Originally Posted by
subject2load
irishguy - I may have misunderstood things, but .....I seem to think that the reason for the MEL routing on the return journey can only be because the OP wants to stop off in SIN, and there is no SYD to SIN service available with EK operated flights.....

Correct. I only want to fly EK. All flights EK flight numbers. I am in transit in MEL for 1.5 hours. I am then flying to SIN for 4 days stop over before flying home.