US @ LAX to move from T1 to T3
Dec 8, 2013, 3:28 pm
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With all the talk about moving to T3, I just want to make sure for now the lounge is still in T1 as reported on the official Club page. I am flying SW on Jan 1 and may burn my US club pass.
Dec 8, 2013, 7:36 pm
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Ugh that terminal has too few gates as it is, I can't imagine adding another 15 flights (or whatever US has out of LAX these days).
Dec 8, 2013, 11:11 pm
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I believe US has 3 gates at LAX and have to give up 2 as part of the merger settlement with the DoJ.
Can't see them moving to T3 other than temporaily for just the one gate when AA is at T4 with 4 TBIT gates becoming available soon.
Can't see them moving to T3 other than temporaily for just the one gate when AA is at T4 with 4 TBIT gates becoming available soon.
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Dec 15, 2013, 9:24 pm
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Club agent confirmed US is still moving to T3 with no date for move to T4. Said something about possibly waiting until they're fully merged.
And yes, the employees here are incredibly nice and helpful, I'm very pleased as I drink my red wine/swill and gaze at the creamer arrangement
And yes, the employees here are incredibly nice and helpful, I'm very pleased as I drink my red wine/swill and gaze at the creamer arrangement
Dec 16, 2013, 6:40 am
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Club agent confirmed US is still moving to T3 with no date for move to T4. Said something about possibly waiting until they're fully merged.
And yes, the employees here are incredibly nice and helpful, I'm very pleased as I drink my red wine/swill and gaze at the creamer arrangement
And yes, the employees here are incredibly nice and helpful, I'm very pleased as I drink my red wine/swill and gaze at the creamer arrangement
Dec 17, 2013, 12:46 pm
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Somewhere I also read that US would be getting just two gates in T-3 to replace the three gates it occupies in T-1. Dunno whether that's true.
Lastly, I read somewhere that the two gates given up in T-3 become common-use gates and thus, new AA may be able to use them on a common-use basis but not exclusively. Dunno whether that's true either.
Dec 20, 2013, 2:31 pm
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Overall this is probably better than going directly to T4 since AA is already using the West Remote gates for nearly 20 daily flights. I'd imagine having US based flights at T4 would only make that worse.
Dec 20, 2013, 2:53 pm
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I wonder whats going to happen to the US Airways Club in Terminal 1 and will there be a new lounge in Terminal 3?
Also it would be wise for LAX to connect Terminal 3 4 5-6 etc all within security. Since AA and Alaska Airlines are codeshare partners and Delta and Alaska also Codeshare it would be nice to have everything within one roof. Perhaps all terminals can be connected within security as its in a U shape so you could go right to the International Terminal Departures just by showing your onward boarding pass and then your let in through a door.
At Las Vegas they have a door that lets you between C and D all you do is show your boarding pass and Priority Pass card and they let you through the door to the tram to use the Club LAS lounge without going via security.
LAX should also build a People Mover around the terminal and one that goes to the remote Eagle terminal rather than taking a bus. One line can go right to the American Terminal and the other one right to International Departures.
After arriving from an International flight you could reclear security at the International Terminal like at DFW and go right to your next gate.
LAX is a poor design in my opinion. The benefit of having all terminals together is the passenger can experience any venue they want, the lines at other security points would decrease because there could be monitors showing the best security check point to use. If one checkpoint was taken off line you could just send passengers to another checkpoint and take the tram to your proper terminal.
LAX is not San Diego and they need better connecting routes. A lot of people don't realize they have to exit security and re enter security to go between some terminals. If I had an Air France flight leaving from Terminal 2 and I got off Delta I would like to be able to go directly to my gate.
LAX could adopt the shared gate approach so airlines are not tied to one gate or checkin counter.
Just my 2 cents. What's your opinion?
Also it would be wise for LAX to connect Terminal 3 4 5-6 etc all within security. Since AA and Alaska Airlines are codeshare partners and Delta and Alaska also Codeshare it would be nice to have everything within one roof. Perhaps all terminals can be connected within security as its in a U shape so you could go right to the International Terminal Departures just by showing your onward boarding pass and then your let in through a door.
At Las Vegas they have a door that lets you between C and D all you do is show your boarding pass and Priority Pass card and they let you through the door to the tram to use the Club LAS lounge without going via security.
LAX should also build a People Mover around the terminal and one that goes to the remote Eagle terminal rather than taking a bus. One line can go right to the American Terminal and the other one right to International Departures.
After arriving from an International flight you could reclear security at the International Terminal like at DFW and go right to your next gate.
LAX is a poor design in my opinion. The benefit of having all terminals together is the passenger can experience any venue they want, the lines at other security points would decrease because there could be monitors showing the best security check point to use. If one checkpoint was taken off line you could just send passengers to another checkpoint and take the tram to your proper terminal.
LAX is not San Diego and they need better connecting routes. A lot of people don't realize they have to exit security and re enter security to go between some terminals. If I had an Air France flight leaving from Terminal 2 and I got off Delta I would like to be able to go directly to my gate.
LAX could adopt the shared gate approach so airlines are not tied to one gate or checkin counter.
Just my 2 cents. What's your opinion?
Dec 20, 2013, 3:08 pm
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Since AA and Alaska Airlines are codeshare partners and Delta and Alaska also Codeshare it would be nice to have everything within one roof. Perhaps all terminals can be connected within security as its in a U shape so you could go right to the International Terminal Departures just by showing your onward boarding pass and then your let in through a door.
LAX is a poor design in my opinion. The benefit of having all terminals together is the passenger can experience any venue they want, the lines at other security points would decrease because there could be monitors showing the best security check point to use. If one checkpoint was taken off line you could just send passengers to another checkpoint and take the tram to your proper terminal.
Dec 20, 2013, 8:47 pm
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Since when is AA running 20 flights a day from the Stands at the west end? Might want to check your information.
Dec 21, 2013, 2:40 pm
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Jim is correct. US will be moving to T3 the last week of February 2014, with one hard gate. Overflow flights will use the stands.
Dec 21, 2013, 3:34 pm
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Dec 21, 2013, 4:42 pm
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I doubt that new AA will bother with a lounge in T-3 if there's only one exclusive gate, but I've been wrong before.
There is already a plan to do that. The T-4 to TBIT connector will be done first and the long-term plan is to build a sterile connector between TBIT and T-3. The tunnels connecting T-4, T-5, T-6 and T-7 already exist and all that needs to happen is to open the T-4 to T-5 tunnel.
That will be the case once the sterile connector between TBIT and T-3 is built.
That probably ain't gonna happen in our lifetimes.
LAX is an O&D airport, in fact, the #1 O&D airport in the country. LAX wasn't designed as a connecting hub and features a very low connecting percentage compared to most other huge airports.
There is already a plan to do that. The T-4 to TBIT connector will be done first and the long-term plan is to build a sterile connector between TBIT and T-3. The tunnels connecting T-4, T-5, T-6 and T-7 already exist and all that needs to happen is to open the T-4 to T-5 tunnel.
That will be the case once the sterile connector between TBIT and T-3 is built.
That probably ain't gonna happen in our lifetimes.
LAX is an O&D airport, in fact, the #1 O&D airport in the country. LAX wasn't designed as a connecting hub and features a very low connecting percentage compared to most other huge airports.