{"id":618,"date":"2013-09-27T22:04:20","date_gmt":"2013-09-28T05:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevaluetraveler.com\/?p=618"},"modified":"2014-09-03T01:25:20","modified_gmt":"2014-09-03T01:25:20","slug":"alaska-announces-improved-in-flight-catering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/thevaluetraveler\/2013\/09\/27\/alaska-announces-improved-in-flight-catering\/","title":{"rendered":"Alaska Announces Improved  In-Flight Catering"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Alaska Airlines is one of the best airlines out there, but I must admit, their in-flight catering options aren&#8217;t all that great.\u00a0 Apparently, they are attempting to show some improvement in this arena by announcing the introduction of a new menu.\u00a0 Starting September 4th, every flight over 2 1\/2 hours long will offer a hot meal for purchase in coach, and may be purchased with any credit card. Most meals look to be about $6.00, which isn&#8217;t too bad, considering your options for food are limited at 30,000 feet up.\u00a0 They are also allowing you to <a href=\"http:\/\/alaskaair.inflightcafe.com\/AS\/action\/menu?\" target=\"_blank\">pre-order <\/a>your meal option on select flights. Take a look below and see if it appeals to your senses.\u00a0 It may be worth ordering something, especially for an early morning Alaska flight, which you left the house at without breakfast.\u00a0 There are changes for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alaskaair.com\/content\/travel-info\/food-beverage\/food-first-class.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">First Class<\/a> passengers, as well.\u00a0 A three-course meal consisting of wild Alaskan salmon on transcontinental flights sure sounds good!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/thevaluetraveler\/files\/2013\/09\/alaska_food_2.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-622\" alt=\"alaska_food_2\" src=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/thevaluetraveler\/files\/2013\/09\/alaska_food_2.png\" width=\"513\" height=\"548\" srcset=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/thevaluetraveler\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/\/sites\/64\/2013\/09\/alaska_food_2.png 604w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/thevaluetraveler\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/\/sites\/64\/2013\/09\/alaska_food_2-281x300.png 281w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/thevaluetraveler\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/\/sites\/64\/2013\/09\/alaska_food_2-560x597.png 560w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/thevaluetraveler\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/\/sites\/64\/2013\/09\/alaska_food_2-260x277.png 260w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/thevaluetraveler\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/\/sites\/64\/2013\/09\/alaska_food_2-160x170.png 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 513px) 100vw, 513px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/thevaluetraveler\/files\/2013\/09\/alaska_food.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-621\" alt=\"alaska_food\" src=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/thevaluetraveler\/files\/2013\/09\/alaska_food.png\" width=\"455\" height=\"474\" srcset=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/thevaluetraveler\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/\/sites\/64\/2013\/09\/alaska_food.png 609w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/thevaluetraveler\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/\/sites\/64\/2013\/09\/alaska_food-287x300.png 287w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/thevaluetraveler\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/\/sites\/64\/2013\/09\/alaska_food-560x583.png 560w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/thevaluetraveler\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/\/sites\/64\/2013\/09\/alaska_food-260x271.png 260w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/thevaluetraveler\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/\/sites\/64\/2013\/09\/alaska_food-160x166.png 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 455px) 100vw, 455px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/thevaluetraveler\/files\/2013\/09\/hawaii_menu.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-623\" alt=\"hawaii_menu\" src=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/thevaluetraveler\/files\/2013\/09\/hawaii_menu.png\" width=\"545\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/thevaluetraveler\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/\/sites\/64\/2013\/09\/hawaii_menu.png 639w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/thevaluetraveler\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/\/sites\/64\/2013\/09\/hawaii_menu-290x300.png 290w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/thevaluetraveler\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/\/sites\/64\/2013\/09\/hawaii_menu-560x577.png 560w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/thevaluetraveler\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/\/sites\/64\/2013\/09\/hawaii_menu-260x268.png 260w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/thevaluetraveler\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/\/sites\/64\/2013\/09\/hawaii_menu-160x165.png 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alaska Airlines is one of the best airlines out there, but I must admit, their in-flight catering options aren&#8217;t all that great.\u00a0 Apparently, they are&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":79,"featured_media":622,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[4,1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.13 - 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