Can I book a NRT-SLC flight connecting in LAX, get off the flight at LAX and still retrieve my checked bag?
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You've discovered a thing called "Married Segments", which is very common in the airline industry. Google will find you more information now that you know the term for it, but the short version is that airlines will reserve seats not just on a leg-by-leg basis, but also sometimes on a specific origin-destination basis.
As far as collecting your bags, you MUST collect your bag upon arrival in LAX. When entering the US it's required to collect your bag at the first point of entry before any domestic flights so that you can personally carry the bag through customs. There is absolutely nothing stopping you from simply taking your bag and then leaving the airport.
Even without the baggage issue, some of the usual "hidden city ticketing" (which is what doing this is called) issues still apply. eg, if your flight is delayed or canceled, then the airline could potentially send you on a different route to your destination (ie, SLC). eg, they might route you directly to SFO and then onto SLC. You can always ask to be sent via LAX, but officially at least they have absolutely no requirement to do that for you (as long as they get you to SLC in the end!)
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