Originally Posted by navydevildoc

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.