Aug 3, 2018, 8:02 pm
Last edit by: dw
Priority Pass options (as of 8/28/21)
There are currently 0 PP lounge options at LAX with their respective hours of operation for PP members:
Note that all terminals from T4 through T8, including TBIT, are connected airside, albeit not necessarily in the most passenger friendly manner. Expect multiple sets of stairs, escalators, long underground tunnels, and so on.Note that the Alaska Lounge has a tendency to deny access to priority pass holders due to "crowding" reasons.
There are currently 0 PP lounge options at LAX with their respective hours of operation for PP members:
Barney's Beanery (Terminal 2); 10:30 am-midnightremoved from program 11/30/2018Virgin Atlantic Clubhouse (Terminal 2); 5:00 am-10:30ambeing converted to a Delta SkyClub. Delta signage already displayed outside April 2021Campanile (Terminal 4) 6a-10p - restaurant with $28 creditremoved from program in October 2018Alaska Lounge (Terminal 6); 4:30 am-11:00 pm (4:30-10:00 pm Sundays)according to Priority Pass access is "temporarily suspended" effective July 26, 2021Point the Way Cafe (Terminal 6); 1 pm-11 pm - restaurant with $28 credit (PP cards issued via American Express Platinum Card do not qualify)dropped out June 2021 after reopeningKorean (KAL) Lounge (TBIT); 11:00am-5:00pmreport on FT in 8/2021 is that this lounge is no longer accepting PPP.F. Chang's (TBIT) 11a-11p - restaurant with $28 creditremoved from program October 2019Rock & Brews (Terminal 1) 5:00am - 10:00 pm - restaurant with $28 credit (PP cards issued via American Express Platinum Card do not qualify)
Note that all terminals from T4 through T8, including TBIT, are connected airside, albeit not necessarily in the most passenger friendly manner. Expect multiple sets of stairs, escalators, long underground tunnels, and so on.Note that the Alaska Lounge has a tendency to deny access to priority pass holders due to "crowding" reasons.
LAX - Priority Pass and other options
Jun 28, 2019, 11:29 am
#196
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When you arrive at LAX on an international flight, you will go through customs/immigration and then be let out landside (except flights from pre-clearance airports which doesn't include NRT). Even if you didn't have to exit the sterile area, there are no airside connections either by walkway or bus to T1 where all the Southwest flights depart from and it's unlikely TSA will allow you to enter any other terminal than T1. You can give it a shot, but I wouldn't count on it. If you have a non-AMEX PP as seems the case, there is the Rock and Brews restaurant option in T1 you can use.
I haven't flown to LAX since I was an undergrad at UCLA in the 90s, so I have no recent experience with LAX.
Jun 28, 2019, 11:49 am
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Thanks for replying. So you're saying we can't go back to KAL's lounge? I read elsewhere that "if you have a valid boarding pass for a same-day departure from any LAX terminal, you can enter and clear security at any terminal." That same blog says the walk from T1 to TBIT is about 10 minutes.
I haven't flown to LAX since I was an undergrad at UCLA in the 90s, so I have no recent experience with LAX.
I haven't flown to LAX since I was an undergrad at UCLA in the 90s, so I have no recent experience with LAX.
I would say the 10 minutes assessment of the T1-TBIT walk is accurate. Lots of construction happening on the southside of World Way, particularly between T1 and T2 so beware.
Last edited by Oakshadow; Jun 28, 2019 at 11:59 am
Jun 28, 2019, 5:30 pm
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I think it’s quite likely you will be allowed to enter the “wrong” terminal with a valid boarding pass. Just explain that you’re going to a lounge. I’ve never had a problem with this at any airport.
Jul 8, 2019, 12:01 pm
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Thanks, dhuey. I did it today at SFO (at the int'l terminal even though I have a domestic outbound flight). TSA Pre-Check agent tried to be helpful by pointing out I was at the wrong terminal but I said I was here to use the lounge and she let me go. I hope it will be just as simple at LAX during our trip later this year.
Jul 8, 2019, 10:50 pm
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Since the rules at LAX changed a few years back, I've never had a problem with entering a terminal other than the one from which my flight departs.
Jul 8, 2019, 11:13 pm
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They don’t care what terminal you enter in from. Never had an issue. Just tell them you are there for the lounge.
All the terminals are connected airside one way or another by tunnels or bus. So doesn’t matter anyways if a terrorists wanted to get from one terminal to another.
All the terminals are connected airside one way or another by tunnels or bus. So doesn’t matter anyways if a terrorists wanted to get from one terminal to another.
Jul 18, 2019, 2:22 pm
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I never cared for PF Chang's, overpriced, ersatz and mediocre Chinese food. But for free, not too shabby. Wandered over from T5 to Tom Bradley for likely my last LAX freebie. As the lady sang, "you don't know what you've got till it's gone."
Jul 18, 2019, 2:51 pm
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i would never pay full price for PF Chang. But if I only have to pay 15-18% for a dish I’m good with that.
Jul 19, 2019, 7:25 am
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Has the KAL lounge reduced the offerings during the PP hours in the last year? I was there last summer, and I personally found the food options to be perfectly fine (finger food and instant ramen are normal by PP lounge standards), and they had a decent self-service bar (the most important feature). I will have the option of one last trip to PF Chang's, but I usually only order drinks from there and I will likely have a few hours to kill ($28 will not go very far).
Jul 19, 2019, 5:07 pm
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Jul 19, 2019, 6:11 pm
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I've done walked it before, so I'm good. Just haven't used PP at PF Changs before and didn't know the drill or how strict they were about Int'l tickets. Do I just tell them when being seated or do I give my PP to the server before the bill comes? TIA
Jul 19, 2019, 6:33 pm
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Jul 19, 2019, 7:21 pm
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They didn’t even ask for my boarding pass. I walked over from the T4 bridge.
