Originally Posted by
justhadtosay
...Anyway... does anyone know if United will give me any type of credit for the unused "return" portion of my ticket to use at a future date? Do I need to call and tell them that I'm not going to be on the flight... would this be appreciated or just a waste of my time?
Theoretically, yes; realistically, no.
Your airfare refund is calculated as
Fare Paid - Fare Flown - Penalty ($150?). Keeping in mind that one way fare is usually higher than round trip fare, your refund will likely be negative.
The exception is if you have paid full F/C fare where one way fare is about half of round trip fare without penalty.