Originally Posted by
skviolet98
Interesting. If I were to cancel the return, it would probably be for something much further out (like the following summer). Are you saying that I could rebook the return to anywhere in the EU and it would still count as a round trip ticket?
In addition to minimum stay requirements on fares, there are also generally maximum stay requirements on roundtrip fares. Looking at ex-EU fare filings, these generally look to be 12 months. So you should be able to rebook and retain full value of the return fare as long as return is less than 12 months out from departure. You would still have to pay any fare differences (which could be substantial), but you should still at least get the value out of the return fare. Note that BE fares also have change fees for ex-EU fares (currently 150 Euros). But at least they are changeable (ex-US BE fares are non-changeable).