Triangle Trip

How to quickly get through security at LAX’s Terminal 7 for your next United flight

by on Apr.18, 2009, under Airlines, Business Travel, Vacation

We all know that Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) is one of the worst airports in the US (see why in our previous post). LAX’s Terminal 7 belongs to United Airlines (UAL) and it has one of the poorest TSA screening process (maybe the Alaska Airlines terminal 3 is worst). LAX Terminal 7 has the longest lines and the TSA checkpoints don’t have enough room for you to unload your laptop and toiletries before the X-Ray machine.

To avoid the normal UAL security line which normally wraps around 3x, make a left after you entered LAX Terminal 7 and take the elevator to the 3rd floor. There’s a TSA security line right after you exit the elevator which no one knows about. The TSA checkpoint is connected to the short term parking garage that offer quick entry from short term parking. Since most people don’t park in short term at LAX before getting on a flight. Unlike the normal LAX Terminal 7 TSA checkpoint which puts you on one end of the gates (70s), this TSA checkpoint is located in between Terminal 7 and Terminal 8. Upon clearing TSA Security, you will be in between the two terminals where you can take a left for the gates 70 to 79 and make a right for gates 80 to 89 (see map below — the blue line is the TSA security checkpoint). Terminal 8 at LAX is not on any map as it is where UAL has its United Express flights. It could be a long walk if you went through the normal TSA checkpoint and have to get to a gate in the 80s.

picture-5

I was at LAX yesterday (a Friday night). Both lines were extremely long – they had to shut down the normal line and this secret line I am sharing with you were out to the short term parking lot. How could the WORLD’s US’s 6th busiest airport, the US’s second largest city and fourth busiest airport be opearting this way?  … and to add fuel to this fire, there’s still no (Fly) Clear service at LAX. I have not used my Clear membership for the past two months due to lack of Clear locations.

 
1 Star2 Stars3 Stars4 Stars5 Stars (5 votes, average: 4.60 out of 5)
Loading...


:, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
37 comments for this entry:
  1. поздравления

    Можно и подискутировать по этому поводу …

  2. Tootoleata

    а вот вопросик можно? У вас время после поста указано. Это московское? Заранее спасибо!

  3. Topics about Los-angeles » Blog Archive » How to quickly get through security at LAX’s Terminal 7 for your next United flight

    […] Triangle Trip put an intriguing blog post on How to quickly get through security at LAXâ Permalink Comments [0] […]

  4. Go to LAX Terminal 6 instead of Terminal 7 for your next United flight - Triangle Trip

    […] Los Angeles International Airport’s (LAX) Terminals 6, 7, and 8. Following my previous post on how to get quickly get through LAX security in Terminal 7, this post gives you two more options should the LAX Terminal 7 garage security checkpoint is […]

  5. Richard

    I think you turn left to get to T8, assuming you’re facing south when you clear TSA upstairs, unless I am turned around.

    Richard

  6. TSA security checkin time at LAX for 2009/2010 holiday travel - Triangle Trip

    […] 6 and terminal 7. I suggested our best practices (see previous posts: use Terminal 6 vs 7 and quickly get through Terminal 7) to my friends and they were able to clear TSA security in 20 […]

  7. fizzblog

    […] eye rhymes, assonance and alliteration, to designation a hardly any. Tags: | healthy living | yoga | social issues | aviation | money | Posted by admin on October 19th, 2011 :: Filed under […]

  8. Perlengkapan Bayi baru lahir

    Wow, amazing blog layout! How long have you been blogging for? you made blogging look easy. The overall look of your website is great, let alone the content!. Thanks For Your article about How to quickly get through security at LAX& .

  9. sony ereaderstore

    Wonderful, what a website it is! This weblog presents helpful
    data to us, keep it up.

  10. Darrel

    Excellent post. I will be dealing with some of these issues as
    well..

  11. Aaron Kiphart

    Wow, wonderful blog layout! How long have you been blogging for? you made blogging look easy. The overall look of your site is excellent, as well as the content!. Thanks For Your article about How to quickly get through security at LAX& .

  12. Emilia Baltazor

    Wow, incredible blog layout! How long have you been blogging for? you made blogging look easy. The overall look of your website is fantastic, let alone the content!. Thanks For Your article about How to quickly get through security at LAX& .

  13. how to get free livejasmin credits 2013

    I really like your blog.. very nice colors & theme.
    Did you design this website yourself or didd you hire
    someone to do it for you? Plz reply as I’m looking to create my own blog
    and would like to find ouut where u got this from.
    thank you

  14. Dewitt

    Hi there, I believe your website could possibly be having browser compatibility problems.
    Whenever I take a loook at your web site in Safari, iit looks
    fine however when opening in Internet Explorer, itt hhas some
    overlapping issues. I merely wanted to provide you with a quick heads up!
    Apart from that, excellent website!

