Originally Posted by linsj
I was 1000 points short, called to buy the miles and get the award, and the CS rep comped them for me. Worth a try.
I was just a hundred points shy of 175K. I needed to get me a GLONP2 for an upcoming stay, and I was going to call up and purchase 1000 pts, but after reading this post, I just called and nicely asked if they would comp the points to me. The nice CSR said "Sure, no problem".
Thanks for the suggestion.