Originally Posted by
maryet
It is just the last segment and it is me (the revenue part) that is getting off. It saves me flying home and then getting right back on the plane again the next day (saves time and money). I would not try to get credit or use the last leg to get back home at a later date because then I would be admitting that my companion flew without me and I think that is against the rules. I usually follow all the rules but this would really save me if it would work.
Ah, sorry. I was reading and replying from my iPhone earlier and misread who was getting off.
I don't think it matters who is getting off; technically, either party not boarding does break the terms of the agreement.
Also, it doesn't matter whether you try to use the last leg to get back home at a later date--Alaska's systems will know by the time the flight departs that you're not on-board, since you never scanned your boarding pass to get on the plane.
That said, if you skip out on the last flight, there's no real way for Alaska to do anything to you. They're not going to board the aircraft and pull your husband off because you didn't board--gate agents are far too busy to even notice that.
The worst Alaska could do is penalize your Mileage Plan account, but I have never heard of that happening in this kind of a case.