2013 AA Domestic Meals - menus / menu, photos, etc. (consolidated)
Sep 27, 2013, 3:29 pm
#856
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Sep 27, 2013, 3:33 pm
#857
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Sep 27, 2013, 7:58 pm
#858
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My reference point is that DFW-LAX used to have shrimp cocktail and a decent dessert (ice cream sundae or fruit/cheese). I really don't think that a single cookie is an acceptable "First Class" dessert at dinner. This is a significant downgrade in service re: lack of appetizer and a joke of a "dessert".
Sep 28, 2013, 8:34 am
#859
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Sep 28, 2013, 10:22 am
#860
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AA 211
IAH-JFK
1417 Miles
Dinner
Dinner was excellent tonight. But service provided by our lazy NYC based crew was terrible. It was probably my worse flight of the year in terms of service.
PDB of OJ or Water
^
No hot towels
To start with, G&T with delicious Bombay Sapphire.
Dinner was a choice of:
Seared Breast of Chicken
Stuffed with spinach and cheese, complimented by Emmental potatoes au gratin and buttered haricots verts
Sacchetti Pasta
With Alfredo sauce and sun dried tomatoes coulis
I preordered the chicken online, but it wasn't acknowledged. That's the first time that's happened to me. Still I got what I wanted due to the light load.
The chicken was piping hot and delicious. Stuffing was on the lines of spinach dip, which was tasty. Potatoes au gratin and green beans were tasty. Salad was fresh, and the cocktail shrimp was enjoyable.
And that's where the good part of the flight ended. Only ice cream was offered for dessert. I saw the fruit and cheese plates loaded on to the aircraft (FA opened the carts as we were boarding). But I was told there weren't any loaded when asked about it. FAs disappeared after passing out ice cream, and it became a purely self service flight after that. I went to the galley to ask for a glass of water an hour after that, which begrudgingly given. And guess what I saw in the galley: a couple of fruit and cheese plates. ugh.
IAH-JFK
1417 Miles
Dinner
Dinner was excellent tonight. But service provided by our lazy NYC based crew was terrible. It was probably my worse flight of the year in terms of service.
PDB of OJ or Water
^No hot towels
To start with, G&T with delicious Bombay Sapphire.
Dinner was a choice of:
Seared Breast of Chicken
Stuffed with spinach and cheese, complimented by Emmental potatoes au gratin and buttered haricots verts
Sacchetti Pasta
With Alfredo sauce and sun dried tomatoes coulis
I preordered the chicken online, but it wasn't acknowledged. That's the first time that's happened to me. Still I got what I wanted due to the light load.
The chicken was piping hot and delicious. Stuffing was on the lines of spinach dip, which was tasty. Potatoes au gratin and green beans were tasty. Salad was fresh, and the cocktail shrimp was enjoyable.
And that's where the good part of the flight ended. Only ice cream was offered for dessert. I saw the fruit and cheese plates loaded on to the aircraft (FA opened the carts as we were boarding). But I was told there weren't any loaded when asked about it. FAs disappeared after passing out ice cream, and it became a purely self service flight after that. I went to the galley to ask for a glass of water an hour after that, which begrudgingly given. And guess what I saw in the galley: a couple of fruit and cheese plates. ugh.
Sep 28, 2013, 11:02 am
#861
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Sep 28, 2013, 4:06 pm
#862
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The service aspect sucks, but it's very reassuring to know that Basic Plus service is still on longer midcons. It could either be now 1350/1400+ mile flights that get Basic Plus midcon service, or AA is slowly phasing out Basic Plus service and giving leftovers to existing flights. Hope it's the former, have a feeling it probably is just a higher thereshold.
We still need more reports from longer midcons, and ORD-west coast dinner flights.
We still need more reports from longer midcons, and ORD-west coast dinner flights.
AA 211
IAH-JFK
1417 Miles
Dinner
Dinner was excellent tonight. But service provided by our lazy NYC based crew was terrible. It was probably my worse flight of the year in terms of service.
PDB of OJ or Water^
No hot towels
To start with, G&T with delicious Bombay Sapphire.
