Originally Posted by
WineCountryUA
The profile request is meaningless -- it does nothing at UA. You must call and do it at least 24 hours in advance.
Another bump for this. I just confirmed with a United agent that the profile meal request does not do anything post-merger. It is not passed on to your reservation except by alert agents.
You MUST call more than 24 hours in advance to get a special meal.
Also, note that there are no more special meals on domestic flights. So this only matters for international flights anyway.
