Originally Posted by david4455
Just took the AS GDL-LAX flight the day before yesterday. After customs we were directed to leave the terminal and go next door to the domestic terminal to catch our flight to SEA where we had to go through security again. The lines were long and the plane was late leaving waiting for other connecting passengers to get through the security. Did I really have to leave the "secured" area to get to the other terminal? Seems pretty chaotic and inconvenient...
Yup.
When I last flew the evening LAX-SEA flight, the 739 had to be towed from the Bradley International Terminal to whichever Terminal AS uses to depart.
And when I arrive in LAX from an international destination, even when we disembark in Terminal 6(?) and go through C&I, we have to take an elevator upstairs and get in the security line for Terminals 7 & 8 to catch our domestic flight.
And UA is just as bad at doing tight connections. I had like an hour between the arrival of my LHR-LAX flight to the departure of my LAX-SEA flight. Even in the First Class line (with a TSA agent who was an absolute idiot and took five minutes - literally, I timed him - to clear each passenger) I barely made it before they started boarding.