I went on UA at LAX on 1/20. Arrived at terminal at 7AM for 8AM departure. Tried to use Automated machine for boarding pass. It kept bouncing me and said go to counter. I went to the counter, waited in Biz/Prem. line because it was a lot shorter than 1st class line. Took 10 minutes to get boarding passes. My favorite checkpoint is opposite the escalator mentioned in Cardfan's post. It does not have an escalator , just stairs and some days the TSA people are huffy about allowing people through that checkpoint with roller bags but no problem last Monday. Got to gate at 7:20 and flight began boarding at 7:30

It was MLK day but terminal seemed as busy as the week before when it wasn't a holiday. If I was checking luggage I would have arrived earlier.