Join Date: May 2011
Location: NYC (LGA, JFK), CT
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Could OP simply call Delta customer service / baggage handling ahead of time (or at landing) and say "I need extra time to exit the airport at LAX and I won't be able to immediately collect my luggage, could you store my luggage at the baggage office until I get there" or something like that?