diff --git a/apps/air-discount-scheme/backend/src/app/modules/discount/discount.service.ts b/apps/air-discount-scheme/backend/src/app/modules/discount/discount.service.ts
index 993a82013473..9ccc135e8265 100644
--- a/apps/air-discount-scheme/backend/src/app/modules/discount/discount.service.ts
+++ b/apps/air-discount-scheme/backend/src/app/modules/discount/discount.service.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ import { UserService } from '../user/user.service'
 import type { User as AuthUser } from '@island.is/auth-nest-tools'
 import { ExplicitFlight } from './dto/ExplicitFlight.dto'
 import { CreateSuperExplicitDiscountCodeParams } from './dto'
+import type { Logger } from '@island.is/logging'
+import { LOGGER_PROVIDER } from '@island.is/logging'
 
 interface CachedDiscount {
   user: User
@@ -47,6 +49,8 @@ export class DiscountService {
 
     @InjectModel(ExplicitCode)
     private explicitModel: typeof ExplicitCode,
+    @Inject(LOGGER_PROVIDER)
+    private readonly logger: Logger,
 
     private readonly userService: UserService,
   ) {}
@@ -197,13 +201,19 @@ export class DiscountService {
     unConnectedFlights: Flight[] | ExplicitFlight[],
     isExplicit: boolean,
     flightLegs = 1,
+    isManual?: boolean,
   ): Promise<Array<Discount> | null> {
     const user = await this.userService.getUserInfoByNationalId(
       nationalId,
       auth,
+      isExplicit,
+      isManual,
     )
 
     if (!user) {
+      this.logger.warn('User by national id not found for explicit discount.', {
+        category: 'ads-backend',
+      })
       return null
     }
     // overwrite credit since validation may return 0 depending on what the problem is
@@ -212,10 +222,19 @@ export class DiscountService {
         user.fund.credit = 2 //making sure we can get flight from and to
         user.fund.total = 2
       } else {
+        this.logger.warn(
+          `User fund used requirements not met: ${user.fund.used}.`,
+          {
+            category: 'ads-backend',
+          },
+        )
         return null
       }
     }
     if (user.fund.credit === 0 && user.fund.total !== undefined) {
+      this.logger.warn(`User fund no credit, has total: ${user.fund.total}.`, {
+        category: 'ads-backend',
+      })
       return null
     }
 
@@ -477,6 +496,7 @@ export class DiscountService {
       ],
     }
 
+    const isManual = true
     const discount = await this.createExplicitDiscountCode(
       auth,
       body.nationalId,
@@ -487,6 +507,7 @@ export class DiscountService {
       body.needsConnectionFlight ? [flight] : [],
       isExplicit,
       1,
+      isManual,
     )
     if (!discount) {
       throw new Error(`Could not create explicit discount`)
diff --git a/apps/air-discount-scheme/backend/src/app/modules/discount/test/unit/discount.service.spec.ts b/apps/air-discount-scheme/backend/src/app/modules/discount/test/unit/discount.service.spec.ts
index a5b95b9ca4b4..46c9da2b5f8f 100644
--- a/apps/air-discount-scheme/backend/src/app/modules/discount/test/unit/discount.service.spec.ts
+++ b/apps/air-discount-scheme/backend/src/app/modules/discount/test/unit/discount.service.spec.ts
@@ -64,7 +64,9 @@ describe('DiscountService', () => {
         {
           provide: LOGGER_PROVIDER,
           useClass: jest.fn(() => ({
-            error: () => ({}),
+            error: jest.fn(),
+            info: jest.fn(),
+            warn: jest.fn(),
           })),
         },
         {
diff --git a/apps/air-discount-scheme/backend/src/app/modules/user/user.service.ts b/apps/air-discount-scheme/backend/src/app/modules/user/user.service.ts
index 0761e5880450..034f80c06872 100644
--- a/apps/air-discount-scheme/backend/src/app/modules/user/user.service.ts
+++ b/apps/air-discount-scheme/backend/src/app/modules/user/user.service.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@ const ONE_WEEK = 604800 // seconds
 const CACHE_KEY = 'userService'
 const MAX_AGE_LIMIT = 18
 
+const DEFAULT_FUND: Fund = {
+  credit: 2,
+  total: 2,
+  used: 0,
+}
+
 interface CustodianCache {
   custodians: Array<NationalRegistryUser | null>
 }
@@ -42,6 +48,7 @@ export class UserService {
   private async getFund(
     user: NationalRegistryUser,
     auth?: AuthUser,
+    isManual?: boolean,
   ): Promise<Fund> {
     const { used, unused, total } =
       await this.flightService.countThisYearsFlightLegsByNationalId(
@@ -49,7 +56,7 @@ export class UserService {
       )
     let meetsADSRequirements = false
 
-    if (this.flightService.isADSPostalCode(user.postalcode)) {
+    if (this.flightService.isADSPostalCode(user.postalcode) || isManual) {
       meetsADSRequirements = true
     } else if (info(user.nationalId).age < MAX_AGE_LIMIT) {
       // NationalId is a minor and doesn't live in ADS postal codes.
@@ -95,20 +102,33 @@ export class UserService {
     nationalId: string,
     model: new (user: NationalRegistryUser, fund: Fund) => T,
     auth: AuthUser,
+    isExplicit?: boolean,
+    isManual?: boolean,
   ): Promise<T | null> {
     const user = await this.nationalRegistryService.getUser(nationalId, auth)
     if (!user) {
       return null
     }
-    const fund = await this.getFund(user, auth)
+    if (isExplicit) {
+      return new model(user, DEFAULT_FUND)
+    }
+    const fund = await this.getFund(user, auth, isManual)
     return new model(user, fund)
   }
 
   async getUserInfoByNationalId(
     nationalId: string,
     auth: AuthUser,
+    isExplicit?: boolean,
+    isManual?: boolean,
   ): Promise<User | null> {
-    return this.getUserByNationalId<User>(nationalId, User, auth)
+    return this.getUserByNationalId<User>(
+      nationalId,
+      User,
+      auth,
+      isExplicit,
+      isManual,
+    )
   }
 
   async getMultipleUsersByNationalIdArray(