No catering on 7 hour flight...

[Totallyconfusedaboutlife]

I booked flights for me and OH last month and have just gone into my booking to try to order a GF meal for me - I'm coeliac. But there is no catering on this flight. This is OK (kind of... ) for me, but OH is type 1 diabetic and could really do with a meal half way through. I've never been on a flight this length that doesn't offer catering. Is this a new thing? The flight wasn't cheap (not Easyjet or anything like that).

@SavoyCabbage

They won’t let you take nuts on a flight I've flown countless times on numerous airlines with aforementioned anaphylactic dd and I've never come across a nut free flight.

Do you make the airline aware of your DD's allergy? We've just come back from Spain and both our flight over and return flight we were asked not to eat anything containing nuts due to someone on board having severe allergies .

@Zazdar

Nuts will work for him.

Just hope that there is not a “No nuts, or someone will die” announcement when you get on.

Airlines should not still be serving nuts in my opinion . Passengers should not be taking them onto flights either. So unnecessary and quite selfish.

Plaidparty I’m laughing really hard at the thought of boiled eggs on a plane. Totally not the case! I make like round meatballs with a mix of ground beef, Turkey and chicken, throwing in some black beans, a mixed egg for binding, spinach, sweet potato and mashed cauliflower. They really don’t smell!!!! They are like a badly portioned meal in a ball.

I had a colleague who ate boiled eggs and I don’t know what was worse, the smell of the egg at the start or after it was eaten. Bleugh (shudder)

I’m a T1 diabetic and I always travel with food. I don’t rely on airplane food being what I need and when I need it.

It’s important to have packaged food available for long waits in immigration queues or on airport transfers. I take small packages of nuts or protein bars as well as hypo treatments.Handy to have the carb count available for dosing.

If you are taking fresh food please be aware that you may have to ditch it at the other end, so having packaged food is important.

Ds has nut allergy. We make aware pre flight, and on arrival at airport. There’s never been an announcement on board banning people eating own nuts. Maybe airlines themselves are more nut free now , but no stop on what people bring from home

I make like round meatballs with a mix of ground beef, Turkey and chicken, throwing in some black beans, a mixed egg for binding, spinach, sweet potato and mashed cauliflower

They sound really nice, I'm going to make those.

I haven't got to the bottom yet so this may already have been suggested. But I have 2 ideas.

1. Get a small insulated bag and an ice block, bring a nice meal from home or good deli option that is a treat but suits DH needs. Have plenty of other snacks that work for you both. Perhaps a dehydrated pot if that works for you guys as hot water should be available - not all such pots are like pot noodle. Or consider making up your own with instant noodles, powdered stock and veggies, maybe something like pre cooked prawns or chicken in small pieces etc - just make it in a tub that you can pour hot water into. Essentially a posh picnic.

2. Look at the airport website, find the terminal maps that show airside. Find the terminal you are travelling from and have a good look at what restaurants and shops are there - plan to get there early enough to eat your big meal in the airport after checkin and security OR (or even and) find an option that seems tasty and buy a bigger meal (not just a sandwich) to bring on board. I don't know about LHR but in Dublin I used to get a nice smoked salmon salad and brown bread meal to bring with me a lot, so it's not just limp ham and cheese sambos.

Remember to buy drinks once you get through security. But again there is lots of good choice nowadays of cold drinks, including orange juice and health drinks, as well as the usual water and fizzy drinks.

But if you turn it around from being a problem to seeing it as an opportunity for a treat, that might help.

And if the airline does serve you food when you get on board, then you have a choice of whether to enjoy that or your treats.

I never eat plane food, it’s usually minging.

Get to airport early have a nice big meal and. Take a bunch of snack
Wow what a fuss over nothing , yes I love a meal to break things up a bit. But you're making a grown man seen like a delicate princess

@BiddyPop

I haven't got to the bottom yet so this may already have been suggested. But I have 2 ideas.

1. Get a small insulated bag and an ice block, bring a nice meal from home or good deli option that is a treat but suits DH needs. Have plenty of other snacks that work for you both. Perhaps a dehydrated pot if that works for you guys as hot water should be available - not all such pots are like pot noodle. Or consider making up your own with instant noodles, powdered stock and veggies, maybe something like pre cooked prawns or chicken in small pieces etc - just make it in a tub that you can pour hot water into. Essentially a posh picnic.

2. Look at the airport website, find the terminal maps that show airside. Find the terminal you are travelling from and have a good look at what restaurants and shops are there - plan to get there early enough to eat your big meal in the airport after checkin and security OR (or even and) find an option that seems tasty and buy a bigger meal (not just a sandwich) to bring on board. I don't know about LHR but in Dublin I used to get a nice smoked salmon salad and brown bread meal to bring with me a lot, so it's not just limp ham and cheese sambos.

Remember to buy drinks once you get through security. But again there is lots of good choice nowadays of cold drinks, including orange juice and health drinks, as well as the usual water and fizzy drinks.

But if you turn it around from being a problem to seeing it as an opportunity for a treat, that might help.

And if the airline does serve you food when you get on board, then you have a choice of whether to enjoy that or your treats.

Six pages of posts and you think someone might not have suggested this?!!

@Aintnosupermum

Plaidparty I’m laughing really hard at the thought of boiled eggs on a plane. Totally not the case! I make like round meatballs with a mix of ground beef, Turkey and chicken, throwing in some black beans, a mixed egg for binding, spinach, sweet potato and mashed cauliflower. They really don’t smell!!!! They are like a badly portioned meal in a ball.

I had a colleague who ate boiled eggs and I don’t know what was worse, the smell of the egg at the start or after it was eaten. Bleugh (shudder)

they DEFINITELY smell 🤢

Do you make the airline aware of your DD's allergy?
Yes. You can't take an epipen without the airline knowing and a letter from your doctor about the epipen being necessary.

Definitely leave fresh fruit behind--some countries have very strict laws about bringing fresh fruit into their countries and can give you massive fines.

Eat at the airport before you board, and buy snacks for the flight

Olives, cheese, a salad, blueberries, crudités would all work.