Dinner was a choice of:
Seared Breast of Chicken
Stuffed with spinach and cheese, complimented by Emmental potatoes au gratin and buttered haricots verts
Sacchetti Pasta
With Alfredo sauce and sun dried tomatoes coulis
I preordered the chicken online, but it wasn't acknowledged. That's the first time that's happened to me. Still I got what I wanted due to the light load.
The chicken was piping hot and delicious. Stuffing was on the lines of spinach dip, which was tasty. Potatoes au gratin and green beans were tasty. Salad was fresh, and the cocktail shrimp was enjoyable.
And that's where the good part of the flight ended. Only ice cream was offered for dessert. I saw the fruit and cheese plates loaded on to the aircraft (FA opened the carts as we were boarding). But I was told there weren't any loaded when asked about it. FAs disappeared after passing out ice cream, and it became a purely self service flight after that. I went to the galley to ask for a glass of water an hour after that, which begrudgingly given. And guess what I saw in the galley: a couple of fruit and cheese plates. ugh.
IAH-JFK
1417 Miles
Dinner
Dinner was excellent tonight. But service provided by our lazy NYC based crew was terrible. It was probably my worse flight of the year in terms of service.
PDB of OJ or Water
^No hot towels
To start with, G&T with delicious Bombay Sapphire.
Dinner was a choice of:
Seared Breast of Chicken
Stuffed with spinach and cheese, complimented by Emmental potatoes au gratin and buttered haricots verts
Sacchetti Pasta
With Alfredo sauce and sun dried tomatoes coulis
I preordered the chicken online, but it wasn't acknowledged. That's the first time that's happened to me. Still I got what I wanted due to the light load.
The chicken was piping hot and delicious. Stuffing was on the lines of spinach dip, which was tasty. Potatoes au gratin and green beans were tasty. Salad was fresh, and the cocktail shrimp was enjoyable.
And that's where the good part of the flight ended. Only ice cream was offered for dessert. I saw the fruit and cheese plates loaded on to the aircraft (FA opened the carts as we were boarding). But I was told there weren't any loaded when asked about it. FAs disappeared after passing out ice cream, and it became a purely self service flight after that. I went to the galley to ask for a glass of water an hour after that, which begrudgingly given. And guess what I saw in the galley: a couple of fruit and cheese plates. ugh.
Sep 28, 2013, 4:53 pm
#863
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I have an upcoming flight in 2 weeks (DFW/SFO), snack service showing:
Open Faced Chicken Sandwich Topped with Swiss cheese and offered with a marinated cheese antipasto
or
Cold Plate Teriyaki beef with udon noodles and ginger dressing
I have not seen these two dishes reviewed yet, has anyone tried these?
Open Faced Chicken Sandwich Topped with Swiss cheese and offered with a marinated cheese antipasto
or
Cold Plate Teriyaki beef with udon noodles and ginger dressing
I have not seen these two dishes reviewed yet, has anyone tried these?
Sep 28, 2013, 4:57 pm
#864
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I have an upcoming flight in 2 weeks (DFW/SFO), snack service showing:
Open Faced Chicken Sandwich Topped with Swiss cheese and offered with a marinated cheese antipasto
or
Cold Plate Teriyaki beef with udon noodles and ginger dressing
I have not seen these two dishes reviewed yet, has anyone tried these?
Open Faced Chicken Sandwich Topped with Swiss cheese and offered with a marinated cheese antipasto
or
Cold Plate Teriyaki beef with udon noodles and ginger dressing
I have not seen these two dishes reviewed yet, has anyone tried these?
I think there was one report from tom911 earlier in the year, though I'm not sure if it was the same beef dish.
Sep 28, 2013, 5:03 pm
#865
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: LAX
Posts: 3,267
Had the same dinner twice on my LAX-BOS-DFW-ANC-DFW-BOS-LAX mileage run: once on DFW-ANC and again the next night on BOS-LAX (literally a last second, "snatched from my seat in Y" upgrade):
To start:
PDB, followed by cocktails and warm nuts
Appetizer:
Spicy cold chicken breast with corn and black bean salsa
Salad:
Greens with peas, mushrooms, and artichoke hearts
Main Entree:
Fillet Mignon with roasted potatoes and steamed carrots/zucchini (I chose this both times)
or
Cheese lasagne roll (DFW-ANC)
Cheese tortellini (BOS-LAX)
Dessert:
Hand made ice cream sundaes
or
Cheese and cracker plate
Pre-Arrival:
Fresh fruit or fresh baked cookie
(BOS-LAX was lazy on this one...they offered the fresh fruit as a Dessert choice. DFW-ANC was stellar--they gave EVERYONE a Dessert choice PLUS both a cookie AND the fresh fruit!)
