Peanuts on a plane

[NYDisneyKid]

I'm flying to Columbus Ohio next month on SW. From what I know and hear I guess most (if not all) airlines are not serving peanuts onboard. Here's my question,,Am I allowed to bring my own (say in my carry-on)?

 

[disneyfaninaz]

You can bring them, but if there is somebody on board with a peanut allergy, SWA will offer pretzels and you may be asked not to eat peanuts.

 

[NYDisneyKid]

so they first ask passengers if anyone has an allergy to peanuts?

 

[Lewisc]

NO, SW routinely provides peanuts as a snack. A passenger who is allergic to peanuts has to take the initiative and contact SW in advance. SW suggests the passenger book the first flight of the day.

http://www.southwest.com/travel_center/disability.html#peanut

Southwest cannot prevent other Customers from bringing peanuts or products containing peanuts onboard our flights. In addition, Southwest cannot give assurances that remnants of peanuts and/or peanut dust/oil will not remain on the aircraft floor, seats, or tray tables from flights earlier in the aircraft’s routing

 

[bumbershoot]

Of course you can bring them.

Just listen really close for any announcements in the boarding area and also once you're on the plane, to make sure they haven't had to ask passengers to not eat peanut items.

...'cuz, ya know, it wouldn't feel good to kill someone with your snack.

 

[Brenle]

Of course you can bring them.

Just listen really close for any announcements in the boarding area and also once you're on the plane, to make sure they haven't had to ask passengers to not eat peanut items.

...'cuz, ya know, it wouldn't feel good to kill someone with your snack.

Unfortunately for us, a lady sitting in our row wasn't concerned about a peanut allergy. She chomped away on her peanut butter sandwich.

 

[NYDisneyKid]

good because i want to bring a good size bag of them (like a couple pounds). i get them from 5 guys burgers and fries,,,love em

 

[lugnut33]

I was on a fully boarded flight when the lady ahead of me asked if they were serving peanuts. The flight attendant said yes and the lady said her son has a severe peanut allergy and that they shouldn't serve them. The flight attendant told he lady she had five minutes to make the decision to stay or take her son off the flight, but either way the peanuts were going to be served.

 

[Ctsplaysinrain]

I was on a southwest flight a few weeks ago. They announced that there was a severe peanut allergy on board and that no peanuts would be served. They asked for people to refrain from eating any personal peanuts as well..


Now, while waiting for the bathroom, I asked the flight attendant about this. This announcement was made after the plane was in the air.. My autistic son is now 14 and does eat other things.. BUT, when he was around 5- he ONLY ate pb sandwiches... As this was a 5 hour flight, we would have had issues in the past.. I would have had behavioral issues as I still do when his blood sugar gets too low.

If I had experienced this back then, I would have liked the opportunity to know that this would be the situation and perhaps I would have chosen another flight. I think that the airlines should give ALL the opportunity to take other flights if a situation like this occurs..

The flight attendant did say that they couldnt stop people from eating peanuts- they just can ask....

 

[Pirate Dad]

I'm glad airlines serve such a potentially fatal snack at 30,000 ft! I mean who can live without peanuts for 3 hrs? Seriously, pretzels just don't cut it now do they?!

Besides, kids with peanut allergies don't deserve to fly... let alone go to Disney!!!

(Sorry, not trying to be inflammatory, just making a point! Getting tired of hearing what a hassle it is for parents who can't send peanut butter sandwiches to school for lunch just cause somebody else's kids might die from them... sheesh!)

 

[livndisney]

I'm glad airlines serve such a potentially fatal snack at 30,000 ft! I mean who can live without peanuts for 3 hrs? Seriously, pretzels just don't cut it now do they?!

Besides, kids with peanut allergies don't deserve to fly... let alone go to Disney!!!

(Sorry, not trying to be inflammatory, just making a point! Getting tired of hearing what a hassle it is for parents who can't send peanut butter sandwiches to school for lunch just cause somebody else's kids might die from them... sheesh!)

