Credit where credit's due: it's hard to find fault with this one. This is the first evidence that there might be an upside to the new SkyMiles pricing scheme for those of us with flexibility. ^
Has anyone managed to dig up one of these fares on Asia flights? I checked the usual suspects for low availability (LAX-HND, SEA-PEK/PVG/ICN, PDX-NRT) and didn't see any changes to the usual pricing on those routes... guessing this is confined to Europe for now.