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Travelling long haul with DC who has nut allergy

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BlackeyedPetitsPois · 23/07/2024 15:00

After some advice please if anyone has any experience. Thank you.

We are flying long haul (9+ hrs) with British Airways soon. DC (8yrs) has a tree nut allergy which requires them to carry EpiPens.
(I have a signed GP letter to take with us to allow us on the plane with the EpiPens.)

Does anyone know if we would be allowed to board early to wipe down the surfaces of our seats, tray tables etc?

We are taking our own food for DC so any suggestions for long flight other than sandwiches? Could we take pot noodle/pasta style meals which just need hot water?

Any other advice would be very welcome!

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BlackeyedPetitsPois · 23/07/2024 22:51

Many thanks for all your comments. We are super careful but at the same time want to show DD that it’s possible to live a fulfilling and enjoyable life despite her allergy.

It’s a tough one - and believe me I have spent many hours thinking “Are we doing the right thing?” and have been through every ‘what if’ scenario.

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Harvestmoon49 · 23/07/2024 22:57

LoopyGremlin · 23/07/2024 18:09

I was on a flight recently where there was an announcement that a passenger was severely allergic to nuts. I am sad to say that a rowdy stag do nearby opened up bags of peanuts and completely ignored the request not to consume nuts. I would have been petrified if my child had a nut allergy.

We flew to Italy recently, the staff were brilliant and repeatedly made announcements but we noticed at least 2 people blatantly eating nut products!
Ds wore a mask, and we wiped down everything in the immediate area.

Harvestmoon49 · 23/07/2024 23:00

Ds has 4 epipens if we fly - this I find reassuring but it's still terrifying!

samarrange · 23/07/2024 23:06

notimagain · 23/07/2024 18:40

I’d be interested to see an actual detailed report on that incident, do you have a link? In the mean time:

”They airline have to be told to warn passengers”

There’s a tremendous amount of misunderstanding going around what the airlines must and must not do…AFAIK there are no standard announcements, or standard procedures, it’s down to individual airlines and is usually as detailed in their T&Cs….most make best efforts but some make pretty much zero provision at all for allergies and certainly won’t make aircraft wide announcements.

FWIW to quote in part the world wide representative body on this, IATA:

“Consider alerting the Cabin Crew in charge that you or your child has a severe allergy”…..”However, be advised that many airlines will not make specific broadcast announcements to passengers for these cases”

https://www.iata.org/contentassets/ccbdc54681c24574bebf2db2b18197a5/allergen-sensitive-passenger.pdf

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I found this, although the passenger didn't die - just nearly did. 😳 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/06/07/girl-nearly-died-flight-man-ignored-requests-stop-eating-nuts/

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