Aer Lingus Vegetarian Meals

Miguel_Sanchez

Flying to New York next week and my girlfriend is vegetarian so I'm trying to book her a veggie meal for the flight over and back. However the Aer Lingus website seems to have no mention of how to do this or what number to call.

Any ideas? If nobody knows I'll just call their reservations line at lunch and pester them I suppose.

(I've posted this in the Veggie forum too)

Ponster

http://www.aerlingus.com/cgi-bin/obel01im1/Services/special_meals.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@1749657617.1231409369@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccceadegehdmeficefecfigdffgdfkg.0&P_OID=-8074&Category=3#all

seamus

Stupid Aer Lingus site is like eircom and uses sessions. Can't link directly to any page.

If you have a special dietary requirement for medical or religious reasons, or you may be travelling with small children, we can provide a suitable alternative meal, if this is requested sufficiently in advance of your flight.

We offer a range of special meals on flights to and from the USA, see the list below. All of our special meals are prepared using the finest of ingredients and are balanced with the recommended intake of calories.

Regrettably we are unable to offer variations from these set menus and requests for specific items of food, made for personal preferences, cannot be accepted.

You can request a special meal, at the time of booking. If you forget to order when booking the flight, don't worry! You can add a special meal request as long as this is done within 24 hours of your flight departure. Simply contact your local Aer Lingus Reservations Office and they will be delighted to take the request (please ensure you have your booking reference number). Once on board the aircraft it is always a good idea to let the Cabin Crew know that you have ordered a special meal.

If you are travelling on a standby or waitlist basis it will not be possible to order a special meal, as travel confirmation is provided within the 24-hour cut-off period.

While we do not serve peanuts, or derivatives, as part of snacks or meals we cannot prevent other passengers from bringing nut-based products on board and consuming them during the course of a flight. This is important to note particularly if you suffer from a peanut allergy.

Trip Tip
You will note the 4-letter code in the table below. This is the standard airline code for the particular special meal and you will see this appearing at different times during the course of your trip.
Type of Meal|Code|Description
Childs Meal|CHML|If you are travelling with a small child, you may wish to order something that they will find more appealing than a grown up adult meal.
Diabetic Meal|DBML|Our diabetic meals are prepared to facilitate passengers who may need to control their blood sugar levels. These meals exclude all sugars, syrups, jams, cakes and chocolate.
Gluten Intolerant Meal|GFML|The foods excluded in this type of meal are based on wheat, barley, oats and rye. Accordingly, we do not offer bread and pastries/cakes (unless wheat free) or any flour-based products.
Kosher Meal|KSML|Our Kosher meals are prepared strictly in accordance with Jewish dietary laws.
Low Fat Meal|LFML|When preparing the low fat meal we minimise all foods with a high fat content.
Low Lactose|LLML|There are low levels milk, cheese, cream, yoghurts or any other dairy product or derivative in our low lactose meal.
Low Salt|LSML|This meal is prepared using produce with no salt, MSG or baking powder/soda added during preparation.
Moslem Meal|MOML|A meal that does not contain pork, alcohol or derivatives of these products.
Vegetarian Lacto-Ovo Meal|VLML|The vegetarian lacto-ovo meal does not contain any meat, poultry, or seafood. It may, however, include dairy products such as milk, butter or cheese.
Vegetarian Vegan Meal|VGML|The vegan meal does not contain any dairy products, meat, poultry, or seafood.

Ponster

seamus wrote: »

Stupid Aer Lingus site is like eircom and uses sessions. Can't link directly to any page.

Really? Load of balls site.

To get to Seamus's page....


Aerlingus.ie -> Services & Frequent Flyer Inflight Services -> Special Requests -> Special Meals

Miguel_Sanchez

Super. Thanks guys.

dereko1969

you've to ring up aer lingus to book the veggie meal, it can't be done online. the phone system doesn't lead specifically to a special meal request so you have to press the option for making a change to your booking and do it that way.

BuffyBot

They sometimes can be quite cack, so she might want to bring something to snack on just in case..

Pythia

I just got back from the NY flight. The veggie meals were pasta with tomato sauce and pasta salad and then on the way back a veggie salad and tofu with a kind of creamy rice dish. I think that was the vegan option on the way back, although I asked for Lacto-Ovo.

ASTRACLUB

I wonder if HNML served on air lingus is vegeterian?
I rang air lingus on US and he confirmed that there is one AVML (Asian Vegeterian) and one HNML (Hindu Meal) but he was not sure if hindu meal has any meat in it. I ordered Hindu meal and hoping that it does not contain any meat :-)