Choose Your British Airways Meals In Advance (Including In Economy)

I'm flying LHR-EWR next month in BA Economy, and ordered the Taste of the Far East selection. I'm actually pretty excited to try it out. In the past, I've been disappointed with BA's bland and flavorless food. Fingers crossed this is an improvement.

I have used American Airlines meal pre-order, and it works quite well. Even though the AA and BA programmes offer pretty much what you get on-board, an advantage is that you can choose a seat further back in the cabin and be guaranteed your first choice.
So sitting at the last row of the Club Coffins, sorry Club Class seats where you don't have to step over the aisle passenger, you can reserve your meal choice instead of 'whatever is left' by the time they get to you.

How is the food in general on BA in premium class? I'm assuming better than the American carriers but below that of the top tier airlines.

Also, off topic, is there a way to set up alerts for BA premium space? I'd like to upgrade my recent BA J class sale ticket to FIRST using avios and not sure a better way to search than just to keep looking. Thanks

Once, around 3 or 4 years ago, I travelled on AF Y and had the option of buying a meal. I did it on the inbound just to try it and already having eaten from the regular Y meal on the outbound, found that it was a good value. I was served my meals on a proper tray, with proper metal cutlery, crystal glasses, and the FA managed to get me a cup of wine from the business class cabin. I don't know if BA will offer the same, but I'd be willing to try.

Strangely, I got the same email yesterday. Strange, because I have never been and am not scheduled to be, on a BA flight. I have booked flights with Avios, but never on BA

Isn't BA the airline that doesn't even allow you to pre-choose seats for free in business? So I can pick my meal,but not my seat?

For economy, I´d say this is good news! Possibly expensive for some markets, but for some countries that have higher incomes, it is only slightly expensive.

OS has had this option (albeit at a lower price) for a while and the meals are quite upscale, easily beating meals served in business on European flights.

I too received this email. I was not able to choose online and when I called in, the agent was totally clueless. She offered me vegetarian,kosher.....the special meals?

My adult son and I just returned from Europe on BA economy/Avios tickets. I was feeling a bit under the weather and decided to treat us to the Gourmet Dining Option. Unfortunately, no meal arrived although everyone else got their regular meals. I alerted the flight attendant who didn't know what I was talking about. Then, a manager showed up with the meals saying she had found them in "the back" (not sure what that meant and quite frankly, didn't want to ask). She claimed that our "gourmet dining option" wasn't on her list of "special meals". The meal was "just OK". The beef was overcooked and stringy and the potatoes stuck to the plate because they had been overheated. The shrimp was OK but not gourmet by any means. The dessert was pretty yummy. The flight attendant who picked up our dishes told me that she had never seen the program before. Looks like BA needs to inform flight crews of the new option so meals aren't left "in the back" to be discovered later. My son decided that the chicken curry they were offering as a free option smelled good and would have been a better choice. I've already shared my comments with BA as they can use the feedback. This is an expensive meal option and not worth it in my experience.

Do you get the same choices in Premium Economy as in Business and First?

If everyone else is pre-ordering and you aren't, then yes, there is a chance you might not get your first choice.

I just booked my first British Airways flight, and in Club World. I am happy I found this article. I agree that the appeal, just like American, is limited to what options you would otherwise have. Having said that, the appeal for people with a limited diet is that I can see what my options are before deciding to order, say, a vegetarian meal.
If I know there is a fish or an appetizing vegetarian dish, that always wins over a special meal.
Thanks for this post!

Going to fly BA long haul economy for the first time.
I wonder what are the "free" meal options for Economy like?
Just your typical "pasta or chicken" or even less?

Are there vegetarian options even offered in the free options to be ordered on board?