Own food on airlines

robjf · 23 May 2010 at 15:39

Me and my girlfriend are going on holiday tomorrow and as we've decided to avoid airline food, we are wondering what the rules with taking your own food onboard are?

I am aware of the liquids situation so had planned just to buy drinks when we are through the security checks, but what about bringing food from home? I have searched the net and can't seem to find any conclusive information so any advice would be very helpful!

Cheers, Rob.

dannyjo22 · 23 May 2010 at 15:40

You can take your own food. I normally have a 12 inch sub in the bag to avoid aircraft food.

jamoor · 23 May 2010 at 15:40

Of course you can take food, but drinks are a problem.

Jokester · 23 May 2010 at 15:41

As far as I'm aware, no problem, just make sure you've eaten any fresh food before your destination if it's another country which might have rules about the import of fresh foods.

dannyjo22 · 23 May 2010 at 15:43

I won't drink the water or anything thats come from the galley either. I buy a couple of large bottles of water just before I get on the plane.

robjf · 23 May 2010 at 15:47

Fantastic, any rules about how to package fresh food? Now what to take?!

Berserker · 23 May 2010 at 15:52

No reason for there to be any rules so long as it's identifiable if Security ask what it is. Just remember to avoid liquids (technically that includes spreads/pastes etc. so I won't comment on the practicalities of using butter in your sandwiches

) until you're air side and either eat or bin it before you land (if in another country).

A2Z · 23 May 2010 at 16:06

Why would there be any rules about taking your own food with you? :confused:

I always make a couple of sandwiches at home before flying.

Ordokai · 23 May 2010 at 16:23

Sure, go ahead mate lol... why would a plane be any different than say, a train ?

- Ordokai

Viper² · 23 May 2010 at 16:28

You can take anything you want.

Sukh · 23 May 2010 at 16:33

Ordokai said:
Sure, go ahead mate lol... why would a plane be any different than say, a train ?

- Ordokai

Due to rules on liquids and the like...

Stuff · 23 May 2010 at 16:53

Ordokai said:
Sure, go ahead mate lol... why would a plane be any different than say, a train ?

- Ordokai

As rules are much stricter for planes due to terrorism?

Jokester · 23 May 2010 at 16:57

Great, so we've had shoe bombers, liquid bombers and now we're going to get packed lunch bombers.

Stuff · 23 May 2010 at 17:02

Jokester said:
Great, so we've had shoe bombers, liquid bombers and now we're going to get packed lunch bombers.

Amp34 · 23 May 2010 at 18:01

Meh, take whatever you want on board. I notmally take a Pizza to eat with me and a large bottle of fresh orange juice from the Pret.

Vixen · 23 May 2010 at 18:08

Food in hand luggage isn't a problem but some countries won't allow you to bring in meat or fruit so you'd have to eat it before landing. We were told to eat or bin any fresh food before getting off the plane in the US but there were no comments on our return flight yesterday so I guess you can bring anything home.

Pawnless Endgame · 23 May 2010 at 18:08

Bring a laptop onboard. Once airborne, boot it up and make sure that a few people can see it. Before bringing it onto the plane, download this onto your hard drive. When the time's right, launch it full screen!

MrMoonX · 23 May 2010 at 18:10

Monserrat said:
Bring a laptop onboard. Once airborne, boot it up and make sure that a few people can see it. Before bringing it onto the plane, download this onto your hard drive. When the time's right, launch it full screen!

ROFL

Charlie Bravo · 23 May 2010 at 18:16

dannyjo22 said:
I won't drink the water or anything thats come from the galley either. I buy a couple of large bottles of water just before I get on the plane.

I won't ask why but I think I know / can imagine

Sime · 23 May 2010 at 18:37

Could you bring Twinkies back from the US?