Originally Posted by
lin821
As a Taiwanese who'd been educated in the States and only familiar with American English, I have to agree with
SFflyer123.
My understanding of "return" in terms of flying has always been equivalent of one-way (on the way back. i.e. return trip/segment). "Return" was never round trip in my mind until about a year ago when I spotted
this thread, starting by guess who? Another European FTer.
Since FT is outnumbered by American FTers, it shouldn't be surprising that most folks assume "return" as one-way return trip to start with. OTOH, FT is also a global community that helps me learn to distinguish British English from American English, especially in OMNI.
In the context of an itinerary I have heard booking agents say "..... and your return flights are such and such...." or "your return is on flight such and such". But in the context of a ticket prices/fares return means round trip.