I'll be arriving on AS 562 PDX-LAX at 9:02 am on May 25 in seat 6F and with no checked luggage. PDX-LAX flights on AS have a good (89%) on-time rating.

I'm attempting to catch the northbound Coast Starlight train leaving Union Station at 10:15 am.

Talk about cutting it close.

The Flyaway bus leaves LAX for LAUS at the top and bottom of each hour, and it's about a 30-minute drive between the two.

So, if the bus is late leaving LAX, I might be able to run out and catch the 9:00 departure, getting me to LAUS at ~9:30 or a hair later (9am traffic is hopefully past rush-hour, and I think the bus uses the 105 and 110 freeways with carpool lanes). That'd be perfect.

If I miss the 9:00, there's a bus at 9:30, which would theoretically get me to Union Station by 10:00, leaving me literally seconds to print my ticket from the Quick Track machine and find the Starlight's departure track.

What do y'all think? Is this doable? (I like to live by the seat of my pants...) At the worst, I'd miss the train and have to rebook for a later Pacific Surfliner.

If the consensus here is that I'm crazy and I'd never make it, I can think of two other options: take the Van Nuys Flyaway and then a cab to the Van Nuys Amtrak station or pay an extra $40 or so and book the nonstop ANC-LAX flight that gets in at 7am (I'd only be losing 30 total BIS miles by skipping the layover in PDX--I'm surprised it's so few, but I guess an ANC-LAX Great Circle route really does parallel the length of the West Coast...)

What would your recommendation be? (Part of my problem is it's an idealogical drive of mine to pay as little as possible for airfare, so even though it's only $40 difference and it would make my life a lot easier (though I don't mind connections and even enjoy them, usually), I feel like I'm losing at the game if I pay any more than necessary...)