Originally Posted by
PDXPremier
The LAX lounge seems to always have the waitlist sign out at the elevator, but as a lounge member I just show them my digital card and walk right in which I assume is the case for other lounge members. At the PDX lounge, the huge sign advertising the $25 day pass benefit for Alaska Visa cardholders is now gone so perhaps, that was generating TOO much traffic....lol.
My life pro hack for LAX is to come up the stairwell that pops you out on the end of the check in counter, opposite of the plebs that took the elevator. The old fingerprint readers used to be there as well, so I would just come out the door, swing right around to the reader and give them the finger. Once it showed the checkmark they would just say welcome, and off I would go towards the bar. Never waited, never failed. I think the fact it's always just me, and the checkin agents didn't have to do much to get me checked in helped.