“async: false” in jQuery.ajax()

Setting async to false means that the statement you are calling has to complete before the next statement in your function can be called. If you set async: true then that statement will begin it's execution and the next statement will be called regardless of whether the async statement has completed yet.

$(window).unload(
        function(){
            $.ajax({
            url: 'your url',
            global: false,
            type: 'POST',
            data: {},
            async: false, //blocks window close
            success: function() {}
        });
    });