I was wishing for an easel in T6 UC - never mind. Hopefully the new Club is at least as big as the 2 current clubs combined. And it would be cool if they could integrate the T7 UC ticket counter (the one with the tulip ends) as a historical piece.

Reading the full report linked from the article...and what's written here:

http://milecards.com/7071/new-lax-un...-size-in-2015/

Looks like the club will all be on a new floor built above the current club, but taking up the entire width of the concourse rather than just one side now. Should have some nice views and larger than both of today's clubs combined.

There will also be a new security area built at the gate level; no more snaking from that ground level sideways angle.

But no real changes to the rest of the terminal. Just the club, part of ticketing, and security checkpoint.

About time. I really detest flying from, to, or through LAX, and I go out of my way to avoid it. I'm not crazy about IAD, either, but I think LAX is worse (maybe because I end up flying there more often, in spite of my preferences).

^^ The answer, of course, is that UA faces competition at LAX, and it pretty much owns IAD, so it can treat its customers there like crap.

Hey, what do you expect for $400M? :)

I suspect that UA will help pay for some of the remaining $379 million through rental payments over the next few years. Perhaps not all of it, but LAWA doesn't have a magical pot of money from which it can spend almost $400 million. And the City of Los Angeles doesn't contribute tax monies to LAWA.

+1, but knowing the "New UA", the tulip counters will be tossed in the trash. :td:

I have it from a good source that the savings in trash bags covering urinals # 2 & #3 in the T-7 UC will cover the $400 million in about 2.3 years!

It would be a hundred-fold improvement if all they invested was $1,000 in exhaust fans to get rid of the McDonald's grease smell that wafts through T7

United planning $400 million in LAX upgrades
 

Self-serve soda machines please. Don't feel like stiffing the bartender for his 75% ice cube sodas.

I remember the renovations for the 1984 Olympics and the addition of the international arrivals and customs space.

Now, I hope that they some day decide to widen the hallways connecting T6 - T7, and T8 in order to add moving sidewalks. I can't believe that they have not done this already.

I hope that someday they decide to take a good look at reorganizing the T6 & T7 ticketing/check-in area to make it deeper, more unified, and more attractive.

Why tip the bartender for providing a drink which is unsatisfactory?

The other area that needs improvement is the connection between international arrivals in T6/7, and domestic connections. Currently, the arriving passengers who are connecting are dumped out in the arrivals section and have to find their own way to the departures section, with no effective signage and an escalator (unsigned) leading upstairs from which you have to double back (again, not properly signed) to reach the entrance to the security area.

Nice to hear but I wish LAX would spend some money on adding some moving sidewalks between terminals, the hike on a close connection is tough! Also I'd love to see better choices for food, LAX has about the worst selection of vendors, at least in T6 and T7!

I wish I would have known about the guestbook sooner. I guess I need to spend more time on FT!

Improving the connecting halls is part of the plan. And re-vamping the T7 ticketing lobby is part of it. But for some reason the T6 one is not part of the scope, maybe they will unify it all in the T7 section now that security will be removed from part of it.