Westcoaster

Thanks. I'll keep my eyes open and taste buds ready just in case!

genuze

waiting to see

sltlyamusd

Over 40% of the AS fleet consists of 737-700/800/900 aircraft, which are all less than 7 years old. They are taking delivery of 12 brand new 737-800s this year alone. But I have noticed that there seem to be more maintenance delays since AS outsourced its heavy maintenance, and I'm not exactly reassured by this either.

DUT

Does anybody have any intelligence on the SEA-CUN-SEA nonstops? I am on them next week and Alaskaair.com says no meal served in F, but they have BOB in coach. I find it hard to believe they only offer a cheese burger for a 6h 20m flight .

Thanks,
DUT

milesmilesmiles

Is AS F better that CO F? Have cahnce to go EWR-ANC for more miles direct on CO or go EWR-ORD (CO Coach) and ORD-ANC (AS F) for less miles. Thanks?

gba

No, the general consensus is that CO F is better. See: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=590970 for a recent discussion. How many miles are involved?

milesmilesmiles

Thanks for the thread. I'd be using EZ Pass of 45M miles for CO direct versus 22.5M for Standard with EWR -ORD-ANC routing,

OMAguy

CO F is a great product - but not sure it is worth an extra 22.5K miles. personally i would use those miles for another trip - AS F between ORD and ANC is a great trip - in terms of service, one of the last flights AS flights with true trans-con service. and you can't beat the crews!

sltlyamusd

I'm glad to hear about improvements to the transcons as the present meal selections have been getting a bit long in the tooth.

BOB W

Saturday morning Flight 196 had a "Strata" in F. A square, about 1.5" high by 3" square serving that was mostly potatoes with sausage & egg mixed in, topped with cheese & then baked. A couple of pieces of fruit as a garnish. It was good, but not the old style F offering. No improvement yet as far as I'm concerned.

lalala

TH's lunch SEA-ORD consisted of a one plate special (no choice) - one sandwich, a salad on the same plate and an andes mint. Is this an improvement?

Good thing she stopped at the new vino store and got a salumi meat sampler and had a mocha from dilettante.

lala

SEA_Tigger

That is exactly what I received on UA916 SEA-IAD on Friday, so perhaps AS is continuing to match UA's service levels (as ANC-SEA would be a mid-con for UA and probably offers the same).

Of course, breakfast on any airline bites, IMO. I'm hoping UA917 IAD-SEA tonight in Business Class is the usual excellence in terms of meals.

AS Flyer

Actually, breakfast is the meal that's changed the least in the last 6 or 7 years. This strata isn't any different than what we've been serving. The improvements that you should begin seeing are primarily improvements to the evening meal. This would include an ice cream sundae on westbound flights with chocolate or caramel and whipped cream. Eastbound flights should have profiteroles with chocolate sauce and whipped cream. Additionally, lunch/dinner transcon flights will have heartier breads rather than those small rolls we've been serving and the meal quality should see some improvement. Breakfast is a hard meal to "gussy up". It's pretty much just eggs - any way you look at it. Pancakes are an option, but not everyone enjoys pancakes and they don't always reheat so well.

AS Flyer

I think that this is an improvement because you get a pretty hearty sandwich with a decent sized salad. It's more food and you get a little of each of the salad and the sandwich. True, there is no choice, but you're getting both now.

dave1013

Thanks for the good news, AS Flyer! I upgraded on AA from ORD to SEA Friday night and they served the sundae for dessert. I enjoyed it and found myself wishing that AS would do the same, and for once I got my wish!