Originally Posted by tarheelnj

There are still a few left from EWR - (from CO.com):

Special meals are available in First Class on the following routes:

Anchorage, AK (ANC) - This is a direct flight that stops in SEA each way. Special meals are available on the EWR-SEA and SEA-EWR segments.
Los Angeles, CA (LAX)
Orange County, CA (SNA)
Portland, OR (PDX)
San Diego, CA (SAN)
San Francisco, CA (SFO)
Seattle, WA (SEA)
Vancouver, BC (YVR)

I'd never heard that a special meal request would affect an upgrade. Is that documented somewhere?