ARCHIVE: 2021 AA Domestic Meal / Meals - menu / photos / etc. (master thread)
Dec 23, 2021, 4:38 am
#1352
Join Date: Aug 2002
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Dec 23, 2021, 12:32 pm
#1353
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: PWM
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WHAT A JOKE !!!!
MIA-LAX last night. 740pm Dinner flight.
NO flipping sundaes........Miami did not cater any sundaes. FA's knew about it but def. didnt hold up the fight for it. Purser, who was really great actually, said MIA catering is a joke and they didnt have sundaes so holding up for them wouldnt have mattered.
NO raspberry cheesecake at all.........
5 total cheese plates were catered....For 37 ppl.
What a freaking JOKE !!1
One weird thing is the menu didnt list sundaes. It listed "seasonal Cake", cheese plate & raspberry cheesecake..
So is this some default menu for when MIA catering doesnt feel like loading or having sundaes? 3 other pax did ask about the ice cream but I think I was the only one to talk extensively about it with anyone. Purser said she felt really bad about having No desserts and said she will write it up and encouraged me to do the online complaint. She said MIA catering is the worst. She also mentioned how having only 4 FA's upfront and not 5 has really been frustrating too b/c she feels she cant provide the level of service she wants to.
Btw, they did find some desserts and came though with them on a tray. They were the freaking tarts from Covid.........Absolutely disgusting.
Oh and entrees were mislabeled so that Fish was labeled Pasta and Pasta was labeled Beef. Not all but but many had this problem.
Her writing it up and me complaining wont do anything though. I really feel there was nothing Flagship about that flight last night. And the salad was nothing but just some lettuce thrown in a bowl with maybe 4 little pieces of dried apricot.
MIA-LAX last night. 740pm Dinner flight.
NO flipping sundaes........Miami did not cater any sundaes. FA's knew about it but def. didnt hold up the fight for it. Purser, who was really great actually, said MIA catering is a joke and they didnt have sundaes so holding up for them wouldnt have mattered.
NO raspberry cheesecake at all.........
5 total cheese plates were catered....For 37 ppl.
What a freaking JOKE !!1
One weird thing is the menu didnt list sundaes. It listed "seasonal Cake", cheese plate & raspberry cheesecake..
So is this some default menu for when MIA catering doesnt feel like loading or having sundaes? 3 other pax did ask about the ice cream but I think I was the only one to talk extensively about it with anyone. Purser said she felt really bad about having No desserts and said she will write it up and encouraged me to do the online complaint. She said MIA catering is the worst. She also mentioned how having only 4 FA's upfront and not 5 has really been frustrating too b/c she feels she cant provide the level of service she wants to.
Btw, they did find some desserts and came though with them on a tray. They were the freaking tarts from Covid.........Absolutely disgusting.
Oh and entrees were mislabeled so that Fish was labeled Pasta and Pasta was labeled Beef. Not all but but many had this problem.
Her writing it up and me complaining wont do anything though. I really feel there was nothing Flagship about that flight last night. And the salad was nothing but just some lettuce thrown in a bowl with maybe 4 little pieces of dried apricot.
RT
Dec 23, 2021, 3:50 pm
#1354
Join Date: Jul 2016
Posts: 39
Flying AUS - MIA for breakfast on Saturday. Can't wait for that disgusting bAAgel.
Dec 24, 2021, 11:37 am
#1355
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Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Intermountain West
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Order of service
Flt 510, phx-ogg, does meal service start on the left side or right side of the plane? Or is it hit or miss?
Dec 24, 2021, 7:19 pm
#1357
Join Date: Jul 2020
Location: So Cal
Programs: AA Platinum
Posts: 2,703
Essentially, yes. MIA is allowed to get away with a lot to "supply chain shortages." Same reason why the premium bedding provisioning can be so inconsistent on this route in F/J (despite JFK having no issues providing the required onboard catering and other soft products).
-FlyerBeek
-FlyerBeek
You are so right on JFK (& BOS) being near perfect as far as having the menu items & the bedding (both large pillow & duvet and a small pillow & small blanket were at my seat to Boston last week).
What a Joke MIA is..
Btw, MIA is showing 2 daily 789's in February. I've never seen a 789 LAX/MIA. Whats interesting is it is marketed as Flagship of course but listed as F so will I get into FFD?? Of course it should be listed as J to match the 772 and maybe they will correct it but as of now its showing F like a normal domestic flight but yet listed as Flagship.
So sick of this MIA route with AA but really what are my other options- just B6 for non stop but I am not a huge Mint fan and no lounge access.
Dec 24, 2021, 8:22 pm
#1359
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: NYC
Programs: AA EXP
Posts: 1,372
Btw, MIA is showing 2 daily 789's in February. I've never seen a 789 LAX/MIA. Whats interesting is it is marketed as Flagship of course but listed as F so will I get into FFD?? Of course it should be listed as J to match the 772 and maybe they will correct it but as of now its showing F like a normal domestic flight but yet listed as Flagship.
Dec 24, 2021, 8:42 pm
#1360
Join Date: Jul 2020
Location: So Cal
Programs: AA Platinum
Posts: 2,703
You should get FL access, but won't have FFD access. For the widebodies without a separate F cabin, they kind of do a hybrid. It is called Flagship First on the menus, etc., but the ticket fare basis is a business class fare, and the service and benefits are a flagship business product.
Dec 24, 2021, 10:20 pm
#1361
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: NYC
Programs: AA EXP
Posts: 1,372
Yes totally agree with everything you said just that lately AA has fixed any confusion by calling the 772 flights Business, knowing the confusion that could come with calling it First (Flagship First). Its just that on these 2 newly added 789's it should say Business is all I am was saying . At the moment it says First and is listed as Flagship which technically should get you in to FFD but wouldnt of coursre........But to be honest, I've seen a couple ppl talk their way into FFD within FFD I mean the servers or host really dont know or understand the rules. And actually on Tuesday an attractive young lady 100% got herself into FL when her access was only supposed to be AC. She pleaded for a minute and was let into MIA FL.
Dec 24, 2021, 11:24 pm
#1362
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: LAX
Programs: AA EXP.
Posts: 1,325
i thought sundaes have been gone for like 3 or 4 years in J
Dec 26, 2021, 1:15 pm
#1363
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Michigan
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Each course was delivered separately and then collected from tray individually once finished and then the next course came out.
Dec 26, 2021, 2:09 pm
#1364
Join Date: Jan 2011
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Aside from the FL/FFD access issues, I'd note that AA hasn't actually changed anything, at least as of a week and a half ago, when I flew LAX-MIA on a 772 in "Flagship First." The menu said "Flagship First" but it was white cardstock like the Flagship Business menus, not black like the true Flagship First menus. Can't say much about lounge access as I didn't go to the lounge on arrival, and just wanted to leave the airport.
Fly a 773 in F, and you’ll get a black menu and FFD access (where currently open).
Dec 26, 2021, 3:35 pm
#1365
Join Date: Dec 2021
Posts: 11
Sundaes are definitely a thing in J still but I really don’t understand the luster. Generally rock hard mediocre vanilla ice cream with an overly sweet topping. I personally prefer the other dessert options.
maybe a nostalgia thing? Now the fresh baked cookies…wish they brought those back
maybe a nostalgia thing? Now the fresh baked cookies…wish they brought those back