The best in flight meal option for those suffering from reflux

Someone who is suffering badly from reflux, they are on a very boring diet that excludes everything spicy, fried, fat etc. What is the best option to choose from for the in flight meals that one can pre order before their flight?

Do all airlines provide the same selection or it may be airline specific? The flight is with Qatar: Sydney to Doha.

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Best Answer

The best option is: buy you own food (in advance).

Airlines have different options, and non-spicy is often a default (but there are other extra options): nobody wants to give children too spicy food. And spicy in general is not so good for air travels.

Unfortunately, it seems to me that often they forget such options, or it is far worse than the normal menu (vegetarian is sometimes an exception).

I would recommend you to buy some alternative food, and then mix with what they give you (e.g. fruits and salads, etc.).

A few weeks before your travel you should check regular menus on the airline's website, you may want to change it (e.g. from/to vegetarian). Unfortunately you never see special menus, and you may change special menu only with long advance notice. [But so, be prepared with your own food. A flight delay will "erase" all your special foods].

For the other question:

Menus and codes are standardized by IATA (about what may and must not contain, not the real menu), and sent coded in the ticket information. The list is long, but usually airlines will offer only few of them (and often a very blended and reduced one, which covers many options, as a fruit salad and nothing more).