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Scandinavian traveler
Couldn't find an answer to this, but does anybody know what happens if you do not pick up luggage after a (long haul) SAS flight to Copenhagen? Contemplating booking the flight from LAX, which arrives 1 hour and 10 minutes before a pretty important meeting (20 minutes away) and have luggage checked in. If the flight is on time or up to about 30 minutes delayed it should be fine to make it through passport control and still make it to the meeting, but it would not be possible to wait for the luggage if there is any delay.
Would it be possible to pick it up later in the day (or worst case another day) if it is just left on the luggage belt?
Yes, I've done so a lot when using lounge on arrival to eat and work. Usually my bag was then already taken to the lost and found (though usually they hadn't entered it in the system yet) and I could just walk up to them, tell them the baggage number and which bag it is and then leave with it.
However, the lost and found is in the baggage claim area, before you pass customs, I'm not exactly sure how to get there without going airside and then leaving through the baggage claim area again.