What Will AS Be Serving in First Class on Your Flight? (2024)
May 3, 2024, 6:05 pm
#316
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 1999
Location: Over the Bay Bridge, CA
Programs: Jumbo mas
Posts: 38,807
I've had some excellent meals in my lifetime prepared by airline catering kitchens in the USA. Not many in the "excellent" category, but many in the "very good" category. Unfortunately, in recent years, many have been of a nature that Mr. or Mrs. Swanson would have been embarrassed for you to eat, had it come out of one of their boxes from the supermarket freezer.
May 3, 2024, 6:16 pm
#317
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: JFK, DCA, BUR, YVR
Programs: AC, AS, BA, DL, HH (D), MR (T/LTP), UA (*S), UScAAre (PLT/1,9MM), WN
Posts: 5,214
I've had some excellent meals in my lifetime prepared by airline catering kitchens in the USA. Not many in the "excellent" category, but many in the "very good" category. Unfortunately, in recent years, many have been of a nature that Mr. or Mrs. Swanson would have been embarrassed for you to eat, had it come out of one of their boxes from the supermarket freezer.
May 3, 2024, 10:58 pm
#318
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: San Francisco area
Programs: AA EXP, Marriott T
Posts: 459
SFO-JFK C
Beef Sofritos, the presentation looks so different than the post above! Don't like this new salad with industrial cheese and prefer the chocolate brownie instead of ice cream. Overall a good meal and love the new F seat.
Beef Sofritos
Beef Sofritos
May 4, 2024, 9:40 pm
#319
Join Date: Sep 2015
Location: Boston's north shore
Programs: AS MVP Gold 75k, DL Silver Medallion
Posts: 305
I was offered this lunch menu on a flight from MSP-PDX the other day.
I thought I'd elected a meal, but the FA said I was undeclared. This is totally possible. I was distracted and coming from a week in Northern MN where I had no cell signal and only occasional WiFi.
I got the Tuscan Chicken and it was certainly edible. That's all I can say because I learned en route (before the meal arrived) that a family member had passed away within the hour, so I didn't snap a photo of my meal and I totally lost my appetite. (Maybe in flight WiFi actually sucks?)
I did end up taking a photo of the lovely, warm cookie on that flight. Anyone else grow up in the Portland Public Schools and remember the "megachip" cookie option? That's what my sad mood made me think of when the very kind FA brought me my cookie (while offering a 3rd drink because I told her what was going on while blubbering that I wasn't "drunk or crazy" but had just learned of my grandmother's death.) Like the FA, I agree that a cookie can help with most problems, but I didn't finish that either.
I believe that Grandma is in a better place, and I am fine, but for whatever reason I decided to post this half-baked review regardless. I really thought I was going to reach PDX in time to see her once more, and it was a rough day.
I thought I'd elected a meal, but the FA said I was undeclared. This is totally possible. I was distracted and coming from a week in Northern MN where I had no cell signal and only occasional WiFi.
I got the Tuscan Chicken and it was certainly edible. That's all I can say because I learned en route (before the meal arrived) that a family member had passed away within the hour, so I didn't snap a photo of my meal and I totally lost my appetite. (Maybe in flight WiFi actually sucks?)
I did end up taking a photo of the lovely, warm cookie on that flight. Anyone else grow up in the Portland Public Schools and remember the "megachip" cookie option? That's what my sad mood made me think of when the very kind FA brought me my cookie (while offering a 3rd drink because I told her what was going on while blubbering that I wasn't "drunk or crazy" but had just learned of my grandmother's death.) Like the FA, I agree that a cookie can help with most problems, but I didn't finish that either.
I believe that Grandma is in a better place, and I am fine, but for whatever reason I decided to post this half-baked review regardless. I really thought I was going to reach PDX in time to see her once more, and it was a rough day.
May 5, 2024, 1:13 am
#320
Join Date: Aug 2022
Location: Seattle, WA
Programs: Alaska Airlines
Posts: 138
I was offered this lunch menu on a flight from MSP-PDX the other day.
I thought I'd elected a meal, but the FA said I was undeclared. This is totally possible. I was distracted and coming from a week in Northern MN where I had no cell signal and only occasional WiFi.
I got the Tuscan Chicken and it was certainly edible. That's all I can say because I learned en route (before the meal arrived) that a family member had passed away within the hour, so I didn't snap a photo of my meal and I totally lost my appetite. (Maybe in flight WiFi actually sucks?)
I did end up taking a photo of the lovely, warm cookie on that flight. Anyone else grow up in the Portland Public Schools and remember the "megachip" cookie option? That's what my sad mood made me think of when the very kind FA brought me my cookie (while offering a 3rd drink because I told her what was going on while blubbering that I wasn't "drunk or crazy" but had just learned of my grandmother's death.) Like the FA, I agree that a cookie can help with most problems, but I didn't finish that either.
I believe that Grandma is in a better place, and I am fine, but for whatever reason I decided to post this half-baked review regardless. I really thought I was going to reach PDX in time to see her once more, and it was a rough day.
