Originally Posted by
cfischer
Schedule changes are not going to happen for September IMHO, that schedule is pretty solid now. Cancelling the flights for the return should not cost anything, the only cost would come in trying to re-book them and getting other credit. I don’t see any risk cancelling the segments for the return and buying a separate ticket back from DE.
I disagree.
I certainly wouldn't cancel the return now. Nothing good will come of it the decision needs to be made once the outbound has been taken, unless changing the flights between now and then become cost attractive.
Changes now reprice the entire ticket. Changes after the outbound have flown do not, unless they have updated their logic. It stands to reason that after the outbound the price to change may be substantially lower. Worth a look.
There's no harm to cancel later than now, so do now. You never know.
Worst case, the OP splurges on a OW mileage ticket. Or if they are returning to Europe soon, better yet to purchase a EU to US RT (hat they plan to use) which might be substantially cheaper because of place or purchase.