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2nd Class Meals in 1st Class

If you order special meals, for example vegetarian, think twice before doing this when you are flying business or first class. As you may know, “special meals” can be pretty dreary affairs, sometimes completely inedible. Many airlines seem to use the same meal in business/first as they serve their economy passengers. They just shovel the mucky mess onto fancier plates!
 
Most of the time now business and first class menus will have a vegetarian or semi-vegetarian option anyway. If you do pre-order your “special meal,” be prepared to be bullied into accepting the unappetizing, repackaged economy meal even when there is a more appealing item on the menu.  The one exception to this rule might be breakfast.  Air Canada, for instance, consistently insists on adding chicken sausages to both of their breakfast meal entres.  So, this is one case - when you are flying a breakfast flight - that you might consider ordering your special meal.
 
As we are all well aware, free meals are no longer available in economy class for most domestic flights. And airlines have worked hard to ensure that the “food for sale” is just as bland, tasteless, and unappetizing as the free food used to be. So for economy class travel within Canada/USA, we recommend that you either purchase something inside security to take on board, or pack some food ahead of time that you know will clear security restrictions. (Ie. avoid those liquids and gels!)
 
For business class or first class passengers, or any passenger on an international flight, there are an impressive array of special meals that can be pre-ordered, in theory. No airline will offer all of the choices below, but here is the official list of airline special meals:
 
** MEAL CODES **                                              
 AVML - VEGETARIAN HINDU                                       
 BBML - BABY MEAL                         
 BLML - BLAND MEAL                         
 CHML - CHILD MEAL                                             
 DBML - DIABETIC MEAL                                          
 FPML - FRUIT PLATTER                     
 GFML - GLUTEN INTOLERANT                  
 HFML - HIGH FIBRE          
 HNML - HINDU MEAL                                             
 JPML - JAPANESE MEAL                                   
 KSML - KOSHER MEAL                                             
 LCML - LOW CALORIE MEAL                                       
 LFML - LOW FAT                                                
 LPML - LOW PROTEIN    
 LSML - LOW SALT                                                
 MOML - MOSLEM MEAL                                            
 NLML - LOW LACTOSE                        
 ORML - ORIENTAL (ASIAN)                          
 PRML - LOW PURINE          
 RVML - VEGETARIAN RAW                                         
 SFML - SEAFOOD 
 SPML - SPECIAL MEAL  
 VGML - VEGETARIAN VEGAN                                       
 VJML - VEGETARIAN JAIN                
 VLML - VEGETARIAN LACTO-OVO                                   
 VOML - VEGETARIAN ORIENTAL             
 
* Note: generally a special meal must be ordered at least 12-24 hours prior to departure.   

 

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