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Old Feb 14, 2025 | 7:48 am
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Originally Posted by redfrog
Example trip 1: leave Sept 15, 2025 from USA to Europe and return to USA June 15, 2025 (school year)
trip 2 - leave March 15, 2026 from Europe and return March 30, 2026 to Europe (spring break)
Yes, this is fine.

Originally Posted by redfrog
Also if I would book a refundable ticket and teen does not do the return portion of the trip, could I get a partial refund? And how is that refund amount determined?
Technically yes, practically no.

The ticket will be repriced as the cheapest filed one-way fare on the original ticketing date in the outbound's flown booking class or higher, and the residual would be refunded. That residual is likely to be negative, however.
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