Originally Posted by
Merlin666
Currently in Germany looking for return to Canada I noticed that round trip flights are available for almost half the cost of a one way. I thought that this was a practice of the past and not sure if it is just temporary as part of promo, but sure tempted to do this and just fly one leg. Is this now common practice again?
I don't think it is common practice
again but never really stopped for international long haul flights. There was a brief period during the pandemic when one ways to e.g. Europe were very inexpensive and only added a few dollars (as in C$10 or C$20) to the fare but now it is back to normal.
The good news is that fares from Germany to Canada are super competitive in Y. You can book a latitude fare which is fully flexible for around C$650-700 per direction. If you will eventually fly back to Germany you could just pick a random return date in the future and rebook once you know when you actually want to fly back.
We just booked a number of one ways for my wife for flights within Canada and there was on fare difference on any of them compared to roundtrips.