Originally Posted by
JALPak
But then the F check-in and security check at LAX is so much worse than the one at NRT if you count them as part of the ground experience.
True. But even more miserable as an economy class passenger. I'd rather do the economy class security experience in NRT than in LAX. Though the last couple of times out of TBIT I went to T4 for security after check-in. Less painful.