FlyerBeek

Maybe. I think the westbound late night transcons have the exact same menu ("Midnight Raid") as the eastbound redeyes (not certain though as it's been a few years since I last flew one of these flights). For whatever reason, FAs don't seem to hand out the "Midnight Raid" menus on the redeyes as regularly as the daytime meal menus. All the redeyes usually have 2 soups loaded (which is perhaps one of the reasons they avoid handing out the menus?) - so sometimes you have to know to ask if the soup is available if you don't receive a menu.

-FlyerBeek

lobo411

What flyerbeek said...I've had the soup offered about 2/3 of the time, but I've always picked the cold beef salad ^

mikelat

I can't say I ever saw the soup option on SFO/LAX-JFK redeyes in 2011. Haven't taken or booked any in '12. But I was OK with the beef salad each time. Just enough to allow me to sleep without a rumbling stomach.

FriendlySkies

It was offered on my SFO-JFK red-eye in December. Most of C was asleep, so I did not see it delivered to any of the passengers.. I opted for the salad:

mikelat

Hmm. I have a SFO-JFK redeye on May 17t and a JFK-SFO on May 20th that I had booked a while back as part of a cheap SFO-JFK-MIA-LIR-MIA-RDU-JFK-SFO mileage run. But I think I'm going to cancel and cash in my travel insurance on that since the DEQM in Jan gave me plenty of EQM for '12. Haven't cancelled yet since I'm hoping for a big schedule change or better AS fares on SEA-SFO and return to position for the flights. Would be nice to have 2 nights in NYC as part of the trip,but better if I can just bail with no penalties due to schedule changes (already hit EXP without this set of flights). If I stick with it, I'll reply back on SFO-JFK and v.v. menu options.

FlightNurse

SFO777 so why do you think AA skimps on thier transcon flights and not thier mid-con service?

tom911

Here's one of those from this weekend:

tom911

Dinner on the 3:30pm 767-300 JFK-SFO:

Appetizer
Prosciutto garnished with Parmesan cheese, served with cantaloupe puree



Salad
A combination salad featuring fresh seasonal greens offered with sour cream and herb dressing or premium extra virgin olive oil and balsamic vinegar, cherry tomato and fresh basil



Main Course
Beef Fillet with Demi-Glace
Grilled fillet of beef enhanced by a shallot and caper demi-glace served with mashed potatoes, carrots, squash and red onion

Four Cheese Ravioli
Ravioli pasta filled with four cheeses accented by herbed wild mushroom cream sauce



Dessert
Ice Cream Sundae
Vanilla ice cream with a choice of hot fudge, butterscotch or seasonal berry toppings, whipped cream and pecans

skiermsm

Just got my upgrade to J on LAX-JFK AA #4 this Friday Can anyone tell me what the lunch choices will be on that flight?

mikelat

Seems pretty good fro a a JFK-SFO daytime flight. Looking forward to my DFW-LGA mid-morning and return JFK-SEA afternoon in F in March (assuming upgrades clear).

WChou

AA 1487
BOS-ORD
738 (28 rows of Y config)
7:00AM-8:34AM (sked)
7:29AM-8:44AM (actual)
February 11, 2012
Breakfast
PDB: Open Bar!

The weather was nasty with temperatures hovering near freezing. Captain erred on the side of safety and had the wings deiced. We got off the ground late but made up some time in the air.

My lousy luck on breakfast flights has finally been broken. Choice of the cheese omelet or oatmeal. Went with the oatmeal.


Despite the relatively short service window, the FAs did individual tray service.

Short hair Francis

AA 695
Chicago O’Hare to Los Angeles (ORD-LAX)
Feb 2012
First Class

Dinner

To start
Warm Mixed Nuts

Appetizer
Shrimp Cocktail
Large Shrimp served with lemon wedge and cocktail sauce

Salad
Side Greek Salad with chopped tomatoes and cucumber with feta cheese and Creamy ranch dressing

Main Course
Tomato Ravioli
Stuffed Cheese Ravioli served on tomato sauce with melted grated cheese

Baked Salmon
Baked salmon strip on white sauce served along broccoli and fried white rice

Dessert
Fruit and Cheese Plate
Assorted cheese wedges with crackers and red grapes

Brownie Sundae
Rich Chocolate Brownie served with a scope of Vanilla Ice cream

will2288

LAX-MIA
AA 1520
11:00 - 18:45
777-200
February 16, 2012
Lunch


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Before take-off, FAs brought by a tray with water, orange juice, 'champagne' or mimosa. Service was good throughout the flight, but nothing overly special. I liked the 777 F seat, but it sure is tired. Some of the reclining buttons were not intuitive, but an FA passing by quickly helped me take the seat out of recline mode. Swiveling into desk mode was a neat feature, but I had no legroom in it, so didn't use it. I took a nice nap on the comfortable bed.

The lunch was good. The antipasto and salad starter were nice. I wasn't sure why the salmon was served cold, but it was good. The sundae was a nice, if rather basic, dessert.

(Sorry for the poor iPad pictures. I guess it is harder than it looks to take the great pictures I see on FT)

WChou

Sounds like the same menu I had recently

AA 610
DFW-BOS
752 (old 22 F config)
7:15PM-11:15PM (sked)
7:26PM-11:22PM (actual)
February 15, 2012
Dinner
PDB: Unknown. I was pulled from Y right before the door closed.

will2288

MIA-BOS
AA 1580
20:25 - 23:30
757-200 (with new F seating) (call me crazy, but as I have never sat in an AA 757 with the old seats, I had hoped for the old seats)
February 16, 2012
Snack

No PDB beverage offered. They did board through 1L, but they still had a fair amount of time as we waited for some bags. The flight was 20 minutes late boarding due to a missing cabin crew. The female FA was poor, and seemed almost annoyed when I asked for some more water as she passed by.

Choice of salad or beef quesadilla. It tasted pretty good, but was not well prepared by the FA, as it was burnt/stuck to the plate.






(I was seated in 2A. For about twenty minutes towards the end of the flight, I could hear the female FA talking with the other FA in the kitchen. I couldn't hear every word, but most (and I don't hear all that well). As it was almost 11pm, this was kind of annoying. Is it me, or was she talking way too loudly if I could here all from this far away? Sometimes I can barely hear an FA when she is at my seat talking to me.)