LAX International Terminal Baggage Claim

This place is fine. No real qualms. They got outlets and. Plenty of places to eat. Nothing special here. I took a point off cause the wifi doesnt work which is pretty annoying… that should be a standard.

Busy and crowded as always. I was waiting for my bags for about 35minutes before it came out. Then once I got my bags I waited outside for an addition hour in a half for my girlfriend to drive from the exit off ramp to the baggage claim. It always crowded here in LAX, I’d recommend that you fly into orange county airport (John Wayne Airport) its a lot easier for pickup and baggage comes out a lot quicker. LAX is just way to crowded and especially during the holiday seasons, its SUPER BUSY.
By the way one of my luggage’s was didnt even come on the flight so American Airlines dropped it off at my house since they left it behind on my flight. Good thing i didnt need anything in it or if they were anything valuable.
Plan ahead if your going to pick someone up, make sure you have enough time and also be prepared on the holiday season for it to be jam packed!

I think the wait times have gotten better. Smooth sailing every time I am here.

Slow… Had to wait for the second batch of luggages to come out to get mine. Maybe I shouldn’t be complaining since I don’t know how these things work but sheesh, what a time waster.
Actually I wanna complain about baggage claim in general. When will it ever evolve?

As far as baggage claim goes this was pretty smooth sailing — it’s not really anyone’s fault that international arrivals happen to coincide so the lines are longer than heck, so you just have to leave time and deal with it. Pick the line that’s shortest for the customs part and be nice! That’s the way to get through this quickly.
Our bags actually arrived quite quickly I was impressed. This part of a trip is never fun but i’d do it ten times over if i could skip the 10 hour flight ;)

My least favorite part. There was a guy righting the baggage so they didn’t topple over the railing, which was nice. Nothing much else to write!

Is it wrong to say that I love the customs here at LAX? I thought that they would be über strict because they are pretty used to Asian travelers trying to smuggle all sorts of contraband into the country (no, not drugs or anything… stuff like foodstuffs and booze) — but with a smile and a wink we were able to happily stroll through customs.
Which is pretty awesome because while I could vouch for my husband, brother and dad… my mom wouldn’t let any of us near her luggage when she was packing in Taiwan, so lord only knows what she’s brought back (and I’m actually a little scared now that I think of it).
Heh. I know, I’m awful. But seriously, I’ve encountered customs people who were pains in the butt for the sake of showing you their awesome powers of being able to flip through your dirty vacation underwear… but the customs staff here were polite and nice and while they gave us a suspicious glare, they weren’t @$$es about it either.

AS long as I get my bags, and they don’t get lost… It’s all good!

simple

LAX International Baggage took FOREVER. 30 minutes in line for immigration, 40 minutes waiting for bags to pop out, 20 minutes waiting in line for customs… the whole process took waaaaaaaayyyy too long. Compare this, for example, to Sydney, where the whole process listed above is about 20 minutes. In Auckland International Airport, the process was about the same. Even in U.S. airports like Chicago O’Hare and San Francisco, making port of call doesn’t take nearly 2 hours of your life… ESPECIALLY for U.S. citizens. Terrible. I know you’re huge, LAX, but you need to step it up.

This will probably be my shortest review, because well theres not much to say because well its an airport!
First off I gave it a four star, well because at the duty free shop they have patron platinum. It would be 5 stars if they allowed for me to buy it and take it from there, but sadly you buy it and they give it to you on the plane!
Lax is huge, and has a good variety of restaurants on the second floor to eat from, including Pinks hotdogs!

too hectic, too loud, too obnoxious! why can’t you be more like honolulu airport? totally shell shocked from my arrival.

it looked empty so thats always a good thing right?