Reserve / Select Meal Entree / Main Course via website (master thread)
 

Apologies if this has been posted elsewhere, but I searched for entree reservations and didn't see anything. Mods, please move if appropriate.

I noticed that my upcoming JFK-LAX (in F) gives an option for pre-ordering my main course:

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Now I just have to decide if I can tell which entrée I'll want…

Are the pre-order meals always the same as what is served in cabin? How often are they different, if ever, are they?

Never in my experience (over 50 flights as a sample size)

I have had no issues with preordering at all in the last 6 months. Everything has worked flawlessly. ^

My sample size is much smaller (five or so) but they've never been different.

I think pre-order feature does not become available on the website till around a month before the flight, isn’t it right? That is about the time airlines and catering finalize menu, where catering has all suppliers of ingredients finalized and contract signed. From that perspective it is unlikely that meals actually served in flight differ from what listed on the web as pre-order item.

Past few days where there were major operational disruption then I think it is likely that meals served can be different from what listed on a menu, due to suppliers could not deliver items on time to catering, etc.

Ive done it twice now.
On the International flight it was recognized and served
On the domestic, DFW-PHX I was told the FA's tablet wasn't working and I didn't get my choice of meal.

Will be doing the journey in reverse later today, I better get my pre-orders as I don't like curry.

Not only is it 30 days in advance, it is 30 days from the exact departure time. I'm disappointed to see that I have identical options on my Transcon in each direction. Well, almost identical. 3 choices in F on 763 and same options minus filet of beef in J on 772.

Any chance that http://mobile.aa.com (and therefore the app) be updated to enable choosing one's entrée like on www.aa.com?

It's a feature that it's obviously here to stay.

OK this was a weird pre-order entree situation. We had a 3 legs on one day outbound journey that we had selected meals for. First was breakfast, then next two were each a snack. Breakfast choice was 1) cereal or 2) I'll decide later. Snack choices for the next two legs were identical: 1) NASTY curry chicken wraps or 2) beef salad. ordered the cereal and then Ordered the beef salad on each.

We fly the flights and 2 of the 3 flights don't have ANY entrees. The breakfast flight changed to everyone gets yogurt and fruit and bread. The 2nd flight had the snacks with our pre orders. the 3rd flight had warm nuts and a cookie, that was it. Asked the flight attendants about no show pre orders on both flights and they just said this is what we're serving. Was very bizarre 1) that they offered a one choice only entree for one flight, and then no showed meals altogether. I didn't miss the food THAT much as the cereal is, well, cereal, and the beef salad is pretty much just OK, but if it had been better/bigger deal meals, I'd have been more frustrated.

Am on a mid con flight to dfw tomorrow and itinerary says "lunch". When I select pre order choice on line it shows the "variety of Kellogg's cereal" or "make selection later". Weird.

Some failure here, but not enough knowledge to know if it's AA's or the caterer's.

Contact web services so they know and can look into it!

As we know, AA does not actively monitor this social network site (although they do close loopholes that surface here...it figures!)

My options for upcoming SAN-DFW flight
soy bacon??? :eek:

The quiche is actually really good.

i was on an AM flight from LGA-PBI earlier this month and the FA didn't say anything about pre-reserved meals (which i had done). i was able to still get what i ordered so i didn't push it but there are still some out there that are not following this.