<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by cawhite60156:
I can't even begin to tell you how long we stood in line to have our bags checked, but easily over 30 minutes. 
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Unfortunately, a 30 minutes baggage check is not uncommon at LAX. And as you now know, never check bags if you do not have too. Having 1P, you could carry on two bags. I have even combined items into two bags just to be able to carry them on. Since we get to board first all the overhead is available. Just uncombine the items once on board. This is the LAX way for me.