2012 AA Domestic Meals - menus / menu, photos, etc. (consolidated)
Dec 21, 2012, 6:47 am
#1051
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Both flights from yesterday, 12/20 (though the 2nd was courtesy of the blizzard in the mid-west)
AA 3772 ABQ-ORD
Scheduled departure @ 8:15 am
Actual 9:08 am
Standard continental breakfast tray w/cereal, fruit cup, & waffle. Interestingly, served w/ramekin of mixed nuts to start-don't think I've seen that on a breakfast flight before!
AA 1852 ORD-BOS
Departed right on time @ 1:45 pm
Snack flight-choice of fruit & cheese plate or chicken wrap plus warm nuts to start & double chocolate cookie to finish. Had not had the wrap before & was pleasantly surprised, though some chips would have been nice w/it. Great crew, as well.
AA 3772 ABQ-ORD
Scheduled departure @ 8:15 am
Actual 9:08 am
Standard continental breakfast tray w/cereal, fruit cup, & waffle. Interestingly, served w/ramekin of mixed nuts to start-don't think I've seen that on a breakfast flight before!
AA 1852 ORD-BOS
Departed right on time @ 1:45 pm
Snack flight-choice of fruit & cheese plate or chicken wrap plus warm nuts to start & double chocolate cookie to finish. Had not had the wrap before & was pleasantly surprised, though some chips would have been nice w/it. Great crew, as well.
Dec 23, 2012, 1:27 pm
#1052
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Hot meal in F RIC-DFW 7am?
Does the morning RIC-DFW have a hot meal option, or is it the stay-fresh continental option boarded at DFW the day prior on the inbound? Thanks!
Dec 23, 2012, 6:41 pm
#1054
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Thread merged with our 2012 AA Domestic Meals thread. Thanks. 
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Dec 23, 2012, 7:11 pm
#1055
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Yes I am certain, one flight was out of ORD to PHX and the other was PHX-ORD. I thought it was odd, but never really had an issue, and no one else that I could hear had an issue with it, but I do think they had more Enchalida's loaded then Pasta. Anyhow, what is wrong with two Vegetarian entree when they are better then most meat entrees.
Now I would Love to see the cheeseburger come back...
Now I would Love to see the cheeseburger come back...
As a vegetarian, I have suffered numerous AA flights with 2 meat entrees. This by itself makes me want to ditch AA sometimes.
Dec 23, 2012, 11:08 pm
#1056
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99% sure the answer is that there are not adequate catering facilities in SMF. The same issue is true in stations like FAT and EGE. EGE-JFK, at nearly 1800 miles, gets a continental breakfast on a route that commands lots of paid F traffic (both O&D and connecting to Europe). It has nothing to do with cheapness - just whats available in smaller stations.
Other airlines can get hot meals in SMF- From 1995-2006 they served hot breakfast in F.
It is simply that AA doesnt want to pay the price to obtain hot food at 6AM and 8AM.
Finally, LSG skychefs location #1302 is located at SMF. Full, on site, catering kitchen- you'll see that AA is not a customer, nothing to do with the facilities.
(And sorry for the late (out of context) reply- dont get email notices for replies)
Dec 23, 2012, 11:09 pm
#1057
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Cheers,
Cameron
Edit: Plus, we all know what happens when you have fish on a plane.
Dec 25, 2012, 7:43 am
#1058
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Location: New York, NY
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12/24 - JAX-DFW - 240PM Departure (Listed as Snack/Brunch)
Choice of Hummus Plate with Pita, Veggies, and Grapes or Buffalo Chicken Salad
12/24 - DFW -SJC - 530PM Departure
Choice of Chicken (with rice and veggies) or Pasta - Both came with bread, Caesar salad, shrimp cocktail
Finished off with choice of fresh fruit or cookies and cream ice cream
Choice of Hummus Plate with Pita, Veggies, and Grapes or Buffalo Chicken Salad
12/24 - DFW -SJC - 530PM Departure
Choice of Chicken (with rice and veggies) or Pasta - Both came with bread, Caesar salad, shrimp cocktail
Finished off with choice of fresh fruit or cookies and cream ice cream
Dec 25, 2012, 7:44 am
#1059
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Dec 27, 2012, 6:35 am
#1060
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AA 3678
DEN-LAX
7:30p-9:00p
December 26, 2012
CR7
PDB open bar ^
Dinner
Choice of cold spinach stuffed chicken with pasta salad or steak salad with blue cheese and raspberry vinaigrette dressing. Chicken was near tasteless. Salad better but, even then, only marginally better than a DL cold dinner.
DEN-LAX
7:30p-9:00p
December 26, 2012
CR7
PDB open bar ^
Dinner
Choice of cold spinach stuffed chicken with pasta salad or steak salad with blue cheese and raspberry vinaigrette dressing. Chicken was near tasteless. Salad better but, even then, only marginally better than a DL cold dinner.
