Cancelling award flights after trip commences

[JohnK]

Does anyone have any experience if miles for unused flights are refunded? Confused with UA terms and conditions.

- You can also book a one-way award if you wish to travel one-way. If you redeem a roundtrip award and only travel one-way, the unused portion of the award will be forfeited.
- Wholly unused or cancelled MileagePlus Awards may be re-deposited back to the account from which the miles were withdrawn prior to the expiration date. Award re-deposits are subject to applicable fees.
- There is a $125 redeposit fee for members who do not show up for their flight and request a redeposit of their miles.

I guess the first statement tells the story? Quite a steep redeposit fee.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Does anyone have any experience if miles for unused flights are refunded? Confused with UA terms and conditions.

- You can also book a one-way award if you wish to travel one-way. If you redeem a roundtrip award and only travel one-way, the unused portion of the award will be forfeited.
- Wholly unused or cancelled MileagePlus Awards may be re-deposited back to the account from which the miles were withdrawn prior to the expiration date. Award re-deposits are subject to applicable fees.
- There is a $125 redeposit fee for members who do not show up for their flight and request a redeposit of their miles.

I guess the first statement tells the story? Quite a steep redeposit fee.

Can confirm wholly unused tickets are refunded. $125 refund fee, but if you have higher status that gets reduced or waived IIRC.

 

[serfty]

I think after departure there is no value.

Maybe there's a complete answer in this FT thread: General award ticket change/cancellation/redeposit/fees questions - FlyerTalk Forums

 

[JohnK]

Thanks for the replies. No changes needed for time being.

Yes interesting regarding no value after commencing. Not sure why I booked a return as 2 one-ways would have been the same cost.