When you check in at your originating city, you'll be checking in for both legs, so the connecting flight will be expecting you since your name will be on the manifest. My question is, will it inconvenience the crew and passengers of the last flight of your travels by you missing it?

Years ago, an airline was nice enough to hold a Caribbean-bound flight for my wife and I since we were connecting to it from one end of MIA to the other. We made it, the passengers cheered (apparently, all were aware of why the flight would be delayed), and we left the gate 5 minutes late. I would hate to be the cause of an inconvenience if I were to purposely miss the flight.