Dec 27, 2012, 10:45 am
#1061
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Uh, please. Why the need to make excuses for AA? You work for them?
Other airlines can get hot meals in SMF- From 1995-2006 they served hot breakfast in F.
It is simply that AA doesnt want to pay the price to obtain hot food at 6AM and 8AM.
Finally, LSG skychefs location #1302 is located at SMF. Full, on site, catering kitchen- you'll see that AA is not a customer, nothing to do with the facilities.
(And sorry for the late (out of context) reply- dont get email notices for replies)
Other airlines can get hot meals in SMF- From 1995-2006 they served hot breakfast in F.
It is simply that AA doesnt want to pay the price to obtain hot food at 6AM and 8AM.
Finally, LSG skychefs location #1302 is located at SMF. Full, on site, catering kitchen- you'll see that AA is not a customer, nothing to do with the facilities.
(And sorry for the late (out of context) reply- dont get email notices for replies)
Dec 27, 2012, 9:07 pm
#1062
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The edge of the soft tortilla was so hard that I could barely cut through it. The rice didn't look anything like your picture. It was a solid mass that I had to chop apart with my fork. If you choose this dish, bring your own hot sauce. The salsa was not spicy. On top of that, I don't think the fish was real Tilapia.
As tired as I am of the buffalo chicken salad, that will be my choice next time.
Dec 31, 2012, 12:35 am
#1063
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Flight #432 (SFO-DFW; 767-300)
Lunch
This was a treat for me, because I was offered $135 at the kiosk to upgrade. I bit, despite the short flight, and it being a lunch flight, because I wanted to experience a true internationally-configured widebody in Business (First for this specific flight).
The meal was a disappointment, though. We were given a choice between chicken curry and salmon salad. The FA's did warmed nuts first, followed by hot towel service, the meal itself (I chose chicken curry), then handed out cookies. I think mine was cranberry, but I wasn't sure. It was pretty good, but kind of disappointing.
Flight #1188 (DFW-DCA; MD-80)
Dinner
This was an amazing flight for me. The FA kept my drinks flowing my way, and I got to experience Glenvit for the first time (too strong for my taste, btw). We were given a choice between chicken (didn't specify chicken what) and tortelleni. I opted for the tortelleni. A hot towel service was what we began with, followed by warmed nuts, the meal service itself (sides of caesar salad and a cheesecake of some kind, couldn't figure it out, but it was really good...I usually dislike cheesecake!), then followed by drinks throughout. One thing that I was disappointed about was that cookies weren't handed out this time. Is that standard on short midcon flights that has dinner/dessert on a tray all at once (I believe called Basic), or did the flight attendant pull a Cookie Monster on us?
Overall, the SFO-DFW segment was comfortable, but service was a bit disappointing, while the DFW-DCA segment was incredible when it came to meal service/drinks.
Lunch
This was a treat for me, because I was offered $135 at the kiosk to upgrade. I bit, despite the short flight, and it being a lunch flight, because I wanted to experience a true internationally-configured widebody in Business (First for this specific flight).
The meal was a disappointment, though. We were given a choice between chicken curry and salmon salad. The FA's did warmed nuts first, followed by hot towel service, the meal itself (I chose chicken curry), then handed out cookies. I think mine was cranberry, but I wasn't sure. It was pretty good, but kind of disappointing.
Flight #1188 (DFW-DCA; MD-80)
Dinner
This was an amazing flight for me. The FA kept my drinks flowing my way, and I got to experience Glenvit for the first time (too strong for my taste, btw). We were given a choice between chicken (didn't specify chicken what) and tortelleni. I opted for the tortelleni. A hot towel service was what we began with, followed by warmed nuts, the meal service itself (sides of caesar salad and a cheesecake of some kind, couldn't figure it out, but it was really good...I usually dislike cheesecake!), then followed by drinks throughout. One thing that I was disappointed about was that cookies weren't handed out this time. Is that standard on short midcon flights that has dinner/dessert on a tray all at once (I believe called Basic), or did the flight attendant pull a Cookie Monster on us?
Overall, the SFO-DFW segment was comfortable, but service was a bit disappointing, while the DFW-DCA segment was incredible when it came to meal service/drinks.
Dec 31, 2012, 12:54 am
#1064
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Flight #432 (SFO-DFW; 767-300)
Lunch
This was a treat for me, because I was offered $135 at the kiosk to upgrade. I bit, despite the short flight, and it being a lunch flight, because I wanted to experience a true internationally-configured widebody in Business (First for this specific flight).
The meal was a disappointment, though. We were given a choice between chicken curry and salmon salad. The FA's did warmed nuts first, followed by hot towel service, the meal itself (I chose chicken curry), then handed out cookies. I think mine was cranberry, but I wasn't sure. It was pretty good, but kind of disappointing.