Guess I read the wrong thread. I didn't see anything like that on this thread.

 

[Hannathy]

You can eat your PB&J even if there is a peanut allergy on board. Peanut butter does not release any peanut protein into the air so it would have to physically contact the person who is allergic so you are good to go with peanut butter. If your child is messy then don't let them touch any common surface, wipe off their hands but you can eat it without harming a peanut allergy ,especially rows away.

I have flown many, many flights and have never had a peanut allergy on board.
and they can't stop you it isn't illegal.

 

[aubriee]

I'm glad airlines serve such a potentially fatal snack at 30,000 ft! I mean who can live without peanuts for 3 hrs? Seriously, pretzels just don't cut it now do they?!

Besides, kids with peanut allergies don't deserve to fly... let alone go to Disney!!!

(Sorry, not trying to be inflammatory, just making a point! Getting tired of hearing what a hassle it is for parents who can't send peanut butter sandwiches to school for lunch just cause somebody else's kids might die from them... sheesh!)

What the heck! No one has said anything like that on this thread. I think what makes others upset is that so many of these parents who have kids that have peanut allergies wait until they get on the plane to let anyone know about it. If they'd just let the gate agent know ahead of time so an announcement could be made, then people could go get other snacks. I have a grandson that peanut butter is one of the very few foods he will eat, so since we always fly out early in the mornings, yes we will have a peanut butter sandwich for him. If someone on our flights has a peanut allergy we'd appreciate knowing about it before we get on the flight so we could find something else for him to eat. That way the other kid would not be in any danger and our GS wouldn't be disturbing anyone saying he is hungry and wants his sandwich. I don't think that's asking too much. Just let people know in time so that they can purchase an alternative. I don't think anyone would take a chance of harming a child, but everyone would appreciate finding out before boarding so they could have a chance to buy an alternate snack.

 

[Inkmahm]

I'm flying to Columbus Ohio next month on SW. From what I know and hear I guess most (if not all) airlines are not serving peanuts onboard. Here's my question,,Am I allowed to bring my own (say in my carry-on)?

I take small snack bags of peanuts on planes all the time and eat them as my protein snack (dietary requirement for me is a certain number of grams of protein per day.) I have never been on a flight where we were asked to not eat peanuts due to an allergy.

 

[TheWog]

Yes, you can bring them on board. I usually bring a small container of honey roasted peanuts and have them as a snack.

 

[design_mom]

On our SW flight to WDW from Columbus, Ohio in January, they did not serve peanuts and asked all passengers to refrain from opening or consuming any peanut-related product on the flight. There was an allergy on board.

I had taken PB&J for my kids to eat during the flight (it was a lunchtime flight). Of course, we didn't eat them because of the announcement... but we were hungry by the time we arrived in Orlando! I like taking PB&J since it doesn't need refrigeration and it's less messy for my kids to eat than a lot of other things. I will be trying to think of non-peanut alternatives for our next mealtime flight!

So, yes, you can bring them... but don't count on eating them.

 

[Lewisc]

Peanut dust is an issue with people who are allergic to peanuts. Peanut Butter in sandwiches doesn't release peanut dust into the cabin. I wouldn't eat a PB&J sandwich if the allergic passenger was in a seat in my row, or an adjacent row. Otherwise make your own decision. JMO but the airline has an obligation to notify passengers early enough so they can bring alternate food.

A person with very severe allergies can't fly. There are going to be passengers who don't know their granola bar has peanuts. More passengers who won't know if their granola bar was processed in a plant that processes peanuts.

 

[lugnut33]

Fine, instead of peanuts I'll bring pickled herring to munch on!!










Just kidding.

 

[kydisneyfans]

Pretzels are dangerous too, George Bush choked on one. Ban both of them.

 

[dudspizza]

just takes some common sense on both sides......

Common sense.... one of those things that some people have lost in our world.....