One additional thing, and it's probably been mentioned numerous times before on flyertalk, but I suppose one more time can't hurt. LifeMiles, in my experience will not contact you by email (or by any other means) if a partner award flight has been cancelled or changed. If someone has booked a partner award flight using LifeMiles, inside of two months of the scheduled flight, in my opinion it's best to constantly be checking the partner airline to check if the flight will be in fact be flying so that you can try and get your LM miles back and fees paid refunded in case of cancellation, less the nonrefundable LM $25 fee. Point being - LifeMiles in my experience does not proactively tell you of partner schedule changes or partner flight cancellations, unlike many other programs, so you need to monitor this yourself. LifeMiles is very much a "hands on" FF program which usually requires heavy phone or chat involvement (virtually nothing can be done online) with regard to changes/cancellations - take nothing for granted and constantly monitor your flights. My 2 cents.