Originally Posted by
Beerman92
No. For the ticket with the $300 charge to refund United will issue you a refund for the price you paid for the ticket less $300 if you cancel before you start your trip. For the ticket that is non-refundable United will let you cancel your trip and "hold" those funds for you to book a different ticket of equal or greater value. When you book that ticket with the funds United will charge you an additional fee equal to whatever the change fee is in the fare rules.
Is there any way to use the residual funds from a non-refundable ticket for more than one ticket in the future? I'm looking at buying a $3000 ticket in a month and there is a slight chance I'll need to cancel. I could easily spend $2700 on several other tickets over the next year but would have a very hard time using a single ticket at $2700.