The LAX T5 - T6 Tunnel - more than you ever wanted to know
Jun 13, 2012, 11:45 am
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We should make a game where a bunch of people go down there and everyone gets a bowling ball. You have to see how far down the tunnel you can roll it without hitting the wall. Points given based on distance. Winners get Biscoff.
Jun 13, 2012, 2:42 pm
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Jun 13, 2012, 2:48 pm
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I searched all over the LAX official site, and even the terminal maps don't show the tunnels. 
I am aware of T6 to T7. Just to be clear, one can go from T5 to T6, T6 to T7, and T7 to T8 (so all the way from 5 to 8 potentially, albeit a LONG walk) without leaving the secured area?
I am aware of T6 to T7. Just to be clear, one can go from T5 to T6, T6 to T7, and T7 to T8 (so all the way from 5 to 8 potentially, albeit a LONG walk) without leaving the secured area?
Jun 13, 2012, 2:49 pm
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It might be more fun to count the number of times the ball bounces off opposite walls zigzag fashion.
Jun 13, 2012, 3:49 pm
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See that would be better with a golf ball. Or we could set up various buckets down the corridor and you could try and bounce said golf ball into them. Winner gets a HOOU coupon.
Jun 13, 2012, 7:19 pm
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I searched all over the LAX official site, and even the terminal maps don't show the tunnels.
I am aware of T6 to T7. Just to be clear, one can go from T5 to T6, T6 to T7, and T7 to T8 (so all the way from 5 to 8 potentially, albeit a LONG walk) without leaving the secured area?
I am aware of T6 to T7. Just to be clear, one can go from T5 to T6, T6 to T7, and T7 to T8 (so all the way from 5 to 8 potentially, albeit a LONG walk) without leaving the secured area?
Also, if you have time, skip the Sky Club zoo and walk the tunnel to the new Alaska Boardroom in T6. It's new, nice, and usually much less crowded.
Jun 14, 2012, 3:08 pm
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I was asking because the post I quoted suggested going to T6 if T5 has long lines. It's not clear that a kettle line would be shorted than elite and/or precheck in T5, but if T6 has the elite and precheck lines that can be used by DL passengers, going to T6 to save time could be worthwhile.
Jun 14, 2012, 6:27 pm
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Agree - if you're a full SkyClub member, go to the Boardroom. Downside is that it closes at 10 PM, so redeye fliers may still be SOL. Was there last week, and Boardroom was blissfully quiet. When it closed, walked over to SkyClub to finish out my layover before a redeye, and couldn't even find an empty seat. Ended up finding a seat at the gate and just waited there til boarding.
Jun 14, 2012, 6:51 pm
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There is a tunnel between T4 and T5. It's currently closed off and used as a storage room for vacuums, floor waxing machines etc.
Jun 14, 2012, 6:56 pm
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The LAX T5 - T6 Tunnel - more than you ever wanted to know
I went through it for the first time last year on the Fri before Carmageddon. I happened to go down the escalator behind DL Hughley, and as we came around the corner to look down the tunnel, he turned to me and said "This is some creepy-a$$ sh!t, isn't it?" I had to agree.....
Jun 14, 2012, 8:22 pm
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Jun 14, 2012, 8:48 pm
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Jun 14, 2012, 9:14 pm
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did you get any bonus skymiles for the breakdown?
Jun 15, 2012, 7:02 am
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I did this Saturday night. Flew into Terminal 8 from BOS, walked all the way to the Delta Sky Club in T5 for a shower. Would've been a shorter walk landside but I didn't feel like the security hassle. The T5-T6 tunnel is airside.
Also, if you have time, skip the Sky Club zoo and walk the tunnel to the new Alaska Boardroom in T6. It's new, nice, and usually much less crowded.
Also, if you have time, skip the Sky Club zoo and walk the tunnel to the new Alaska Boardroom in T6. It's new, nice, and usually much less crowded.