NEW: Buy on Board Food Choices WIN: @AmericanAir USB Card with Free Gogo Wifi Code
I was on a flight the other day, sitting in coach, and was glancing through the Buy on Board menu and noticed that it was updated March 1 and that there were some new food choices.
Over the last few months, chef Marcus Samuelsson has collaborated with American to enhance their premium class food service. Now you’ll be able to try a few of his New American Table creations in the back of the plane: some new sandwiches and a new cookie have been added to the food-for-purchase menu.
Here’s a look at what’s been added:
Brisket, Lettuce, and Tomato Sandwich
California Cob Sandwich
Triple Shot Cookie: oats, cranberries, chocolate
To make way for these new choices, some long time staples of the buy-on-board menu have be dropped.
Gone: Gourmet Chocolate Waffle
Gone: Turkey and Chutney Sandwich
Gone: in flight Delights
I’m going to miss this snack box. It was sold on flights from DFW and Chicago into LAX and SFO. I guess it wasn’t a popular item.
Gone: Boston Market Carver Sandwiches
I’ve never been a fan of these sandwiches. In theory, it seems like they ought to be appetizing, but the reality was much different…as Kurtis Blow used to say, “Baby You’ve Got To Go”!
Here’s a look at the new menu
American Airlines Spring 2012 Menu: inside fold
American Airlines Spring 2012 Menu: outside fold
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I always travel with a couple of Odwalla snack bars in my laptop bag and take a large bottled water with me on every flight. When I’m on vacation, I always take along some Haribo Gold Bears – they’re my favorite in-flight indulgence (besides the baked-on-board cookie, of course).
To enter today’s drawing, just share your favorite in-flight snack.
Tomorrow morning, I’ll have a random drawing to pick a winner and will announce the results in Wednesday’s post. One entry per person. The deadline to enter is tonight, March 20, at 11:59PM Pacific.
Good luck!
Chocolate Covered Pretzels from “Nuts on Clark” in ORD.
Beef jerky!
Peanuts.
I always have a couple granola bars and some nuts, lately it’s been almonds.
Haribo Gold bears are great, but I always, and I mean ALWAYS fly with the 12 flavor gummi bears from sunflower markets! As a matter of fact, I’ve got to go get some right now for my flight this afternoon!
goldfish and sunchips
whiskey and lots of it
Biscotti Cookies!
Bloody mary mix
If I’m traveling with my wife, it’ll be something healthy like fruit or nuts. If I’m traveling solo, it’ll be something more along the lines of chips or cookies.
It’s not really a snack, but its what i always have on the plane. A Smoothie!
Beef jerky
Honey Roasted peanuts are still a classic!
Always like to take a chocolate shake on board.
Good riddance to those sandwiches. They were mostly bread. I’ve always been a smoothie fan as well.
I’m probably the only one but I did really like the Boston Carver sandwiches. I’m also partial to Red Vines.
Granola bars
Coconut chocolate chip Cliff bars, don’t leave home without them!
Goldfish or SunChips
Mexicana used to give these chile lime peanuts; really good stuff.
It’s not AA, but.. Blue Chips are my favorite!
Turkey Jerky!
Double Chocalty chip frappacino from Starbucks with skim and light whip.
auntie anne’s pretzels
biscoff cookies 🙂
I have a loonggggg flight coming up from hong kong to ny on AA. Could def use one of these to stay up to date when blogging!! My fave in flight snack is the cheese platters
Reese’s Pieces
milano cookies!
I like peanut M&M’s
the simplest is a piece of pita bread and a slice of american cheese
Sometimes I bring almonds as a healthy snack and always ask the people next to me if they’re allergic to peanuts – just in case. As far as an American Airlines snack goes, once I tried the Turkey and Chutney sandwich. It was delicious.
the hot nuts up in front 🙂
Raw veggies – stayin’ healthy!
I always bring Kind bars as snacks (on planes and everywhere else, too).
I love Delta’s cookies … could eat them for 8 hours straight
Salty snacks. Or chocolate covered anything really.
My wife and I always carry a bag of cashews.
I never won any lucky draw, not even a candy.
Delta Biscoff Cookies are the best.
I always carry some almonds with me.
Pretzels – awesome!
Rum! Pretzels are good to.
Hawaiian Macadamia Nuts
I want a BoB choice that’s gluten free, and I’ll take it from any airline. Tired of paying for poison. 🙁
Has to be a Snickers Bar
I prefer the light ones. Like baked chips…
I love to have either Sour Patch Kids or Swedish Fish. Calories consumed on flights don’t count, right? 🙂
Thanks for posting the updated food choices
Thanks for posting the updated food choices – the best is still the hot mixed nuts
Bag of Costco almonds
Chocolate covered, peanut butter filled, pretzels from Trader Joe’s.
I absolutely agree that the turkey and chutney sandwich was great (and the boston carver terrible). I’m sad to see it go!
I usually buy my own snack rather than buying onboard
I like to eat apples or graham crackers when flying
A bagel or two from that Brooklyn Deli place in the AA terminal at JFK. The taste of home at 30,000 feet…