Originally Posted by
mbreuer
I've done ewr-mco-ewr (same day) and ewr-ord-ewr (also same day). I was able to check in for the return legs at the 24 hour mark even though I hadn't flown the outbound leg. If there was a restriction on this, It would seem to be either gone or inconsistent.
Hmm...my only experience is with connecting flights, so I wonder if it works for return flights if your outbound is non-stop, but not connecting.