So... linked tix for me and my compadre. Compadre cannot take initial flight but wants to preserve the return. Of course, from experience, if you miss the outbound then LAN computers cancel the return automatically, been there, done that. I print boarding passes for both, scratching my head how I am going to trick the gate agent and FAs. Thought about finding a blow up doll. The FAs are pretty accomodating and might well accept such a non-responsive passenger in the seat jeje but pretty sure the gate agent is going to kick up a fuss, something about airline regulations.

Any other creative solutions to this problem?