Hi All,
I'm hoping some of you might have some guidance/experience with positioning at LAX for a transpacific flight about the middle of May.

My initial thought is to book my positioning flight on a mid-afternoon Friday out of CMH-(MSP)-LAX arrive 19:30 on DL. My connecting flight is the KE flight for ICN at 23:00 which would give me approximately 4.5 hours to claim our bags and recheck.

My gut tells me that it’s too close since my vacation to Bali is on the line though I've pushed international flights this close before. Being that I've never flown into LAX I'm not familiar with the time necessary to claim and check-in (especially on a Friday afternoon/evening); GOES might payoff here.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance.