serfty

First/Business has been on my BP's in recent years and that has been sufficient to use the priority queue.

To be honest, at around 7:30pm to 8:00pm when I am normally transferring my experience is that the queues are pretty short and quick anyway; you head up an escalator at either the SW or NW end of the check in hall, do a U turn and head back to the middle.

As far as direction from the T4 A/C to the TBIT Business lounge go, assuming you already have your BP, do the following (from memory):
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• Head out of the A/C, down the stairs/elevator and out to the T4 concourse.
• Turn left and head along towards exit/baggage claim as signed going to right as you approach the end.
• Do not take the escalator down to baggage collection - keep to the left of the escalator and looking looking ahead and you will see a manned security exit.
• Head though and you will find yourself on a mezzanine above the check-in hall.
• Take the short escalator down, head out to the departures roadway and turn left.
• Follow the footpath around as it around the right from T4 to TBIT and enter the check-in hall.
• Enter and then head along all the way to the back left - this is the SW corner.
• Go up an escalator and at the top do that U turn around to your right and ahead you will see security.
• Go through as normal - after security follow the walkway out to the departures concourse.
• When you come out to the large main area you should see some elevators to your right.
• Take these up to the *O lounge (go to the right after you exit the elevator).

martin33

it's supposed to go on the hour and and on the half hour, but in half a dozen tries this year I've not had much luck in having it depart timely at one of those intervals.

I agree the security lines in TBIT early evening are not long and there is a premium queue, but I'm just not into non-precheck screening any more if it can be avoided.

The Qantas F lounge is indeed nice, quite like MEL or SYD, but for me it has varied a lot, from serene uncrowded haven (a couple of tuesday flights) to a full-capacity noisy mess (a saturday in january I think it was).

I expect we'll all be much happier if/when the connector tunnel finally opens.

expatboy

Thanks - much appreciated . Thinking to go HBO since it's a 5 night trip, so that may make things less stressful. Inspired by c-w-s and others

zpaul

So here goes:
Bus starts running at 4:30pm, not 4:00. Just FYI.

Security at TBIT was a pain - very crowded and long lines, but I was still the first person to access the First Lounge. Do they hire models exclusively to man the doors?

The lounge is beautiful, but more impressive are the staff. I was amazed to find the level of professionalism that they all demonstrated, and the food was excellent. I had the squid, sashimi, and Korean burger. Absolutely incredible.

I like the design of the Business lounge MUCH more than that of the First, but it was really, really crowded. I didn't even stay for a drink, just went back to my place in the FL.

Now that I've been through the lounge in SYD I see the tie-in with the decor, but it's unfortunate that there wasn't more done to differentiate the space in LAX. I suppose for the smaller space, it's been done about as much as can be.

Exec_Plat

Welcome to LA, baby!







PS - Im lazy, what time do they OPEN?

zpaul

Open a 4:00pm.