Flight #1188 (DFW-DCA; MD-80)
Dinner
This was an amazing flight for me. The FA kept my drinks flowing my way, and I got to experience Glenvit for the first time (too strong for my taste, btw). We were given a choice between chicken (didn't specify chicken what) and tortelleni. I opted for the tortelleni. A hot towel service was what we began with, followed by warmed nuts, the meal service itself (sides of caesar salad and a cheesecake of some kind, couldn't figure it out, but it was really good...I usually dislike cheesecake!), then followed by drinks throughout. One thing that I was disappointed about was that cookies weren't handed out this time. Is that standard on short midcon flights that has dinner/dessert on a tray all at once (I believe called Basic), or did the flight attendant pull a Cookie Monster on us?
Overall, the SFO-DFW segment was comfortable, but service was a bit disappointing, while the DFW-DCA segment was incredible when it came to meal service/drinks.
Lunch
This was a treat for me, because I was offered $135 at the kiosk to upgrade. I bit, despite the short flight, and it being a lunch flight, because I wanted to experience a true internationally-configured widebody in Business (First for this specific flight).
The meal was a disappointment, though. We were given a choice between chicken curry and salmon salad. The FA's did warmed nuts first, followed by hot towel service, the meal itself (I chose chicken curry), then handed out cookies. I think mine was cranberry, but I wasn't sure. It was pretty good, but kind of disappointing.
Flight #1188 (DFW-DCA; MD-80)
Dinner
This was an amazing flight for me. The FA kept my drinks flowing my way, and I got to experience Glenvit for the first time (too strong for my taste, btw). We were given a choice between chicken (didn't specify chicken what) and tortelleni. I opted for the tortelleni. A hot towel service was what we began with, followed by warmed nuts, the meal service itself (sides of caesar salad and a cheesecake of some kind, couldn't figure it out, but it was really good...I usually dislike cheesecake!), then followed by drinks throughout. One thing that I was disappointed about was that cookies weren't handed out this time. Is that standard on short midcon flights that has dinner/dessert on a tray all at once (I believe called Basic), or did the flight attendant pull a Cookie Monster on us?
Overall, the SFO-DFW segment was comfortable, but service was a bit disappointing, while the DFW-DCA segment was incredible when it came to meal service/drinks.
Dec 31, 2012, 1:17 am
#1065
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Flight #432 (SFO-DFW; 767-300)
Lunch
This was a treat for me, because I was offered $135 at the kiosk to upgrade. I bit, despite the short flight, and it being a lunch flight, because I wanted to experience a true internationally-configured widebody in Business (First for this specific flight).
The meal was a disappointment, though. We were given a choice between chicken curry and salmon salad. The FA's did warmed nuts first, followed by hot towel service, the meal itself (I chose chicken curry), then handed out cookies. I think mine was cranberry, but I wasn't sure. It was pretty good, but kind of disappointing.
Flight #1188 (DFW-DCA; MD-80)
Dinner
This was an amazing flight for me. The FA kept my drinks flowing my way, and I got to experience Glenvit for the first time (too strong for my taste, btw). We were given a choice between chicken (didn't specify chicken what) and tortelleni. I opted for the tortelleni. A hot towel service was what we began with, followed by warmed nuts, the meal service itself (sides of caesar salad and a cheesecake of some kind, couldn't figure it out, but it was really good...I usually dislike cheesecake!), then followed by drinks throughout. One thing that I was disappointed about was that cookies weren't handed out this time. Is that standard on short midcon flights that has dinner/dessert on a tray all at once (I believe called Basic), or did the flight attendant pull a Cookie Monster on us?
Overall, the SFO-DFW segment was comfortable, but service was a bit disappointing, while the DFW-DCA segment was incredible when it came to meal service/drinks.
Lunch
This was a treat for me, because I was offered $135 at the kiosk to upgrade. I bit, despite the short flight, and it being a lunch flight, because I wanted to experience a true internationally-configured widebody in Business (First for this specific flight).
The meal was a disappointment, though. We were given a choice between chicken curry and salmon salad. The FA's did warmed nuts first, followed by hot towel service, the meal itself (I chose chicken curry), then handed out cookies. I think mine was cranberry, but I wasn't sure. It was pretty good, but kind of disappointing.
Flight #1188 (DFW-DCA; MD-80)
Dinner
This was an amazing flight for me. The FA kept my drinks flowing my way, and I got to experience Glenvit for the first time (too strong for my taste, btw). We were given a choice between chicken (didn't specify chicken what) and tortelleni. I opted for the tortelleni. A hot towel service was what we began with, followed by warmed nuts, the meal service itself (sides of caesar salad and a cheesecake of some kind, couldn't figure it out, but it was really good...I usually dislike cheesecake!), then followed by drinks throughout. One thing that I was disappointed about was that cookies weren't handed out this time. Is that standard on short midcon flights that has dinner/dessert on a tray all at once (I believe called Basic), or did the flight attendant pull a Cookie Monster on us?
Overall, the SFO-DFW segment was comfortable, but service was a bit disappointing, while the DFW-DCA segment was incredible when it came to meal service/drinks.