Originally Posted by
jsloan
2 - Even if you selected a refundable fare in both directions, United will recalculate the fare based upon what you actually traveled before giving you a refund. Your refund, in this case, will be zero. Well, it’s actually $(900), because you’d owe UA the difference between what you flew and what you booked, but they’re unlikely to come after you for that.
They would do it, 100%. At least, they did (try) for me when I tried to cancel one leg of refundable ticket - demanded payment as a condition of cancellation. They also do it in a funny way by repricing the flown leg in today's prices, not in prices in effect shen the ticket was purchased.