Inflight Service Changes Due to COVID-19
Sep 2, 2020, 11:08 pm
#541
Join Date: Aug 2018
Location: PDX
Programs: AS MVP Gold 100K
Posts: 2,329
My next flights are ANC-SEA-DEN on Sept. 14. ANC-SEA is a redeye, so I don't need or expect much. But, the SEA-DEN flight is a morning flight. When I checked to see if I could order the F & C plates (or a more morning friendly option), I get the message that preorder is not available....
Sep 2, 2020, 11:11 pm
#542
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Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: Los Angeles
Posts: 12,591
It's a nice change from what was nothing for a while, and then the standard snack boxes. It's maybe not appealing as a meal substitute if you're flying transcon, but for a 2 hour flight up the coast it's plenty, and it's decent quality food. My last one I saved and brought all the cheddar cheese for snacking on a short backpacking trip where I didn't want to carry a stove. A couple pieces of cheddar on tortillas at the end of a long day of hiking was very good.
Sep 2, 2020, 11:19 pm
#543
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: SFO
Programs: AS, UA, WN, IHG Diamond Elite, Hyatt Globalist, Hilton Gold, CET 7*
Posts: 3,293
I think it's a fantastic addition and I thank all the deities above that it's this and not the protein platter!
Things could be far worse. Just looking at a hard-boiled egg makes me gag.
Things could be far worse. Just looking at a hard-boiled egg makes me gag.
Sep 3, 2020, 10:09 am
#544
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Location: East Coast
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Plated, it looks all gormay, but in it's native platter (yes, platter) it does look "cheap." But if it tastes the same, the glass is more than half full, even if the glass is plastic, or aluminum, as the case may be.
I expect the good folks flying some of DLs routes would gladly trade you their water and bits bag for the "incredibly cheap" humble AS offering.
I expect the good folks flying some of DLs routes would gladly trade you their water and bits bag for the "incredibly cheap" humble AS offering.
Sep 3, 2020, 10:15 am
#545
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Sep 3, 2020, 10:15 am
#546
Join Date: Aug 2018
Location: PDX
Programs: AS MVP Gold 100K
Posts: 2,329
You can't get it in coach (right now) and when you can, it won't be complimentary. As for the presentation, if you aren't aware, the use of glassware/dinnerware is currently suspended (I don't think this is unique to AS) so I'm not sure how they'd improve the presentation.
Sep 3, 2020, 6:46 pm
#547
Join Date: Dec 2019
Location: Seattle
Programs: AS 100K
Posts: 11
Confirmed- SFO-AUS route gets the same as all the others 😀
Sep 4, 2020, 7:28 am
#549
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: AUS
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Posts: 7,027
Sep 6, 2020, 5:10 pm
#550
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: SFO
Programs: AS MVP Gold / Marriott Bonvoy(age) Titanium Elite, IHG Platinum, WN A+/CP, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 337
I think they will start selling again in Y come October 1 - more and more evidence is that it isnt spread by contact......probably some level of F class meal service Dec 1
Sep 6, 2020, 7:43 pm
#553
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: SFO
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Sep 7, 2020, 9:27 am
#554
Join Date: Aug 2019
Location: London, UK
Programs: AS MVP Gold 75K, Marriot Platinum
Posts: 601
Flew SEA-SJC on 9/2 on the last flight of the evening (7:30pm departure). F was only 50% full as nobody in F was travelling with anyone else and there was nobody on the upgrade list (I think the flight only had c.30 people total).
Lovely FA said F had been catered as if it was completely full. Tons of extra F&C plates and cookies. Since the plane wasn’t turning around until the morning, she was offering all the extra F&C and cookies to F passengers (and she said whatever was left on board would just be tossed as they would reacted in SJC). Lady behind me got a “goodie bag” of extra cookies (I think she got half a dozen). And multiple people walked off with extra F&C plates.
I ended up just having an extra cookie on board. My first cookie was served warm and was so hot it had mostly returned to a liquid state. For the second cookie I asked if I could get it unheated and found that much more enjoyable. No scalding mouth and it was still nice and soft. Pics attached of the two different cookies.
Heated cookie.
Non-heated cookie.
Lovely FA said F had been catered as if it was completely full. Tons of extra F&C plates and cookies. Since the plane wasn’t turning around until the morning, she was offering all the extra F&C and cookies to F passengers (and she said whatever was left on board would just be tossed as they would reacted in SJC). Lady behind me got a “goodie bag” of extra cookies (I think she got half a dozen). And multiple people walked off with extra F&C plates.
I ended up just having an extra cookie on board. My first cookie was served warm and was so hot it had mostly returned to a liquid state. For the second cookie I asked if I could get it unheated and found that much more enjoyable. No scalding mouth and it was still nice and soft. Pics attached of the two different cookies.
Heated cookie.
Non-heated cookie.
