Originally Posted by
Unterwegs
The drop off in my experience is only for bags which are already tagged, not for checking bags. There is one at TBIT.
I understand that some airlines do staff the re-check counter, but I doubt that there will be an LX representative eight hours before its single LAX departure.
OP might want to look into a day room at one of the airport hotels . . . as there's a good chance they'll be stuck with the bags and this is a fair bit of time to kill.