Last week when I called American Airlines to request our meals for our April trip I was told beginning Feb. they will no longer provide meals-even on extended trips, such as Hawaii. They said you can buy a boxed sandwich/wrap from them, if you like.

Has anyone heard anything contrary to this little surprise? We gotta get really creative packing food for lunch & dinner.

I didn't realize there were airlines still serving meals.

We always take our own food for long hauls.

I haven't had a meal on an airline in quite awhile. Even when they did serve food, I generally brought my own. Who wants to eat airline food anyway?

I generally bring a sandwich, some cookies, fruit, some munchies like nuts, a bagel with cream cheese, and that sort of thing. How much I pack depends on the lenght of the flight.

A friend from Atlanta told me this morning that Delta would no longer provide meals for their flight crews.

You know it wouldn't be so bad if we're just talking about lunch but this is a LONG flight! I wonder if the flight attendants will heat up some soup for me if I bring it? I'm a foodie, so this is going to take some serious thinking...

I'm flying Continental to Maui at the end of the month and my itenerary shows lunch on one flight and dinner on our return.

Maybe it depends on the airline?

DD

We recently flew from LA to Minneapolis and back (during meal times) on NWA and we were given lunch and dinner. It wasn't great but it was food. Don't know if they have changed in the last week or so tho.

If you're a serious foodie then I'd think it would be worse if they did serve a meal.

But soup will keep hot in a thermos for quite a long time.

There was an article in the business section of the local news paper about 3-4 weeks ago that outlined American's new meal plan. Only meals in first class will be provided at no charge.

Bryarsmom, I think you simply cannot qualify as a foodie if not having an airline meal would cause you to change carriers. A foodie loves great food - other than First Class (and rarely even) does airline food qualify.

Here's a suggestion, make yourself a few gourmet sandwichs for a long haul flight. Try either a Fresh Roast Turkey with Cranberry and Brie or a Roast Beef with Caramelized Onions, Provelone and Dijon Mustard. Easy to make - and far more enjoyable than the AA offering.

Sounds like good news to me!

Ryan--yum!!! Do you use cranberry relish? Define cranberry, please--thank you!

For my purposes, I've made them using canned. If I owned a restaurant, I'd go for the fresh. But, I've made them for my wife and I for a quick dinner.

If I feel like waiting, I might stick them on our sandwich pressand make a panini out of it.

I am dying to try www.skymeals.com. For $25, they will prepare everything for me in a cooler type thing that actually may come in handy for the rest of the trip.

Does this mean more stinking tuna cans will be opened on flights?

Gee, I'll miss picking up my AA Bistro Bag from the big container as I get on the plane. Everybody always complained about those, but I preferred the sandwich, chips, and a piece of fruit and cookie to the lame attempt at regular meals. Frankly, I'm fine with nothing, and if it's a long flight will take my own.

I'm fine with having the option to buy or bring a meal BUT I really hope that airport restaurant/carry-out places start to get smart about this and open in time for the early flights leaving from either coast.

Otherwise, who wants to start the thread where we exchange perfect plane-picnic menus -- for foodies, families, people who want to annoy the whole plane (corned beef, pickled onions, and bananas), etc.?

This thread is cracking me up!

Soup on an airplane? All I can think of is turbulence and a potential mess. Doesn't sound too appetizing. Yea! Soup on a plane!

bugswife, if I get a meal from Skymeals.com will the airline make me count it as carryon?

bugswife.........pray tell.........what type of bug are you married to?????.......perhaps a Daddy longlegs????!!!!!!!!!!!

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