Originally Posted by
cmill007
Wondering if someone can clarify this for me (it’s probably been asked in some way before).
to take advantage of the ex-europe latitude fares, is this a feasible strategy:
Fly from YVR to Frankfurt (points, rev, doesn’t matter).
book a latitude FRA-YVR round trip. Fly the first leg to get me home. Some time later cancel the return trip back to Frankfurt.
is this illegal? Is half a latitude ticket still fully refundable?
Don't cancel the return leg, leave it open and change it to some future date. Change the date as many times as needed and then repeat the strategy using the leftover leg as your travel to Europe. You can keep a latitude return booking open indefinitely and fly home on points when it's no longer a viable strategy.
Flying to Europe on points will be much cheaper than cash for the initial bound given how they price one way vs RT