Cancellation query.

[ChrisCunard]

Hello fellow frequent flyers. If you've got a return business class flight and you have to cancel the return leg, does the full value of the return leg get credited to you as the traveller, or does the airline first work out the oneway fare and just credit you back the balance?

 

[mannej]

You need to provide more information before an answer can be provided.

Are we looking at an international fare here or domestic for starters?

 

[ChrisCunard]

International.

In essence, if you think your return date may change, is it best to get the return ticket (where both flights are cheaper than one way), and cancel later, or best to play it safe and go the more expensive one way ticket.

 

[moa999]

Hello fellow frequent flyers. If you've got a return business class flight and you have to cancel the return leg, does the full value of the return leg get credited to you as the traveller, or does the airline first work out the oneway fare and just credit you back the balance?

Suspect its heavily dependent on the fare rules,
but I don't see the difference between A and B...

You certainly don't get half the fare back, otherwise everyone who only wanted a one way fare would do this.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Hello fellow frequent flyers. If you've got a return business class flight and you have to cancel the return leg, does the full value of the return leg get credited to you as the traveller, or does the airline first work out the oneway fare and just credit you back the balance?

As others have said, it depends how the fare is constructed. For domestic where it is two one-ways, you get the full value of the return back. For international they will usually calculate the full one way fare and you get back any balance less applicable fees (such as cancellation fees).

 

[opusman]

Given that one-way fares are usually far more than half a return fare this would be a bit of a loop-hole if they simply refunded half. They'll recalculate it as a one way, deduct the change fee if any, and refund the balance (which will probably be less than the cost of the phone call to organise it).