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Accessing TBIT *A Lounge from T7/T8 at LAX
Plan on at least 15-20 minutes walking each way.
This link can answer 99% of the questions asked here.
http://www.staralliance.com/en/web/staralliance/lounge-finder
No access on UA Domestic First without Star Gold.
Contact number: 310 648 7020
Yes, there is an airside connector between T4 through T8. After T7 security, follow the signs to T6, go past the Alaska Airlines Boardroom/Wolfgang Puck and you'll see escalators down to the connector. From T4 to TBIT, follow signs for Gate 41 (near T4 security). Ideally if you have pre-check, I would clear security in T4 for the Star Alliance lounge.
This link can answer 99% of the questions asked here.
http://www.staralliance.com/en/web/staralliance/lounge-finder
No access on UA Domestic First without Star Gold.
Contact number: 310 648 7020
LAX - TBIT star alliance lounge access
#46
Join Date: Mar 2007
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Question - can one use the *A lounge on INT'L ARRIVAL, after clearing custom/immigration?
Deciding between this, and SFO future Centurion lounge, for Summer 2015
e.g. TPE-LAX in BR J (I am *A Gold anyway), then LAX-YYZ on AC in Terminal 2
5 hours layover
Deciding between this, and SFO future Centurion lounge, for Summer 2015
e.g. TPE-LAX in BR J (I am *A Gold anyway), then LAX-YYZ on AC in Terminal 2
5 hours layover
#47
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The arrival does not give access, but your subsequent departure LAX-YYZ as a *G will. There is no airside connection so you would have to clear security twice.
#48
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- I arrive TPE-LAX, clear custom, enter landside
- Re-enter TBIT with my LAX-YYZ BP (if I have one), clear security #1 -> airside
- Go to *A lounge
- Exit TBIT airside again
- Walk to T2
- Clear security again (#2)
- Go to MLL lounge (if still have time)
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Clear Security twice, meaning the below?
- I arrive TPE-LAX, clear custom, enter landside
- Re-enter TBIT with my LAX-YYZ BP (if I have one), clear security #1 -> airside
- Go to *A lounge
- Exit TBIT airside again
- Walk to T2
- Clear security again (#2)
- Go to MLL lounge (if still have time)
#50
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Not sure if my wife + 2 kids would like the idea of going through security TWICE (take baby out, folder stroller for X-ray, shoes off, inspect baby food ABCDE, etc...), ha ha
Thanks for confirming, I'm sadden that Arrival area isn't simply mixed with Departure area
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It needs to be this way due to the fact the US has no outbound immigration, and normally has co-mingled international/departure gates - so there's nothing to stop someone in a departure area from simple walking out of the airport.
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No US airport is like that. You always need to clear immigrations/customs, and then get dumped land-side. Re-entry to the airside area will always require going through security.
It needs to be this way due to the fact the US has no outbound immigration, and normally has co-mingled international/departure gates - so there's nothing to stop someone in a departure area from simple walking out of the airport.
It needs to be this way due to the fact the US has no outbound immigration, and normally has co-mingled international/departure gates - so there's nothing to stop someone in a departure area from simple walking out of the airport.
#53
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Would be interesting to know if there's actually a path out of IAD midfield without going through security. I'm sure they must have people occasionally end up in the wrong area - and you can't re-clear security without a boarding pass. But I think we're getting a little off-topic now...
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I had a flight into LAX land more than half an hour early this morning, leaving me with just over two hours between flights instead of an hour and a half, so I decided to try my luck visiting the lounge. Yes, that is possible.
It took me 20 minutes to get from gate 75B to the lounge on foot, walking briskly and carrying only a messenger bag. It helped that I made this schlep at 11 a.m., a slow time for the TBIT; on the other hand, my total inexperience with the terminal led me to take an indirect route to security.
My domestic boarding pass confused the TSA ID checker and the lounge attendant a little, but once I explained my oddball objective they were fine.
The lounge itself: Fabulous! The food and beverages are almost as good as the AmEx Centurion Lounge in LAS, but here you also have that outdoor terrace. I'll try to spend more than 30 minutes there the next time.
My walk back to gate 63 took exactly 15 minutes, thanks in part to an exceptionally short TSA Pre security line at T6. On that note: Why doesn't TBIT have Pre?
It took me 20 minutes to get from gate 75B to the lounge on foot, walking briskly and carrying only a messenger bag. It helped that I made this schlep at 11 a.m., a slow time for the TBIT; on the other hand, my total inexperience with the terminal led me to take an indirect route to security.
My domestic boarding pass confused the TSA ID checker and the lounge attendant a little, but once I explained my oddball objective they were fine.
The lounge itself: Fabulous! The food and beverages are almost as good as the AmEx Centurion Lounge in LAS, but here you also have that outdoor terrace. I'll try to spend more than 30 minutes there the next time.
My walk back to gate 63 took exactly 15 minutes, thanks in part to an exceptionally short TSA Pre security line at T6. On that note: Why doesn't TBIT have Pre?
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The airlines that participate in Precheck are only US-based (+Air Canada), which mean that there is no need for precheck at TBIT in just about every case (except going back for lounge access)
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Thanks for all the info, I have 3:10 in LA and now that UA is using TBIT on arrival I plan to re clear security and use the lounge there.. I figure 1 hour of messing around and 1 hour of fat gives me an hour to use a very nice lounge with showers..
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Hello, I arrive into LAX tomorrow (Terminal 4) at 22:34 on a domestic AA flight and will fly out of Terminal 2 on a CA flight to Beijing at 00:40.
My CA flight is in Business Class. I have no *A status. Would I be admitted into TBIT so as to use the *A lounge there? Would I have the time to get there, have a shower and then go onto Terminal 4? If not, is the best option to use the Air Canada lounge in Terminal 2 or should I try and use another lounge?
All thoughts gratefully received.
David
My CA flight is in Business Class. I have no *A status. Would I be admitted into TBIT so as to use the *A lounge there? Would I have the time to get there, have a shower and then go onto Terminal 4? If not, is the best option to use the Air Canada lounge in Terminal 2 or should I try and use another lounge?
All thoughts gratefully received.
David