Originally Posted by
WineCountryUA
There are no complimentary upgrades on TPAC routes for anyone (and only rare op-ups). 1K will help as it provides GPUs which can be used to upgrade TPAC flights.
Another word, the lack of a GPU is a bigger problem than the meal request...
All that said, if OP is thinking about operational upgrades (which is probably very unlikely out of TYO), I guess the gate agent might just skip over OP if there is meal request?