American Airlines Gave Me Gf Meals And Snack

[YankeeDB]

All I had to do was call their 800 number, tell them my flights a few days in advance and they took care of it.

However, one meal included a roll with no ingredients listed so I avoided it.

All in all, a good experience--thank you, American Airlines!!!!

[tyki]

I agree, American Airlines does a super job. My husband and I went to Hawaii in November. We called the 800 number a couple weeks before the trip and I ordered gluten-free for me and low calorie for him. We also called the day before our trip to make sure the meal choices were noted. Then when we boarded the plane we let the stewardess know where we were sitting (someone else had been sitting in our seats when we boarded) and everything was golden from there.

The gluten-free meals were good and tasty and included a rice cake in place of a dinner roll you would expect in most meals. They also included some tasty gluten-free cookies (the packages came home with me to hunt for a source). And hubby's low cal meal was a lot like mine, except he got a dinner roll instead of the rice cake.

We had the same sort of experience both directions on our trip. I got gluten-free meals and they provided some of the gluten-free cookies for the snack time as well, since I couldn't have the pretzels they were giving everyone else. I'm also glad we called ahead. Apparently November was pasta month. The others on the plane had lasagna for their meal, which means I wouldn't have been able to eat it at all.

Hats off to American Airlines.

[MichelleC]

What was in your meals?

[pixiegirl]

Thanks for this post I am flying American in a few days and I called them for Gluten Free so I'm all set, I hope they remember!

Susan

[tyki]

My meals both directions were a boneless grilled chicken breast (not overcooked), fresh vegetables, fresh fruits, a gluten-free cookie, and a cinnamon rice cake and margarine.

As I said, others who were getting standard meals were getting a lasagna meal with a dinner roll. The pasta would have made it inedible for me. The other passengers looked on enviously as we ate our fresh pineapple slices and strawberries.