sukn

As of this morning, Elite/Priority Access has indeed moved to the east end of terminal 4. Currently there is a banner posted on the exterior of the west wing saying premium check-in has moved six doors down.

The east end of the terminal is now shared by Priority Access and non-elites but there is a gate keeper assigned to keep the kettles out of the PA section. This is where the planned glass divider will be installed at some point.

Dedicated PA security has moved into a new room atop the escalator and immediately to the right.

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This has been established in its own thread, as the new Priority Access queues and procedures have been implemented. The obsolete thread, for historical purposes, is here: Rumor: LAX Priority AAccess moving to East side of T4

29 Jun 11 - For photos, see this post by QueenofCoach: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/16642480-post74.html

31 Oct 2011 For information on the even newer Flagship Check-in, please see this thread.

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LAX Terminals map - note orientation: TBIT is West of T-4, DL and UA are East; PA is across from "Bravo Air" wording

UALpremier

Are there body-scanners installed there?

sukn

I do not have an answer for that. I only happened to notice the move because after arriving into LAX I went upstairs to the departure level to meet my ride. Obviously after seeing the banner, I went inside to investigate.

I guess we will have to wait for reports from others to get further details regarding the TSA setup.

dayone

My prediction is that this change will not go off without more than a few bugs during the transition.

UALpremier

I may very well be that guinea pig . . . I have a flight at 7AM bright and early.

sk3

Good luck UALpremier! I hope you encounter nothing but WTMDs! (And thx for your reply in the other thread).

VickiSoCal

this morning we parked at Wally Park as usual, hopped on the shuttle and told the driver American First. He pulled up to the usual spot, we entered and looked around, oh no, this doesn't look right. We asked the escalator guard on the old elite escalator who directed us all the way down to the new area, which was utterly deserted. The whole area was "roped off with someone checking bp's/id's before you could get in. We zipped up the escalator and thru security in about 2 minutes. 2 TSA id/bp checkers, 2 conveyor belts, one scanner, no passengers.

Some more signage and re-education of shuttle drivers is in order.

jeffreyt

Wait a minute. I was at LAX yesterday morning and the priority access to security went up the west escalator like it has done for a very long time. Are we saying that got moved to the east escaltor or just the check in? It sounds like the former.

sukn

Both.

VickiSoCal

Everything for elites is at the East End. Don't even bother getting off any earlier or you will be swimming up stream. This morning, it looked like they were trying to control access to the whole area, including the checkin, but I'm not sure if they will be able to keep that up on busier days, I can see aline developign to enter the elite area.

sk3

Thanks for the post. You say it had just one "scanner". Do you mean it had one of the new Whole Body Imaging scanners, or that it had the old Walk Through Metal Detector?

VickiSoCal

They had two scanners in total, one of each kind. they were directing all the (minimal) traffic thru the Whole Body Imaging scanners.

sk3

Cr@p!

But thanks for the clarification.

UALpremier

Then I guess I'll go to the normal lane.

jeffreyt

Here at LAX this morning. I'm not sure I like the new procedures for priority access. The one thing AA could have done was send their LAX-based fliers, or those that frequent LAX a quick email and say "Hey, the priority access entrance to security has changed". Had this thread not been here for a long time, I would not have known it was coming.