I've had good luck w/Southwest Airlines (courteous staff, pretzels not peanuts)
and there's no first class, too. But I will also ask the steward to announce it
on the p.a. With airlines cutting back, more people are bringing their own
food. Good luck!


--- On Sun, 1/11/09, GatewayFEAST@yahoogroups.com <GatewayFEAST@yahoogroups.com>
wrote:

> From: GatewayFEAST@yahoogroups.com <GatewayFEAST@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: [GatewayFEAST] Digest Number 283
> To: GatewayFEAST@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Sunday, January 11, 2009, 3:47 PM
> There are 3 messages in this issue.
>
> Topics in this digest:
>
> 1a. Re: American Airlines - Experience w/Peanut Allergies?
>
> From: leymelissa
> 1b. Re: American Airlines - Experience w/Peanut Allergies?
>
> From: ka.white
> 1c. Re: American Airlines - Experience w/Peanut Allergies?
>
> From: srhea729
>
>
> Messages
> ________________________________________________________________________
> 1a. Re: American Airlines - Experience w/Peanut Allergies?
> Posted by: "leymelissa"
> melissaley@... leymelissa
> Date: Sat Jan 10, 2009 7:48 am ((PST))
>
> In the past when we have flown, we had better luck telling
> the check
> in reprensentative when we arrived at the airport and/or
> the flight
> attendents at the gate and on the plane. They were always
> more
> accomodating ( if only to give us a peanut free zone in our
> section)
> We also always board the plane first and wipe everything we
> think our
> son would touch with clorox wipes and cover his seat with a
> bed sheet
> from home. We also brought one of those disposable
> placemats to stick
> onto the flip down tray.
> And of course bring his own snack :)
> Hope this helps you
> Melissa
>
>
>
> Messages in this topic (4)
> ________________________________________________________________________
> 1b. Re: American Airlines - Experience w/Peanut Allergies?
> Posted by: "ka.white" ka.white@...
> ka.white
> Date: Sat Jan 10, 2009 11:07 am ((PST))
>
> Make sure you bring extra Benedryll and epis since the last
> time they
> kept the main cabin peanut free but let the first class
> passengers have
> honey roasted peanuts!!!!!!!! And definitely tell them at
> check in and
> the nicest stewardess on board and then be prepared for
> other
> passengers to not care. Sorry and I hope that doesn't
> happen to you
> but you are much better off being super safe and over
> prepared than
> sorry later.
>
> Kara
>
> In GatewayFEAST@yahoogroups.com, "china_mommy_05"
> <ltillock@...> wrote:
> >
> > We've booked a flight to Florida (to Disney) on
> American, and this
> will
> > be our first flying with our son who has PN & TN
> allergies. We did
> > research the airlines and are taking nonstop flights
> that are the
> first
> > of the day, but all anyone at American would do would
> read their
> policy
> > to us. They said that we could talk to a flight
> coordinator a couple
> > weeks prior to the flight to make any special
> arrangements.
> >
> > Does anyone have any advice about flying on American
> or flying with
> > allergies in general? Any is appreciated.
> > Thanks,
> > Lori T.
> >
>
>
>
>
> Messages in this topic (4)
> ________________________________________________________________________
> 1c. Re: American Airlines - Experience w/Peanut Allergies?
> Posted by: "srhea729" srhea729@...
> srhea729
> Date: Sat Jan 10, 2009 1:39 pm ((PST))
>
> You can request a peanut free flight. This means that they
> will serve
> pretzels instead of peanuts. But no guarantees that the
> plane itself
> is peanut free. My son is about as allergic as they come
> (100+ on the
> Rast test) and he did just fine under these circumstances.
> I got on
> the plane first and wiped down the seats. Then my husband
> came on with
> the kids.
>
>
>
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