Hi

Travelling with 2 kids in business class HNL-SFO (UA308 - departs 1pm) - flight shows “lunch” as meal:
- one kid is a picky 8 year old
- other is 11 and not really that picky

Questions:
1. What is a typical lunch meal to expect?
2. If I opted for a “special meal” - what should I expect as a child’s meal?

thanks :)

A 1k agent registered us for a child’s meal for our recent flights to/from Hawaii. The meals were not loaded on either flight. Luckily, I assumed as much and had packed food for my picky eater.

This. X 1000.

Our oldest isn't picky at home - in fact is willing to give pretty much anything a try. Eating out changes the story, and it is a crapshoot - usually on the won’t even try a little side. There are days that are better, but to avoid disappointment, we always assume this isn’t the case.

If your younger one one is picky, pack something you know they will eat. Worst case, if they eat the airline provisioned meal, you have something for a little later (may come in handy on a 5+ hour flight). If not, you have something - important on a plane where there is little to get for several hours if they you don’t have something as an alternate.

To clarify. For a special meal request I meant a “child meal”. What would this typically be for lunch?

Again, it may not be something your child would want to eat, regardless of what you think. Why don’t you eat lunch at the airport and bring snacks on board to avoid the uncertainty? Alternatively, you can probably post here after the flight about how you ordered a child’s meal that you thought your picky kid might eat and then he/she didn’t want it and had to go 5 hours without eating anything :) I can guarantee the responses then will be along the line of “why the heck didn’t you pack something????”

I was a picky eater as a child. The moment I got a sniff of anything approaching a kids meal I’d kick off and demand the proper menu.

this should be good. But of course I will pack other stuff - I’ll post again after flight. LOL

thanks everyone!