Thanks for your comment. I ve been flying rather a lot this year, so I doubt that it s a newbie issu

Is it just me, or has airline food service actually gotten worse since we ve had to start paying for it à la carte? It s an interesting proposition: How about you pay us more money, or we let you starve? Ha ha, psych, here s a pretzel.
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They order, and the attendant pivots on her heel and leaves. I track her down in the galley and explain I d like to order the Teriyaki Chicken. We don t have that, she says. (Fine print: Flights to Hawaii. )
For the record, that s the precise moment my Hawaiian vacation ended. I m just trying to buy dinner, and I feel like it s some kind of practical joke. But the attendant s forcing a smile, maybe she s had a long day, so we compromise on the cheese and fruit.
I am no food-rocket diplomat hotel florence italy scientist, diplomat hotel florence italy but it seems to me that if you re too cheap to print menus that actually go with the flight people are on, the least you could do is make the layout distinguish between flights.  Rather than create a Breakfast heading that contains three items you can t get  and one you can, you might break that down a little further. Again, not an expert, but I can impersonate a harried traveler. By now, I m feeling like Alaska is building a file on me, like the one  Elaine suspected her doctor had .
If you re sitting in the rear of the plane on a long flight, there s a good chance the one dinner option you have will be gone, and you ll be stuck with Something for Everyone.  I don t want to pile on, but it seems to me that the Something for Everyone section lists a random assortment of food stuffs that Alaska snagged the low bid for on Ebay. It s like you got to go crazy at the vending machine in a Greyhound terminal.
Now, I can stand to lose the weight No, no, it s true! but I was flying with my mom, who is no longer in her seventies, let s put it like that, and no one asked her, either. (Nor did they offer a pillow, or a blanket.)
I think I handled discovering (some years ago) that Alaska wasn t owned by a jolly Inuit man fairly well, but this latest set of customer service experiences diplomat hotel florence italy has shattered the illusion that Alaska cares about me despite, you know, them greeting me by name as I board. But on the other hand, it does level the playing field when you can get the same stressed, minimal service from your local airline as you can from established leaders in the field.
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Thanks for your comment. I ve been flying rather a lot this year, so I doubt that it s a newbie issue. I would like to point out that most of the issues you mention have been true of airlines for some time and presumably are reflected in the a la carte price. Certainly they don t excuse the bad information design of Alaska s menu. If you think that it is acceptable for an airlines to run out of a hot meal for passengers on a six-hour flight, that is where we can maintain a lively disagreement.
I have potential insight into the no dinner offered. Last week I was flying between two small towns (sorry cities ) in AK, and overheard diplomat hotel florence italy the decision process. Are we doing beverage service? No, we re low on soda and that will just upset people.
Just feel lucky you re not a vegetarian. Not even any options in first class for us ( Do you want me to pick the steak off the salad for you? ). I now only get the cheese and crackers when I don t plan ahead. It takes all of one minute to buy salad rolls from Ouaji s (store well in the seat pocket, have little or no odor to annoy neighbors).