Originally Posted by
Gold_Member
I thought SYD-LHR was the only routing that offered a single flight number despite transiting in SIN. If you go via MEL doesn't that mean you will need MEL-(asian hub)-LHR with two flight numbers? If so, it seems you have one too many segments... ?
The Australian and European based airlines that fly between EU and AU all have single flight numbers even with a stopover in Asia. AU<->EU flights have connections (and thus two flight numbers) on the Asian/Middle Eastern airlines.