To start:
PDB, followed by cocktails and warm nuts
Appetizer:
Spicy cold chicken breast with corn and black bean salsa
Salad:
Greens with peas, mushrooms, and artichoke hearts
Main Entree:
Fillet Mignon with roasted potatoes and steamed carrots/zucchini (I chose this both times)
or
Cheese lasagne roll (DFW-ANC)
Cheese tortellini (BOS-LAX)
Dessert:
Hand made ice cream sundaes
or
Cheese and cracker plate
Pre-Arrival:
Fresh fruit or fresh baked cookie
(BOS-LAX was lazy on this one...they offered the fresh fruit as a Dessert choice. DFW-ANC was stellar--they gave EVERYONE a Dessert choice PLUS both a cookie AND the fresh fruit!)
Sep 28, 2013, 5:23 pm
#866
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: SFO
Posts: 1,746
I'll have SFO-DFW and back this week Wed and Fri, although upgrades have not cleared (about 50/50 chance I'd say), and both are a lunch flight. Those normally didn't have shrimp or ice cream anyway, right? I'll try to remember to ask FAs about catering even if I don't clear. Anything I can ask about to differentiate between Basic and Basic Plus for lunch?
ETA: Lunch on a flight taking off at 3:05 PDT and landing at 8:35 CDT... dinner would have made more sense. Sigh.
ETA: Lunch on a flight taking off at 3:05 PDT and landing at 8:35 CDT... dinner would have made more sense. Sigh.
Sep 28, 2013, 5:35 pm
#867
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I'll have SFO-DFW and back this week Wed and Fri, although upgrades have not cleared (about 50/50 chance I'd say), and both are a lunch flight. Those normally didn't have shrimp or ice cream anyway, right? I'll try to remember to ask FAs about catering even if I don't clear. Anything I can ask about to differentiate between Basic and Basic Plus for lunch?
ETA: Lunch on a flight taking off at 3:05 PDT and landing at 8:35 CDT... dinner would have made more sense. Sigh.
ETA: Lunch on a flight taking off at 3:05 PDT and landing at 8:35 CDT... dinner would have made more sense. Sigh.
Sep 28, 2013, 5:40 pm
#868
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I'll have SFO-DFW and back this week Wed and Fri, although upgrades have not cleared (about 50/50 chance I'd say), and both are a lunch flight. Those normally didn't have shrimp or ice cream anyway, right? I'll try to remember to ask FAs about catering even if I don't clear. Anything I can ask about to differentiate between Basic and Basic Plus for lunch?
ETA: Lunch on a flight taking off at 3:05 PDT and landing at 8:35 CDT... dinner would have made more sense. Sigh.
ETA: Lunch on a flight taking off at 3:05 PDT and landing at 8:35 CDT... dinner would have made more sense. Sigh.
Sep 28, 2013, 6:28 pm
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I have an upcoming flight in 2 weeks (DFW/SFO), snack service showing:
Open Faced Chicken Sandwich Topped with Swiss cheese and offered with a marinated cheese antipasto
or
Cold Plate Teriyaki beef with udon noodles and ginger dressing
I have not seen these two dishes reviewed yet, has anyone tried these?
Open Faced Chicken Sandwich Topped with Swiss cheese and offered with a marinated cheese antipasto
or
Cold Plate Teriyaki beef with udon noodles and ginger dressing
I have not seen these two dishes reviewed yet, has anyone tried these?
Sep 28, 2013, 7:56 pm
#870
Join Date: Nov 2011
Posts: 691
I saw the fruit and cheese plates loaded on to the aircraft (FA opened the carts as we were boarding). But I was told there weren't any loaded when asked about it. FAs disappeared after passing out ice cream, and it became a purely self service flight after that. I went to the galley to ask for a glass of water an hour after that, which begrudgingly given. And guess what I saw in the galley: a couple of fruit and cheese plates. ugh.