Thanks ET! Let's see if they ever get back to me. IMHO they owe me compensation for the taxi ride (from Abu Dhabi) and for the general screw up. I got the guy at the ticketing counter to admit that I didn't do anything wrong but we all know how eager EK is to admit that they are wrong.
Let's play the waiting game. Not much else I can do. At least I got to test drive SQ business class. EK put me to EK352 (?) to SIN and SQ something to MEL.