Originally Posted by
channa
....Other than that, as fastair pointed out, it's not gonna happen.....
I always have great respect for the insight of
fastair and you.
However, I have requested and received partial refund for refundable tickets. I only got like 20% back and was told that:
Refund = Fare Paid - Fare for Flown Segment(s) - Fee
My understanding was that it was refared as one way with excess credit refunded. One way fare was about 80% of round trip in my case.
I would love to know if this is correct or if there is a difference formula.
Note: it was an international close-to-full fare ticket.
Originally Posted by
fastair
It is is known as a "throwaway segment". It has no value, except as an exchange for another return to complete the round trip requirement of the 1st segment.....
Why do a throwaway segment when one way fare is lower than round trip?
Originally Posted by
fastair
....For an example, lets say a 1way is $1000, and a rt is $1700. Well, I would be a fool to buy the 1 way if I could buy the RT at a per segment discount and then return the unused part....
In this example, refund of partial used round trip is $1700 -$1000 - fee. You are no better off than buying one way in the first place.