How did you book the tickets ? internet or travel agency , whichever way you should have been informed - internet by seeing what you were booking or travel agency by being informed of the intermediate stop instead of the direct flight , surely 100,000 silver miles means something ? For info flew DUS-DXB-MEL and return (Business) in Feb/Mar without problems and zedminor is booked on the direct in July in Business , also without problems ( ok - at the moment )