Originally Posted by
jsloan
On the other hand, if you try applying the credit to EWR-ORD instead, you'd get ORD-ABE / EWR-ORD, which is a valid round trip (with an "open jaw" -- ground segment -- from ABE to EWR). Most UA round-trip fares allow an open jaw, so I suspect you'll be able to recoup most, if not all, of the $103 in this manner.
Ahhh ok. Now it’s starting to click in my head as I see EWR-ORD pricing out to what I’d expect with that credit. So it seems like the most cost effective use of this flight credit are with flights to ORD to make it a true round trip flight with the already flown flight.
Thanks for the lesson in using flights credits on partially used tickets. Extremely helpful!