  15. Facebook Like Hack

    Link exchange is nothing else except it is simply placing the other person’s weblog link on your page at suitable
    plac and other person will also do same in suppott of you.

  16. rackspace review glassdoor

    I’m amazed, I have tto admit. Rarely do I come across
    a blog that’s both educative and engaging, and let me tell you, you’ve hit the nail on the head.
    The issue is something that too few folkms are speaking intelligently about.
    Noow i’m very hapy that I stumbled across this duiring my search for
    something relating to this.

  17. iphone app to get more instagram followers

    Hi! This iis my first visit to your blog! We are a group off volunteers and
    starting a new initiative iin a community in the
    same niche. Your blog provided us valuable information to work
    on. Yoou have done a oufstanding job!

  18. new games girl

    Unquestionably believe that which you stated. Your favorite reason appeared to be
    on the web the simplest thing to be aware of. I say to you, I definitely get annoyed while people think
    about worries that they plainly don’t know about. You managed to hit the nail upon the
    top and also defined out the whole thing without having side-effects
    , people could take a signal. Will likely be back to get more.
    Thanks

  19. grosir sprei online berkualitas

    Admiring the time and effort you put into your website and in depth information you
    present. It’s awesome to come across a blog every once in a
    while that isn’t the same unwanted rehashed information. Great read!
    I’ve saved your site and I’m including your RSS feeds to my Google account.

  20. describes it

    Electric vehicles are been click here touted as
    the newest green initiative mandated by the government.
    So many of our lives, we are unexpected & unpredictable,
    It may be best done through electrical contractors associations
    you find in the greater Houston area. There are other protective covers
    that are click here resistant to corrosion and can easily bent
    and form.

  21. mario games

    Very great post. I just stumbled upon your weblog and
    wished to mention that I’ve truly enjoyed surfing around your blog posts.
    In any case I will be subscribing on your feed and I hope you write once more soon!

  22. golf

    Hi there to every , since I am truly eager of reading this website’s post
    to be updated daily. It carries good material.

  23. denise calvo interior design

    Its not my first time to visit this site, i am visiting this website dailly and
    obtain nice facts from here all the time.

  24. some tg caption

    Just want to say your article is as surprising. The clearness in your post is just great and i could assume you
    are an expert on this subject. Fine with your permission let me to grab your feed to keep updated with
    forthcoming post. Thanks a million and please keep up the gratifying work.

  25. serum fuer wimpernverlaengerung

    After looking at a number of the blog articles on your web page, I really
    like your technique of writing a blog. I bookmarked it to my bookmark site list and will be checking back soon. Please check out my web
    site as well and tell me what you think.

  26. Google is Evil

    Great web site you have here.. It’s difficult to find excellent writing like yours these days.
    I truly appreciate individuals like you! Take care!!

  27. Keith

    Very good post. I will be experiencing some of these issues as
    well..

  28. Sara Skyberg

    Actually immediately after examining your post this gives plan to do things these types of. Really instructive and save my time looking other write-up. I like it and just continue to keep sharing great information and I’d to share this to my mates and advocate it. Thanks so much

  29. suba suba

    Just Browsing While I was browsing today I saw a excellent post concerning

  30. Rolet online

    un ton autres ai pris issue a ce, lettre sans meme monde meme profite et quoi tokyo pas va changer que avaient

  31. best plant lamps

    Pretty! This has been a really wonderful article. Thank you for supplying this information.

  32. Slotxo

    You have brought up a very excellent details, appreciate it for the post.

  33. Joe Biden 2020 T Shirt

    Merely wanna admit that this is very beneficial , Thanks for taking your time to write this.

  34. Aksesoris komputer gaming

    ggwpstore adalah sebuah agen yang sangat lengkap safe dan terpercaya di indonesia, berbeda
    berasal darii agen – agen yangg lainnya, ggwpstore twarkan kemenangan yang amat ringan dan service yang sangat ramah, di percaya sebagai agen pkvv
    games sejak 2015 hingga pas ini pengguna / user terbukti amat meninkat dari th.ke tahun, Artinya makin lama banyak pengguna spesifik nyaa orang
    indonesia menggunakan jasa fasiliitas agen ggwpstore.

  35. Optimum

    I was Born by a Single mother is Scotch, Irish, English, I am the Child Of my late mom I lost her at the age of 25.

  36. NEYMAR

    The only question to ask yourself is, how much are you willing to sacrifice to achieve this success?

  37. amaka

    Israel is a Middle Eastern country that declared

Leave a Reply

Looking for something?

Use the form below to search the site:

Still not finding what you're looking for? Drop a comment on a post or contact us so we can take care of it!

Visit our friends!

A few highly recommended friends...