Special Meals on Qantas ticketed UA flight

[MikeG]

Due to Qantas cancelling their direct flight, my Daughter is now flying from DFW via SFO to MEL tomorrow, and due to them being coeliac, I wanted to check that the meal preferences took to the new flights.

Oddly, the Qantas site gives the following text:

Meal: Gluten Intolerance (not available on UA2005, UA60)

WTF? I checked the UA website and they do indeed have Gluten Intolerance meals, could this be that Qantas simply doesn't request special meals from UA?

Does anyone have any experience with this sort of thing, or have any advice? I'm suggesting that she stock up on some GF food for the trip, but she may be stopped by DHS before she boards...

M

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Were you able to request direct through UA in time?

 

[MikeG]

I didn’t have a UA booking code. So I couldn’t request it. Plus it was within 48 hours of departure anyway…