Mum left to 'starve' on nine-hour BA flight with 'pitiful' meal

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A mum alleges that British Airways ruined her Caribbean holiday by leaving her so "starving" on a nine-hour flight that she almost passed out.

Mum-of-two Amber Fisher, 32, said that she was served a "pitiful" meal of only crisps, popcorn, chocolate and celery on the flight to the Dominican Republic.

The hairdresser, from London, suffers from coeliac disease and said that the airline's "confusing website" led her to think that she simply had to inform the crew of her allergy upon boarding to be given a gluten-free meal, The Mirror reports.However, after boarding on March 5, she was told by an air hostess that she was in fact supposed to book her meal in advance.The crew scraped together some gluten-free food from the onboard snacks and their own lunches, leaving her with a "pitiful" meal of carrot and celery sticks, chocolate buttons, crisps, popcorn, nuts, chocolate bars and a tangerine.But the handful of treats left the hairdresser so "starving" on the long haul flight to the Dominican Republic that she almost fainted and began vomiting.The mum added the experience ruined her trip as it gave her "major anxiety" for the rest of her holiday.Amber complained about her experience online to raise awareness of the issues faced by coeliacs but was branded a "dramatic idiot" by commenters who claimed she should have known to prebook her special meal.British Airways said they take customers' allergies and dietary requirements extremely seriously but, like other airlines, ask customers to let them know if they would like a special meal at least 24 hours before their flight.Amber said: "The air hostess said 'we'll have to see what we can do' and then brought me that."She said 'we've taken food out of the crew food too' which was