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[azinman2]

I’m sure you could have asked to have been moved. Ironically they won’t serve peanuts if anyone is deadly allergic.

[mcchew → azinman2]

Ironically? Peanut allergies tend to be leagues worse than pet allergies, not that the latter should be discounted completely.

[pb7 → azinman2]

It's exceedingly rare for airlines to even have peanuts as an option for this reason (maybe never?). Do you remember any recent examples where they had them?

[dawnerd → pb7]

Fairly recently with southwest. Delta seems to have switched to almonds instead - which IMO are better.

You're lucky if you get any snacks though these days.

[pb7 → dawnerd]

I fly relatively frequently across a wide array of airlines and even before this discussion noticed the stark absence of peanuts. I can even picture the red Southwest branded packet of pretzels as the “default classic” option. Hmm, interesting.

Edit: Can confirm, no more peanuts on Southwest either: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/09/southwest-airlines-is-gettin...

[dawnerd → pb7]

Weird, definitely got a pack of peanuts a couple months ago from SW. Wonder if they were just using up their stockpile then...

[joegahona → dawnerd]

> You're lucky if you get any snacks though these days.

Or the snacks are pointless. On a recent delta flight they handed out baby carrots from a bag.

[azinman2 → pb7]

I get nuts all the time on Alaska and I think American, but perhaps no peanuts.