EK awards for zero miles

[Mattg]

I've just been playing around on the EK website and noticed that certain QF awards are pricing at 0 Skywards miles + taxes/charges. For example, here's an itinerary I found..





I haven't tried to book anything so I have no idea if this is actually possible to book. For all I know, it could just be phantom availability. But just thought I'd share in case anyone is interested.

 

[Mattg]

Seems to work for any one-way QF itinerary with a stopover.

Here's another one...

 

[TomVexille]

Can't get it to actually process

 

[Mattg]

Can't get it to actually process

Ah OK... thanks for testing it out

 

[TomVexille]

It's a bummer, cheap weekend in NZ would have been fun

 

[jetpack]

Confirm it errors out at the payment stage.