Jun 4, 2016, 1:46 pm
Last edit by: WineCountryUA
February 2016 an completely air-side path between T8/T7 and TBIT opened (Dotted line in above map)
To get from T8/T7 to T5, one has to walk from T7 to T6, using the spaghetti junction at the T6 TSA, then walk down the T6 concourse to the middle portion (Alaska Gates), then take the underground tunnel from T6 to T4 (to American gates). Take care not to go up to T5, roughly in the middle of the tunnel area.
T5<>T4, also connected via the same tunnel complex as T5 and T6, looks for signs pointing the directions to Gates 5x or 4x depending on direction.
@ T4 --- walk thru the waiting area for gate 40, near Gate 41 you'll see escalators in the distance. Hop on those, and follow the corridors. When in TBIT, walk past the KE/one world lounge to the end of concourse - take a right handed u turn, up the escalator and the *A lounge is there.
LAX - TBIT star alliance lounge access
Archive thread: Consolidated LAX connection time/logistics-Domestic & International {Archive}
Consolidated LAX connection time/logistics-Domestic & International
Apr 9, 2024, 3:14 pm
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Curious as to folks' thoughts on this. Have a friend doing HND-LAX-IAH all on UA, HND-LAX arrives at 1230 pm, LAX-IAH departs at 143 pm, i.e., 73 mins connection time on a Friday afternoon. Friend has checked bag, no GE/TSA Pre, and is an Indonesian national who may well get interrogated at CBP. Seems like a *very* likely misconnect, no? UA booked the itinerary with the (legal?) 73-minute connection, so presumably would rebook on next available LAX-IAH, but this smells like trouble.
Apr 9, 2024, 3:42 pm
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Curious as to folks' thoughts on this. Have a friend doing HND-LAX-IAH all on UA, HND-LAX arrives at 1230 pm, LAX-IAH departs at 143 pm, i.e., 73 mins connection time on a Friday afternoon. Friend has checked bag, no GE/TSA Pre, and is an Indonesian national who may well get interrogated at CBP. Seems like a *very* likely misconnect, no? UA booked the itinerary with the (legal?) 73-minute connection, so presumably would rebook on next available LAX-IAH, but this smells like trouble.
On the other hand, 73 minutes is really 58 minutes, with 15 minutes door closure cutoff. Depending on the seating position, line queue, bags timing between retrieving and rechecking, security line, it's a tough ask.
Better hope the flight arrives early, which it should assuming (relative) on time departure (as in take off), and block time. Can only try, there is always a chance; otherwise, no chance whatsoever. There have been some miraculous connections and "connections" reported on FT, so you just never know.
Apr 9, 2024, 4:03 pm
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UA38 is the only international arrival at T7 during that lunchtime hour, and my experience in those cases is that I'm at bag claim 5-10 minutes after doors open. Granted, I'm usually close to the first off, but even then I recall that the line behind me was moving fairly quickly.
Apr 9, 2024, 4:08 pm
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I've waited over 45 minutes for my bag at UA T7 before, back when SIN-LAX was a thing. Even if OP makes it through immigration quickly, with a checked bag, it's still risky. Not impossible, but risky.
Apr 9, 2024, 5:03 pm
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Apr 9, 2024, 5:42 pm
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I'm honestly not sure. That's certainly a reasonable outcome, but I'm not sure if it would be detected and fixed proactively, if it would be left alone for an agent to fix at check-in, or if it might actually be missed. I'm not sure at what point terminal assignments are loaded into the system such that MCTs would be checked against them. And, of course, MCTs are generally not enforced on the day of travel -- if your outbound is delayed a few minutes, UA isn't going to refuse to let you check in just because the connection is now tight; the chance of a delayed inbound is factored into the concept of MCT.
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Apr 10, 2024, 6:21 am
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I think any flight that is scheduled to land during the operating hours of T7 FIS have T7 as the arrival terminal in the schedule. This arrival terminal would certainly change if there's a schedule change or change in CBP hours at T7 such that the flight now arrives outside of T7 FIS hours, but like jsloan I'm not sure what happens if due to day-of irrops the arrival terminal needs to change. That said, the vast majority of international arrivals scheduled to arrive at T7 do exactly that, including UA38.
Apr 10, 2024, 6:45 am
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Just cross fingers. One thing that OP's friend can do is to ask the check-in agent at the originating airport to change to a later LAX-IAH flight because of the concern of potential misconnection. It is a tall order if dealing with non-UA check-in agents. Good luck.
Apr 10, 2024, 9:14 am
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I think any flight that is scheduled to land during the operating hours of T7 FIS have T7 as the arrival terminal in the schedule. This arrival terminal would certainly change if there's a schedule change or change in CBP hours at T7 such that the flight now arrives outside of T7 FIS hours, but like jsloan I'm not sure what happens if due to day-of irrops the arrival terminal needs to change. That said, the vast majority of international arrivals scheduled to arrive at T7 do exactly that, including UA38.
Apr 10, 2024, 3:45 pm
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