Originally Posted by SFflyer123

Here is another FTer who, completely independently of this discussion, uses the term "return" as inbound flight. This is the American way we say it. He uses the term, "outbound", then "return" as inbound. There is no denotion of "return" to mean round-trip airfare.

Check it out:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/13640432-post10.html

"I've been doing SFO-PVG 3-4x/yr for the past 5 years and I just had my first upgrade failure last week on the outbound. Cleared on the return about 3 days in advance."

The reason I brought this up in the first place is the price discussed for "return" was so cheap, I thought it meant one way! That's why I asked for clarification. The same airfare for one way vs round-trip makes a huge difference, and this is where this discussion came from.