Originally Posted by
GUWonder
I would probably book the return portion out as far as possible on the calendar and hope for an airline schedule change to hit and benefit me.
"...as far as possible " is about 330 days. Something could change in that amount of time, and you'd be happy to pay change fees to get back home. Or even be lucky with the airline schedule change
GUWonder mentioned and get to do it for free.
I also liked
EmailKid's suggestion of the open-jaw ticket, with the return to someplace entirely different you'd like to visit. Could work.
While one never absolutely knows, I agree that the odds of getting hounded for not using a return portion are really low. I've personally done it with no problems.