How long from "curb to gate" at LAX on a Sunday morning?
Apr 9, 2010, 7:34 pm
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How long from "curb to gate" at LAX on a Sunday morning?
I'll be flying LAX-BOI, QX 2416, T3, on a Sunday morning (scheduled departure is at 9:20) later this month. No checked luggage and I'll do OLCI at a nearby hotel. How much time would be reasonable to allow from curb to gate? 45 min.? 60 min.? I'd like as much sleep as possible. 
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Apr 9, 2010, 8:45 pm
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I'll be flying LAX-BOI, QX 2416, T3, on a Sunday morning (scheduled departure is at 9:20) later this month. No checked luggage and I'll do OLCI at a nearby hotel. How much time would be reasonable to allow from curb to gate? 45 min.? 60 min.? I'd like as much sleep as possible.
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Apr 9, 2010, 10:26 pm
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With a caveat- sometimes the TSA lines at T3rdWorld are a bit backed up and being a MVPG is for naught (the downstairs TSA station isn't open and everyone gets funneled into the same line, elite or not), and LAX shuttles sometimes stop at multiple hotels (for instance, the one from LAX Westin stops at Holiday Inn and La Quinta before heading to LAX), or have more people waiting in line than will fit on a shuttle... so 45 minutes is probably cutting it fine from departing from your hotel's curb, but doable. I'd add 15 if you're the nervous type.
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45 mins is plenty all days of the week except early Monday or Friday afternoon. Leave your hotel at 8 and you should be fine. If you stay at a hotel with a dedicated shuttle you could probably leave at 8:15.
45 mins is plenty all days of the week except early Monday or Friday afternoon. Leave your hotel at 8 and you should be fine. If you stay at a hotel with a dedicated shuttle you could probably leave at 8:15.
Apr 9, 2010, 11:11 pm
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Apr 10, 2010, 7:46 am
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Apr 10, 2010, 11:41 am
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Quick tip: take the elevator by the TSA ID checker on the ticket counter level up to the top floor. There is another ID checker up there that no one ever uses and you can bypass the first line just waiting to have their IDs checked. Can save 30-45 minutes on a busy day.
Apr 11, 2010, 10:05 am
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Quick tip: take the elevator by the TSA ID checker on the ticket counter level up to the top floor. There is another ID checker up there that no one ever uses and you can bypass the first line just waiting to have their IDs checked. Can save 30-45 minutes on a busy day.
Apr 11, 2010, 5:39 pm
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Correct. You'll see what I mean though. When you get to the security line, there will be a TSA employee checking IDs at the bottom of the stairs and escalators leading up to the actual security checkpoint. This line before the stairs and escalators is what you are probably going to want to avoid. As you walk toward the ID checker as you come from the ticket counter area, the elevator will be on the the left, with the escalators on the right.
Apr 28, 2010, 7:28 pm
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Correct. You'll see what I mean though. When you get to the security line, there will be a TSA employee checking IDs at the bottom of the stairs and escalators leading up to the actual security checkpoint. This line before the stairs and escalators is what you are probably going to want to avoid. As you walk toward the ID checker as you come from the ticket counter area, the elevator will be on the the left, with the escalators on the right.
Then I went upstairs and there were maybe twp people in each security line. Piece of cake. Arrived at the gate with time to spare. But, the terminal that WN uses was packed!! I'm glad I wasn't flying with them.
Apr 28, 2010, 10:25 pm
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I arrived at 8:20 AM on Sunday and there was only one person in line. Then I went upstairs and there were maybe twp people in each security line. Piece of cake. Arrived at the gate with time to spare. But, the terminal that WN uses was packed!! I'm glad I wasn't flying with them.
Then I went upstairs and there were maybe twp people in each security line. Piece of cake. Arrived at the gate with time to spare. But, the terminal that WN uses was packed!! I'm glad I wasn't flying with them.
Apr 29, 2010, 1:09 am
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No MVPG/F line still though right?
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I am still unclear on this.... 
Some of us reported [myself included] that we were able to cut the line with our MVPG status, some reported it is not possible...
What I did was:
Ticketing Level
Go to the BP/ID checkpoint and there are signs indicating a line for MVPGs [it is there] and the two middle lanes are reserved for Golds while the two lanes on the outside is for general people...
When you go up the escalator there should be a person that routes people to the front of the line at the top of the escalator. I would show that person my BP and point to the leftmost lane and try this at least twice...
Please share your experience trying to expedite through security...
Some of us reported [myself included] that we were able to cut the line with our MVPG status, some reported it is not possible...What I did was:
Ticketing Level
Go to the BP/ID checkpoint and there are signs indicating a line for MVPGs [it is there] and the two middle lanes are reserved for Golds while the two lanes on the outside is for general people...
When you go up the escalator there should be a person that routes people to the front of the line at the top of the escalator. I would show that person my BP and point to the leftmost lane and try this at least twice...
Please share your experience trying to expedite through security...
Apr 30, 2010, 11:42 am
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I am still unclear on this.... Some of us reported [myself included] that we were able to cut the line with our MVPG status, some reported it is not possible...
What I did was:
Ticketing Level
Go to the BP/ID checkpoint and there are signs indicating a line for MVPGs [it is there] and the two middle lanes are reserved for Golds while the two lanes on the outside is for general people...
When you go up the escalator there should be a person that routes people to the front of the line at the top of the escalator. I would show that person my BP and point to the leftmost lane and try this at least twice...
Please share your experience trying to expedite through security...
Some of us reported [myself included] that we were able to cut the line with our MVPG status, some reported it is not possible...What I did was:
Ticketing Level
Go to the BP/ID checkpoint and there are signs indicating a line for MVPGs [it is there] and the two middle lanes are reserved for Golds while the two lanes on the outside is for general people...
When you go up the escalator there should be a person that routes people to the front of the line at the top of the escalator. I would show that person my BP and point to the leftmost lane and try this at least twice...
Please share your experience trying to expedite through security...
May 15, 2010, 9:41 pm
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FWIW, the security line in T3 was pretty busy at 8PM today.... I am not flying this evening, however, my sister has a flight to catch on AA, so I brought her to the Board Room today...
The ticketing agent gave us both a boarding pass that goes to nowhere, so we can get thru security.
When I went up the escalator, and the agent was directing people to the line and I flashed my MVPG card and she brought us to the left most X-Ray machine line cutting the line completely. ^
The ticketing agent gave us both a boarding pass that goes to nowhere
, so we can get thru security.When I went up the escalator, and the agent was directing people to the line and I flashed my MVPG card and she brought us to the left most X-Ray machine line cutting the line completely. ^