Exitting LAX when in transit
Feb 1, 2011 | 9:40 pm
#1
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Join Date: Feb 2011
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Exitting LAX when in transit
hi - i arrive at LAX from Orlando on Sat 5th Feb 2011 at 4pm; my onward flight to Sydney Australa is approx 8 hours later. I am looking to exit LAX and go somewhere eg Manhattan Beach/Santa Monica for dinner and then return.
1 - is the 8 hours sufficient - my assumption is 1hr each way, 3 hour check in process = 3hours for dinner
2 - if i check my bags through to Sydney in Orlando, can i drop them in LAX and still exit the airport or will i be kept in a secure area
3 - if i will be kept in a secure area, presumably i will have to check my bags only as far as LAX, then go through the check-in process again on returning from dinner
Help welcome! i just dont want to spend 8 hours at LAX
1 - is the 8 hours sufficient - my assumption is 1hr each way, 3 hour check in process = 3hours for dinner
2 - if i check my bags through to Sydney in Orlando, can i drop them in LAX and still exit the airport or will i be kept in a secure area
3 - if i will be kept in a secure area, presumably i will have to check my bags only as far as LAX, then go through the check-in process again on returning from dinner
Help welcome! i just dont want to spend 8 hours at LAX
Feb 1, 2011 | 10:39 pm
#3
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Southeast USA
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Posts: 6,710
I've done this relatively recently, incoming domestic flight into T6 around noon, outbound flight LAX-BKK in the evening from TBIT. In my case, I just arranged for a rental car, picked up my stuff at the T6 baggage carousel, then took the shuttle over to the lot, stuffed bags in trunk, and off I went tooling about for the next 8 hours. I wasn't travelling too heavy and didn't want my stuff hanging about in LAX baggage area, so preferred the recheck-option to interlining. I think I allowed enough time to get back to TG check-in a couple of hours early.
Nobody cares if you leave LAX during transit, but it's up to you to get yourself back to appropriate area to do check-in and/or security.
Nobody cares if you leave LAX during transit, but it's up to you to get yourself back to appropriate area to do check-in and/or security.
Feb 2, 2011 | 12:41 am
#4
Join Date: Nov 2010
Posts: 27
8 hours is definitely more than enough time. Manhattan Beach is a little closer, but the Santa Monica pier is always fun at sunset. There are great restaurants in either city, but Santa Monica has a more centralized shopping area (3rd Street Promenade) that would make for a nice walk after dinner. Even with commuting back and forth, you'll have a lot of time too kill. Would you be renting a car? I don't know about buses, but there's probably some kind of bus or shuttle to Santa Monica. A taxi would be pretty expensive, I think.
thanks - very helpful feedback; looks like santa monica it is