<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by TonySCV:
Another tip (man, I visit LAX too often 
-The parking garages for T1 and T7 are actually connected via a bridge on the 3rd level. If traffic is bad at either terminal and you need to park (or worse yet if T1 parking is closed but T7 is open or vice versa - which has happened) You can enter in T7 (or T1), go to level 3, and take the bridge right over to T1 (or T7) parking.
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Sometimes, I park at PARK ONE which is just adjacent to Terminal 1. This lets you avoid all the crap associated with shuttles, etc. While you can certainly take the Park One shuttle (if you have a lot of bags), I typically pack light enough so that I can walk to the T1 parking and cross the bridge to T7. This is almost as convenient as parking at the terminal for 1/2 the price (plus, they give a 20% discount with your Southwest FF Card, and a 10% discount for UA).