Originally Posted by
Kacee
As I understand it, OP just wants to know if he can walk away from his final segment. The answer to that is "yes."
I would clarify this - whatever OP wants to do, he needs to tell UA about it in ORD. Just no-showing ORD-LAX and buying a new ticket is a bad idea.. go to the counter in ORD and ask to get ORD-LAX canceled and whichever of refunded, ORCed, or rerouted to DTW (depends on how nice UA is feeling) first.