Don't know why the EK partnership would be the reason. They could always rig it to display EK flights only. After all EK do fly there seven times a day.
It's substantially worse in NZ than in Australia. At least here when you get an express pass you can use it at quarantine. Unlike in New Zealand where you have to line up with the masses. Implementing an express lane would be a big step forward.
So I have a MH booking KUL-DXB in J in December. I assume the calculator is wrong as it doesn't give the option for J, but the table shows 100 SC earn. Am I correct in my interpretation?
If you keep your finger over the "sold as BAxx_x" when flashing the BP you might get away with it. In my experience they don't pay too much attention at BNE.