Originally Posted by
yqtyyz
Not sure if it's me or standard practice with The Big 3 Chinese airlines, but I've found that I cannot manage my bookings online when booking through a third party. I always have to call or email in in order to select my seats, despite having an eticket number and booking reference number.
They only seem to grant access when booked directly on their website. Air China says as much.
It is definitely possible to access 3rd party bookings on MU's websites, but as I noted in my previous post, some of them are quite tricky (i.e. need to view in Chinese language in order to properly use certain features).