People don’t typically go to the airport specifically to eat (well, unless they’re flying that day and are trying to justify their credit card annual fee!), but this might be worth making an exception for, at least for us aviation geeks…
Continue reading: Epic: Alaska Airlines’ 7-Course “Greatest Airline Meals” Dinner At PDX
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Cool idea but one month's notice and at the tail end of President's Week - not many will be flying from the East Coast just for this (although please do feed the content machine - literally and figuratively!). Also for less than $200 hard to imagine the opulence that one (rightly or wrongly) thinks of when romanticizing mid-century travel. All that free flowing caviar, champagne, lobster, etc. costs real inflation-adjusted money these days!
Mhm, that’s a nope for me.
Perhaps, they saved money by using Nick Cage’s Pig to hunt for the truffles out there.
There longest flight is like 4 hours. How do they have time to server that many courses? Doubt it will be much good at all.
Gotta love Alaska Airlines. Round trip from the East Coast to this event ... 25K miles, and will get status points for the trip.
What an amazing concept. Alaska continues to out think and out innovate the competition. Unfortunately I have other plans that wouldn't let this work for me.
Better yet, use those 25K Alaska points to fly JFK-SFO/LAX in J or F, then connect up to PDX, so you can actually enjoy lie-flat on transcon…
Portland local and booked for Saturday.
If anyone would like to get together the day before or after there's some great food here.
It is a cool idea, but as a long-time Alaska flyer I'd prefer them bringing back real meals on economy flights with real plates and silverware, even if I had to start getting those prayer cards again.
You’re a good man, Steve. I applaud your welcoming spirit and sense of community! While I cannot attend, I hope you and those who do enjoy themselves!
It’s not clear if the price includes drinky drinks - I’d think not as it is not a listed inclusion. With the smaller portions expected for 7 courses, something like this is totally doable at good quality for the price.
Hey now, I didn’t realize there’d be ‘drinky drinks’… I may have to re-evaluate now!
Been to Portland a few times due to friends living there, so if I was around definitely would be down! Sadly very far away across the atlantic!
Very cool. I've done a dinner hosted by a food historian ( Victorian and interesting) but aviation bend sounds much more exciting. Take this on the road to a couple cities a year!
Also, JFK-ANC and SEA-KEF would like a word, though neither are currently operating on the winter schedule. The latter will be in the top 10 longest 737 MAX 8 routes of any carrier when it launches in May.
I’ll be there Friday — the day after flying 8,500 miles home to
PDX, so I hope I can stay awake through it. I’ll finally have my chance to visit the speakeasy at PDX
I was fortunate to have flown a few hundred US domestic and international flights during the seventies and eighties, and I well remember Chateaubriand and Pork Hoisin carved seatside, with wonderful salad, vegetable and dessert presentations - all from the trolley. I look forward to experiencing these again during the weekend's festivities.
If you're referring to Alaska Airlines, it currently flies dozens of routes over 4 hours - all the SEA - East Coast routes, Hawaii flights, some Mexico and Costa Rica flights...
Unfortunately, today's First Class catering - even on longer flights - barely meets Coach Class standards from 50 years ago
Let's hope it's not limited to the greatest U.S. airline meals! Although I do give a shout out to United's early 70s Royal Hawaiian Service flights which were catered in conjunction with Trader Vic's. Best Mai Tai's ever! Bob Six at Continental countered nicely with help from Don The Beachcomber.
I never understood those damn prayer cards. Seattle is the least churched and least religious city in America...nobody gives a shit about some little prayer and photo of folded hands.
I was unaware Alaska was offering lie-flats on its JFK-SFO flights. A quick check of the schedules for February showed 737s only, and so far as I know, Alaska offers standard recliners only aboard its 737s. Did not see any 787s scheduled...
I thought the prayer cards were charming and something that set Alaska Airlines way apart from everyone else. For those not familiar with them, they had very generic sayings like "be kind to those less fortunate than yourself". Nothing more offensive than getting a "Confucius say" sentence in a fortune cookie
Huh? I wonder if first course is that horrible pretzel pack that’s been around for as long as I can remember on AS flights. And I wonder why million miler titanium’s and above wouldn’t be invited to thanks us for our loyalty which hangs right now as a Daisy picked I love you and I love you not.
Hi Steve,
I'll be there on Saturday today! Would love to say hi or grab a drink!