Originally Posted by
middlekingdom
Also, I do not know enough about LAX to understand if there are separate TSA-Precheck lines for elite vs non elite but that sounds wasteful as they have to have so much more staff. If it is the case then my earlier comments do not apply to LAX.
I have flown out of LAX twice in recent months. Once I went through PreCheck on the non-elite side and the second, went through PreCheck on the elite side. It depends on the time of day which part of the checkpoint is open, but either way, you can access PreCheck through the regular entrance or through the elite side.