I live in Japan and am taking a positioning ferry to Pusan, Korea for a PUS-NRT-ORD R/T I'm taking next week. On my way back my bags will be loaded to the max and I'll have carry on that while it meets TSA regulation I don't know if it will be acceptable to Japanese screeners (hand weights).
I have about 2 hours in Tokyo and am considering trying to collect my baggage at Narita and hand it over to one of the domestic baggage delivery services before my last leg to Seoul. My NRT-ORD flights are AA and my PUS-NRT legs are JAL, any chance when I leave the US I can have my bags only checked through to NRT? Since my flights are operated by two different airlines any chance I could collect my bags AND skip my last leg without any ramifications (trying to get AA platinum on this R/T).
Thanks!