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Klm is Dead - Long Live KLM
Actually, the ones forcing the vegetarian lasagna on me were some hefty "oud belegen" NW matrons squeezed into Deltalina uniforms on a re-liveried A330 speaking mostly Minnesota Nice.

This sounds like the FAs thought you had an OPUP. I've never heard of NW saying no meal choice because you upgraded with meals, in fact they tend to save meal choices for elites and even with the last-minute upgrade, your status should have been indicated on the flight manifest.