Originally Posted by
roycechips309
Hoping someone can help, wondering if it's allowed to somehow transit on separate flight tickets with a checked bag same day from ICN-NRT (economy with Korean Air) - 4 hour gap - then NRT-LAX (first with Japan Airlines) in August?
Only if KE has an interline agreement with JL and, is so, if the KE ICN agent knows this and agrees to check your bags thru. Absent an interline agreement, it won't work.
Do you really need to check bags?