I thought I'd elected a meal, but the FA said I was undeclared. This is totally possible. I was distracted and coming from a week in Northern MN where I had no cell signal and only occasional WiFi.
I got the Tuscan Chicken and it was certainly edible. That's all I can say because I learned en route (before the meal arrived) that a family member had passed away within the hour, so I didn't snap a photo of my meal and I totally lost my appetite. (Maybe in flight WiFi actually sucks?)
I did end up taking a photo of the lovely, warm cookie on that flight. Anyone else grow up in the Portland Public Schools and remember the "megachip" cookie option? That's what my sad mood made me think of when the very kind FA brought me my cookie (while offering a 3rd drink because I told her what was going on while blubbering that I wasn't "drunk or crazy" but had just learned of my grandmother's death.) Like the FA, I agree that a cookie can help with most problems, but I didn't finish that either.
I believe that Grandma is in a better place, and I am fine, but for whatever reason I decided to post this half-baked review regardless. I really thought I was going to reach PDX in time to see her once more, and it was a rough day.
Last edited by dayone; May 5, 2024 at 11:54 am Reason: Delete quoted images for readability.
May 5, 2024, 10:04 am
#321
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Seattle, WA
Posts: 5,971
I was offered this lunch menu on a flight from MSP-PDX the other day.
I thought I'd elected a meal, but the FA said I was undeclared. This is totally possible. I was distracted and coming from a week in Northern MN where I had no cell signal and only occasional WiFi.
I got the Tuscan Chicken and it was certainly edible. That's all I can say because I learned en route (before the meal arrived) that a family member had passed away within the hour, so I didn't snap a photo of my meal and I totally lost my appetite. (Maybe in flight WiFi actually sucks?)
I did end up taking a photo of the lovely, warm cookie on that flight. Anyone else grow up in the Portland Public Schools and remember the "megachip" cookie option? That's what my sad mood made me think of when the very kind FA brought me my cookie (while offering a 3rd drink because I told her what was going on while blubbering that I wasn't "drunk or crazy" but had just learned of my grandmother's death.) Like the FA, I agree that a cookie can help with most problems, but I didn't finish that either.
I believe that Grandma is in a better place, and I am fine, but for whatever reason I decided to post this half-baked review regardless. I really thought I was going to reach PDX in time to see her once more, and it was a rough day.
I thought I'd elected a meal, but the FA said I was undeclared. This is totally possible. I was distracted and coming from a week in Northern MN where I had no cell signal and only occasional WiFi.
I got the Tuscan Chicken and it was certainly edible. That's all I can say because I learned en route (before the meal arrived) that a family member had passed away within the hour, so I didn't snap a photo of my meal and I totally lost my appetite. (Maybe in flight WiFi actually sucks?)
I did end up taking a photo of the lovely, warm cookie on that flight. Anyone else grow up in the Portland Public Schools and remember the "megachip" cookie option? That's what my sad mood made me think of when the very kind FA brought me my cookie (while offering a 3rd drink because I told her what was going on while blubbering that I wasn't "drunk or crazy" but had just learned of my grandmother's death.) Like the FA, I agree that a cookie can help with most problems, but I didn't finish that either.
I believe that Grandma is in a better place, and I am fine, but for whatever reason I decided to post this half-baked review regardless. I really thought I was going to reach PDX in time to see her once more, and it was a rough day.
Last edited by dayone; May 5, 2024 at 11:55 am Reason: Delete quoted image for readability.
May 5, 2024, 3:18 pm
#322
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: San Francisco area
Programs: AA EXP, Marriott T
Posts: 459
You basically see the difference in the management team's approach in how 2 very similar sounding dishes taste and look so different between 2 alleged partner airlines. I have actually starting to fly AS over AA for better service and food.
May 9, 2024, 11:15 am
#325
Join Date: Jun 2018
Posts: 186
May 10, 2024, 2:36 am
#328
Join Date: Sep 2011
Programs: AS 100K and AS 1MM
Posts: 80
Seems the app reset itself after a short period of time and FC meals options were shown as expected.
Last edited by VirtuousKangaroo; May 10, 2024 at 2:43 am
May 10, 2024, 9:06 pm
#329
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: SEA
Programs: DL Plat, AS MVPG, Bonvoy Plat/LT Gold, HH Diamond
Posts: 1,289
This afternoons SEA-JFK, the golden chicken with masala curry butter sauce option.
It was ok, though as expected the chicken a bit dry. Service was all at once (snack mix, drinks, meal) though ice cream followed 30-45 mins later. Service was at a glacial pace: both my seatmate and I in 3A/C had finished eating before row 4 was served.
Snack basket about 45 mins before landing.
It was ok, though as expected the chicken a bit dry. Service was all at once (snack mix, drinks, meal) though ice cream followed 30-45 mins later. Service was at a glacial pace: both my seatmate and I in 3A/C had finished eating before row 4 was served.
Snack basket about 45 mins before landing.