Meeting/Picking Up Passengers Arriving at LAX
Dec 5, 2016, 7:56 am
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Meeting/Picking Up Passengers Arriving at LAX
A couple of questions, we are flying in a day ahead of,and picking up some family at LAX on a Thus. morning. Since they will be checking a bag they need to get (sigh) I am guessing a 9:30 landing, should put them in baggage claim by about 10? (southwest flight)
We plan on waiting for a call from them to pick up, what is the simplest way to go get them? How long does it take to get in and get out of there at about that time? And where is the best place, simply at arrivals,hopefully we can meet them outside and not have to go in(?)
Another side question....say we decide to have them call Uber instead, would 10 am be considered surge pricing time?
We plan on waiting for a call from them to pick up, what is the simplest way to go get them? How long does it take to get in and get out of there at about that time? And where is the best place, simply at arrivals,hopefully we can meet them outside and not have to go in(?)
Another side question....say we decide to have them call Uber instead, would 10 am be considered surge pricing time?
Dec 5, 2016, 9:03 am
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Surges can happen at anytime, but are unlikely at that time.
Southwest arrivals are not too bad and you do not have to do the "full circle" after picking up. I would just wait in the cell phone lot, or at Carl's Jr. on Century (my personal cell phone lot) and pick them up when they call.
If headed south, your way out will look like this. If out to Century, just take that exit to west.
Southwest arrivals are not too bad and you do not have to do the "full circle" after picking up. I would just wait in the cell phone lot, or at Carl's Jr. on Century (my personal cell phone lot) and pick them up when they call.
If headed south, your way out will look like this. If out to Century, just take that exit to west.
Dec 6, 2016, 7:10 am
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I will thank you right now! ;-) ok one more relevant question..... driving from LAX down to Disneyland..... if you could choose to drive at 6 p.m. - or at 10-10:30 a.m. which would you choose? (midweek) We are trying to decide whether to head down there in the evening, or wait till the next morning after we pick up our crew. (either way is about equal for us $wise ,we are flying in a day earlier than expected originally) according to maps the evening drive could take 2 hours.....
Dec 6, 2016, 7:59 am
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I will thank you right now! ;-) ok one more relevant question..... driving from LAX down to Disneyland..... if you could choose to drive at 6 p.m. - or at 10-10:30 a.m. which would you choose? (midweek) We are trying to decide whether to head down there in the evening, or wait till the next morning after we pick up our crew. (either way is about equal for us $wise ,we are flying in a day earlier than expected originally) according to maps the evening drive could take 2 hours.....
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Dec 6, 2016, 9:08 am
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Dec 6, 2016, 9:39 am
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If you have to pick them up at LAX the next morning DO NOT go to OC that night then come back ot pickup at LAX the next morning.
Get a hotel at LAX. Then everyone head to OC in the morning after you pick them up.
You will thank us for avoiding two hellish drives.
(I live by Disneyland and drive to LAX a LOT.)
Get a hotel at LAX. Then everyone head to OC in the morning after you pick them up.
You will thank us for avoiding two hellish drives.
(I live by Disneyland and drive to LAX a LOT.)
Dec 6, 2016, 10:01 am
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If you have to pick them up at LAX the next morning DO NOT go to OC that night then come back ot pickup at LAX the next morning.
Get a hotel at LAX. Then everyone head to OC in the morning after you pick them up.
You will thank us for avoiding two hellish drives.
(I live by Disneyland and drive to LAX a LOT.)
Get a hotel at LAX. Then everyone head to OC in the morning after you pick them up.
You will thank us for avoiding two hellish drives.
(I live by Disneyland and drive to LAX a LOT.)
Dec 13, 2016, 6:06 pm
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If you stay at an LAX hotel, you might be able to avoid having to pick them up the next morning, and instead have them take the hotel's shuttle to the hotel and meet you there.
You could do the same when you arrive, save a night's cost for parking and rental car, and pick up the rental car in the morning. There are some agencies that have locations in some of the airport hotels in addition to the main airport locations; these can often be cheaper since you don't pay all the extra airport fees. You can usually arrange to return the car to the airport rather than the hotel location.
You could do the same when you arrive, save a night's cost for parking and rental car, and pick up the rental car in the morning. There are some agencies that have locations in some of the airport hotels in addition to the main airport locations; these can often be cheaper since you don't pay all the extra airport fees. You can usually arrange to return the car to the airport rather than the hotel location.
Dec 13, 2016, 7:06 pm
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If you stay at an LAX hotel, you might be able to avoid having to pick them up the next morning, and instead have them take the hotel's shuttle to the hotel and meet you there.
You could do the same when you arrive, save a night's cost for parking and rental car, and pick up the rental car in the morning. There are some agencies that have locations in some of the airport hotels in addition to the main airport locations; these can often be cheaper since you don't pay all the extra airport fees. You can usually arrange to return the car to the airport rather than the hotel location.
You could do the same when you arrive, save a night's cost for parking and rental car, and pick up the rental car in the morning. There are some agencies that have locations in some of the airport hotels in addition to the main airport locations; these can often be cheaper since you don't pay all the extra airport fees. You can usually arrange to return the car to the airport rather than the hotel location.
Jan 26, 2017, 9:57 pm
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Hoping it's allowable to ask in this thread where to meet a friend who's driving to meet us, at T1 at 8.30 a.m. On the airport map, the Cell Phone Waiting Lot looks small: should we not count on it being available? If the friend is early, I think I'd advise her to park in the garage and meet us in the terminal. I think there's a good chance she'd be late: what advice would there be, with current construction, on meeting us at the curb? I know that at many airports one advises meeting arriving pax on the departures level, but maybe not at this time of day? Whichever level, is there a certain median where we should meet, and signage the driver should follow to get there?
Jan 26, 2017, 10:03 pm
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Hoping it's allowable to ask in this thread where to meet a friend who's driving to meet us, at T1 at 8.30 a.m. On the airport map, the Cell Phone Waiting Lot looks small: should we not count on it being available? If the friend is early, I think I'd advise her to park in the garage and meet us in the terminal. I think there's a good chance she'd be late: what advice would there be, with current construction, on meeting us at the curb? I know that at many airports one advises meeting arriving pax on the departures level, but maybe not at this time of day? Whichever level, is there a certain median where we should meet, and signage the driver should follow to get there?
Jan 26, 2017, 10:30 pm
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Hoping it's allowable to ask in this thread where to meet a friend who's driving to meet us, at T1 at 8.30 a.m. On the airport map, the Cell Phone Waiting Lot looks small: should we not count on it being available? If the friend is early, I think I'd advise her to park in the garage and meet us in the terminal. I think there's a good chance she'd be late: what advice would there be, with current construction, on meeting us at the curb? I know that at many airports one advises meeting arriving pax on the departures level, but maybe not at this time of day? Whichever level, is there a certain median where we should meet, and signage the driver should follow to get there?
That time of day, there a many more departing than arriving passengers and the lower "arrivals" level is considerably less congested. I'd instruct someone who is arriving or picking me up to meet me on the lower level. <outdated information>.
All that being said, I've never seen more that a couple of cars in the cell phone waiting lot.
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Feb 11, 2017, 6:33 pm
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Meeting at LAX
We are flying from Nashville to LA and arriving at 8:50 am, we are meeting family who are arriving from Sydney to LA at 6:30 am. They are first time travellers to US and we are meeting a driver to travel together into LA. Can anyone suggest an area where they can wait for us?