Here's the situation. I am flying WN into BOS, with an 8+ hours connection to another carrier. The other carrier is one of those international carriers with one flight a day, so their check-in counter won't even be open by the time I get to BOS. I plan on going into the city for some sightseeing and a nice meal before coming back to the airport. But I will have luggage. I can't carry it around Boston and there is no left luggage facility at BOS. So...

What if I simply don't pick it up from the WN carrousel? What I would expect to happen is for WN to eventually notice it still going around and around, and move it to the baggage office to attempt to reunite it with the pax. I would then stop by the baggage office some 5 or 6 hours later to claim it. Would this work?