Originally Posted by
TomT
Thank you guys........I am carrying on so that may be a help....I am on two tickets....when I jumped on the "cheap" flight at first thought I would stop over a night or so in LAX..that did not work out so ended up with a Fll-LAX-Fll ticket and my LAX-SYD-LAX flight.
I really appreciate the info.......Flyertalk has been wonderful to me over the years!

While you probably are spry and may want to walk after the long flight, you may want to request a wheelchair if your flight arrives late. It will cut in front of all the lines in immigration and security....