I’ve booked a flight from Colombia to LAX with a 24hr stopover in Cancun. The trip is so I can go watch some basketball in the USA. Since booking the flight the NBA schedule has been released and my team is playing in Houston instead of LA. If I take my original flight I’d need to go to LAX and then fly to Houston but it seems to make more sense to go straight from Cancun to Houston.

1. Can you skip your second leg flight (e.g Cancun to LAX) therefore allowing me to get a new flight to Houston
2. Is it standard to get your checked baggage back on a 24hr layover?

thanks