ok. my data wasn't working and savannakhet is so boring that i had nowhere to go anyway. Just the manager at pilgims said no loca but xanh instead. Yeh the embassy is better off disregarded. It used to be good not so long ago
I just noted that as ppl seem scared to have any thai address or thai number in the application. Another guy reported using his thai address as his permanent address
mine took 6 days - came through 2 hours before the flight. With vietjet the cutoff for refunding or flight changes is 3 or 4 hrs depending the circumstances.