Originally Posted by
oliver2002
SK actually advertises this flexibility, so you should be fine. The fare rule/clause you read is about the kombi construction. So if the outbound or inbound is constructed with two fares, the most restrictive apply.
Say you are travelling LLA-ARN-LHR-ARN-LLA and the fare is priced LLA-ARN (like WFIX)+ ARN-LHR(say YFLEX), the most restrictive of the two (WFIX) will apply to LLA-ARN-LHR.
Clear as mud?
Mud can be thick and complicated to get through. Airline logic is muddy indeed and I can't say that I agree with this example. The example you gave is not a round-trip made out of two half rt-fares but rather an end-on-end combination. In theory (though airlines may apply different rules) this would mean that the WFIX-rules are applied for the LLA-ARN sector and the YFLEX-rules are applied for the ARN-LHR sector. If the W-fare is non-refundable but the Y-fare allows refund than you can get the ARN-LHR part refunded.
Had the ticket instead been:
LLA-ARN-LHR: WFIX
LHR-ARN-LLA: YFLEX
then the most restrictive would apply for the whole trip on most airlines.
SAS is an exception here though. As all their intra-European fare are constructed as one-ways the fare rules apply only for part they are booked on. This means the WFIX-rules apply LLA-ARN-LHR and the YFLEX apply LHR-ARN-LLA and you got yourself a flexible return! Another effect is that you may use the inbound part only of your SK intra-European ticket!
Intercontinental flights are another story yet... There like the previous poster said you'll almost always face that the most restrictive rules apply for the whole part.