UA terminals at LAX are a disgrace... and general comparison of LAX to other airports
Feb 10, 2008 | 9:06 pm
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UA terminals at LAX are a disgrace... and general comparison of LAX to other airports
Can there be a bigger dump than the landside Departures area of UA's LAX terminal? The T6 so-called Premium Check-in area is thoroughly disgusting and nowhere near the level of Premium check-in found on the other side of the Pacific. Not only is there nothing special about the area itself, but it leads to a vastly understaffed security screening area that can take forever to get through. Shame on UA for having such a third world facility at a major gateway!
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Feb 10, 2008 | 9:08 pm
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Can there be a bigger dump than the landside Departures area of UA's LAX terminal? The T6 so-called Premium Check-in area is thoroughly disgusting and nowhere near Premium. Not only is there nothing special about the area itself, but it leads to a vastly understaffed security screening area that can take forever to get through. Shame on UA for having such a third world facility at a major gateway!
Feb 10, 2008 | 9:13 pm
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LAX itself is a disgrace of an airport. The airport is so disgusting it doesn't deserve to accept international flights or the title international airport. Because it's a disgusting third world dump. I've seen better airports in third world countries.
Not quite third world, but ICN for example.
Not quite third world, but ICN for example.
Feb 10, 2008 | 9:22 pm
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Can there be a bigger dump than the landside Departures area of UA's LAX terminal? The T6 so-called Premium Check-in area is thoroughly disgusting and nowhere near the level of Premium check-in found on the other side of the Pacific. Not only is there nothing special about the area itself, but it leads to a vastly understaffed security screening area that can take forever to get through. Shame on UA for having such a third world facility at a major gateway!
I guess I'm missing what you wanted on the special section - flowers, champers???
And I've never spent more than 5 minutes in line in the elite lite even, so what's the beef. Again, details. And again I guess I'd need to hear it on a reg basis to declare it a 'disgrace'.
BTW - I'm not justifying LAX. I just think the above is a bit extreme w/o details.
PS - I'm tired of people doing apples to oranges comparisons. Duh. If you want to do domestic-domestic comparison fine, but domestic-international is irrelevant.
Cheers.
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Feb 10, 2008 | 9:30 pm
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Just be happy that there was even an "Elite" line to go through. Did it take you 5? 10? minutes to get through security? Try Terminal D at PHL on a Thursday at about 3pm then start complaining.
Feb 10, 2008 | 9:33 pm
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Feb 10, 2008 | 9:43 pm
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Feb 10, 2008 | 9:49 pm
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Also, terminals 1, 2, 3, and the TBIT are inferior to the 6-7 experience at LAX.
Feb 10, 2008 | 9:53 pm
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I just think it is funny that "Elites" will complain over a 10 minute wait. Seriously there are worse things.
Feb 10, 2008 | 9:57 pm
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LAX is one of my "home" airports - and although not great, I really don't see it as all that bad. True, the airport itself is crap, but the United Terminal 6 experience, at least to me, isn't that bad.
I usually check in in <5 min and usually wait <5 min for security.
I stare at the line of people waiting OUTSIDE the southwest terminal every time I pass by. I've been in that line once - and it isn't pretty.
And I agree - trying to compare almost any US domestic airport to an "internaltional" airport is apples and oranges. Shouldn't be that way - but it is. The domestic flight experience has been getting worst well before 9/11.
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I usually check in in <5 min and usually wait <5 min for security.
I stare at the line of people waiting OUTSIDE the southwest terminal every time I pass by. I've been in that line once - and it isn't pretty.
And I agree - trying to compare almost any US domestic airport to an "internaltional" airport is apples and oranges. Shouldn't be that way - but it is. The domestic flight experience has been getting worst well before 9/11.
Billy
Feb 10, 2008 | 9:59 pm
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Or SJC Terminal A vs. LAX Terminal Anything.
Even JFK Terminal 7 is slightly better.
Feb 10, 2008 | 10:02 pm
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Feb 10, 2008 | 10:03 pm
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Maybe when all the American "ruling classes", for want of a better word, arrive in Beijing to visit the Olympics and pass through their new T3, the penny will drop.
The US is seriously lacking the necessary investment in infrastructure required to bring it up to 21st century standards. The airlines and airports are only one area where this is visible.
The US is seriously lacking the necessary investment in infrastructure required to bring it up to 21st century standards. The airlines and airports are only one area where this is visible.
Feb 10, 2008 | 10:15 pm
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It doesn't matter how many passengers it processes. ICN processes millions a day and the ENTIRE airport is still spotless. Not a SINGLE surface in that airport that's anything other than gleaming. Compare that to LAX, which is crowded, disgusting and just a general nightmare to walk through.