I do LHR-BOS a lot (about to do 3rd this year), normally on BA, but for some some variety and to save some money our travel agent came up with an IB ticket, outbound LHRBOS on a AA codeshare, return LHRMADBOS on IB metal.

Should all be easy, IB/AA being One World and me being a BA GCH.....

But agent has had great difficulty booking me a VLML on the outbound AA flight. The agent says:

"I spoke to Iberia this morning and they advised that because the flight is operated by AA then we need to request the meal through them. The problem is AA won't accept the request as the flight is booked as an Iberia codeshare. Its a no-win situation it seems!

So we have sent a request through to the airline and noted in the booking that he requires a vegetarian meal. I called American again this evening and they said they can see the request but cant guarantee the veg meal."

And when I look at the details via my BA EC account, it shows special meals for the BOSMAD and MADLHR, but standard meal for the LHRBOS sector. Despite my EC profile having VLML of course.

This all sounds quite silly given what Oneworld and codeshares would claim to be about....