagus (very tender) and the fingerling potatoes.
Dessert was the Strawberry Rhubarb with Cinnamon Crumble from Salt & Straw. Delicious as well. The snack basket came around a couple of times a bit later.
This was one of the best meals I've had on Alaska - nice service as well.
Route: BWI-SEA
Flight Number: 765
Departure time: 5:05 p.m.
Menu: Yes
Meal description: Dinner
I'm happy to report that my "steak expectations" were not unfulfilled
We departed right on time; my pre-order was acknowledged by the very sweet flight attendant working the F cabin.
Warm nuts and drinks; I chose a Woodford Reserve. Seconds on the nuts were offered, which I gladly accepted. A new round of "city" napkins seems to be in circulation now; I also saw Nashville and Puerto Vallarta and a fourth city that escapes me at the moment.
Dinner arrived on a single tray and was exactly as described in the menu. The soup was "creamy roasted red pepper and smoked gouda." It had a very nice, smoky pepper flavor. The salad had three kinds of carrots, including purple. The greens were fresh, although the balsamic vinaigrette was a bit sharp for my taste. The roll was perfectly chewy and also tasted fresh. I switched to red wine, which was Battle Creek Cellars 2017 Unconditional Pinot Noir. I enjoyed it as well.
The steak was excellent; a bit less tender as sirloin isn't a filet, but the flavor was nice and the meat was still a bit rare. The mushroom sauce was a nice complement, as was the asparagus (very tender) and the fingerling potatoes.
Dessert was the Strawberry Rhubarb with Cinnamon Crumble from Salt & Straw. Delicious as well. The snack basket came around a couple of times a bit later.
This was one of the best meals I've had on Alaska - nice service as well.
Apr 3, 2019, 6:25 pm
#299
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Seattle
Programs: AS
Posts: 2,293
Last week we had Seattle and Maui on our napkins.
Apr 5, 2019, 2:37 pm
#300
Join Date: Jan 2017
Programs: AS 100K, Marriott Titanium, Delta Gold, United Silver
Posts: 250
AS 652 PDX - DFW on 4/5
started with a smoothie shot and then was given a choice of the cheese, onion, and tomato omlette or a spring breakfast bowl. No menus today. I’m having a meatless day, so the flight attendant obligingly left the sausage off my tray; might be a good breakfast option for a vegetarian. After breakfast they came around with a pass of the snack basket
started with a smoothie shot and then was given a choice of the cheese, onion, and tomato omlette or a spring breakfast bowl. No menus today. I’m having a meatless day, so the flight attendant obligingly left the sausage off my tray; might be a good breakfast option for a vegetarian. After breakfast they came around with a pass of the snack basket