Pre-ordering a meal on a domestic flight is something you don’t really find in Europe. I quite like the fact certain US carriers offer this service, as selecting your first class meal on the fly can be fraught with danger.
Alaska Airlines are one airline that offer this service, and as I am flying with them soon (yay!) I have decisions to make. Having looked up the three choices online, all of which look amazing, I am at a loss as to which to choose.
Alaska Airlines First Class Meal Choices
My flight will be heading from Seattle to Denver and the meal choices are available to select. As you can see below, there is Alaska Airlines’ signature fruit and cheese plate, an attractively named Autumn Squash Ancient Grain Bowl and a Pho Plate.
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- Which should I choose?
I immediately gravitated to the Pho Plate, as I tend to be a fan of Asian food in general. Checking around online, I found some photos taken by some frequent flyers to check out what it all might look like.
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- This is the fruit and cheese platter.
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- Ancient grains, baby!
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- A little Pho.
Quite frankly, all of them look delicious and the people commenting on their meals all made favourable remarks. Therefore, looking into it has not helped me one bit. Can I get all three, Alaska Airlines? Love you forever! 😛
Overall Thoughts
Help me choose my first class meal! I eat anything and everything, and each of those looks delectable to me. I have one more Alaska Airlines flight scheduled for this year and I am usually not based in the US.
That means this meal and whatever I choose for my next flight in April will be all I will be able to sample from the Seattle based oneworld alliance carrier. Sad, I know, but there’ll be more flights one day.
Armed with that knowledge, which one would you recommend I try? I look forward to hearing your opinions. Thank you for reading and if you have any comments or questions, please leave them below.
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Pho by RAD_PDX, Ancient Grains and Fruit and Cheese by DrewBr – both on Flyertalk.
Depends on what you will have eaten prior to the flight, and if you are going to utilize the AS Lounge in SEA. I’d go with the Pho Plate if you aren’t eating prior to flight, but if you are the Fruit and Cheese plate is a nice light choice, and filling too.
Oh hey, that’s a good point. I am planning to use the lounge at SEA before the flight. I had forgotten all about that in my rush to order something. Food for thought there, thanks for that – much appreciated!
Not sure how much you fly Alaska. The fruit and cheese plate is the same one sold in coach, just with better plating. It’s delicious, don’t get me wrong. But as it is always available while the other two options rotate I’d choose ancient grains but only because I’m not a beef eater.
I have flown Alaska once but now they’re in oneworld I will use them as much as possible. I had a feeling the cheese platter was the same one you could buy. I quite like cheese and the platter looks glorious, but I’m with you – if it’s always available I’d rather try something that isn’t. Thanks for that, I selected the ancient grains and my friend chose the Pho Plate. I usually would have gone with the Pho Plate too, but something about the ancient grains called to me. Thanks for the advice!! 🙂