Originally Posted by
LHR/MEL/Europe FF
For LM issued tickets you just call up. Very quick and easy.
Nope. It's anything but "very quick and easy". I called Air China yesterday, and waited on the line for over an hour. I finally gave up, and decided to email them. That was 24 hours ago. No response yet.
Originally Posted by
LHR/MEL/Europe FF
The 145% bonus only applies to outright 'buy miles' through the home page of your LM account, and not to top up points during a booking. Still, the difference between outright buy miles at .01375 and topping up at .15 is not huge. So you can minimize any risks by only holding the 42% required, and topping up at time of ticket purchase.
Again, no. I paid a whopping 3+ cents a mile by topping off. I feel very angry and ripped off right now.