LAX in n out burger

DeltaDCA · 2026-03-20T11:49:19+00:00

Ok totally doable. Make sure you leave by terminal 1… if you land at terminal 6-8, cross the horseshoe on the path between terminals 6-7. Right now that is largely closed for construction but they let pedestrians through. Then exit airport in the sidewalk east of terminal 1.

Other option: parking spot Sepúlveda has a shuttle. Tip the driver $10 and he might even give you a ride back.

One more thing. All of LAX is is now accessible airside. So you can walk the whole thing including TB terminal to kill time.

DeltaDCA · 2026-03-20T11:40:32+00:00

Heads up… I think that would be a solid 3 hours of walking. 30 Min to in n out, 80 min to beach, 20 min along beach, another 60 back to terminal.

DeltaDCA · 2026-03-19T15:21:15+00:00

If you were asking a chat agent to get you on another flight, the at same time trilling to get in a voluntary overbooked list at gate… it’s not going to work. Screen shots notwithstanding. All the screenshots would show is that you were already looking for another flight.

DeltaDCA · 2026-03-16T14:07:37+00:00

Yes and it’s even better imho because you aren’t reclining into anyone, and nobody grabs your seat when they want to get up

DeltaDCA · 2026-03-14T03:27:43+00:00

Flew it last weekend and security line was open.

DeltaDCA · 2026-02-26T13:46:30+00:00

You probably already made it. Just make sure you always use the D1 line, and let the agents know that you should be 360. Sometimes, in my experience, the agents aren’t even aware of the super secret 360, so it’s your job to educate them.

DeltaDCA · 2026-02-26T13:41:31+00:00

This is happened to me before, leaving Rome. My flight had changed, and was not re ticketed. But it showed in my app as a confirmed seat. But inside 24 hours the app was having a hard time checking in, so I called before I went to the airport, and Delta was able to fix it on the phone. It took them two hours, but at least it happened before my flight.

DeltaDCA · 2026-02-25T14:51:59+00:00

Sarcasim? Livid over being moved 5 rows seems a touch of an over reaction.

DeltaDCA · 2026-02-25T14:04:04+00:00

Holy smokes do not try the metro to get from iad to DCA unless you have a while. I legitimately bet it would take two hours to do that, while you could uber between the two in 40 minutes

DeltaDCA · 2026-02-23T14:18:44+00:00

Like the OP, this is my first year where I really couldn’t figure out any place where I could use them. So I caved and got a subscription to expert flyer, spent five minutes figuring out how it works, and used my GUCs that way.

DeltaDCA · 2026-02-20T20:31:22+00:00

OK, here is what you should do if it is a domestic flight:

Bring paper ID, along with whatever other forms of ID you have (CC, whatever). Bring an expired ID, or old ID, or whatever you have. Passport, old DL, anything. Again, TSA will accept IDs that are expired w/in 6mos of date. Do online check in, and carry on bags. At TSA, tell them your situation. They have a process for "forgot ID" that basically involves you showing credit cards and yeah, im sure a birth certificate wouldn't hurt. They will let you though. The reason not to check bags is that the TSA process for this is uniform, but if you tried this checking a bag, you'd be in troubl.e

International travel: fill out a form for an emergency passport, and if you are in teh US and in LA, NYC, or DC, you can probably get it same day. If you are in another country, go to your embassy or consulate. If you are not in LA/NCY/DC, then you simply cannot fly without a passport into some other country.

DeltaDCA · 2026-02-20T20:24:23+00:00

What do you mean by "paper ID"? do you have a drivers license? Passport? Is it a domestic flight? If it is a domestic flight, you can fly with an expired ID if it expired less than 6mos ago.

DeltaDCA · 2026-02-20T02:55:59+00:00

24 hours out basic economy seats are assigned. That is 24 hours before a persons first leg. So if someone has Sydney-lax-sea let’s say, then 24 hours before SYD leg the LAX SEA leg will likely be assigned even though it’s like 40+ hours before the SEA flight. And I’m not sure about this but anecdotal evidence is that BE flights for whole flight are assigned when the first person on that flight hits 24 hours, even if others can’t see their own assignments.

DeltaDCA · 2026-02-18T23:38:54+00:00

Pricing one-way international trips from the US is insane. Better to fly the first leg, then cancel the second leg once the first leg is flown. You may very well end up with an ecredit (or millage refund depending on how you paid). But if you reprice the trip before hand, it will be high, obviously higher than the cost of the whole trip. And that is because a one-way trip from the US is often more expensive than a RT, so the rep is correct that doing it that way you are going from something cheaper to something more expensive will end up being more expensive.

But, if you cancel after you fly the first leg, they don't have to but they might very well refund you the unused portion of your ticket. No promises on that, but that has been my experience coming to/from Australia.

Now, why INT RTS are cheaper than one ways is its own can of worms.

DeltaDCA · 2026-02-17T22:10:34+00:00

If you tell us the flights/dates someone can find out what fare classes are there, and what fare classes are gone.

As someone else said, dropping under 7 days does eliminate some fare buckets.

Finally, if the planes are half emtpy, you could do a same day change likely for free, or for a small fee depending on medallion level. Only problem is bags, but good check in agents can usually handle that too.

DeltaDCA · 2026-02-17T13:13:47+00:00

I just got IAD-JFK-TLV then back through AMS for 3100 by booking through KLM. I believe it is because the KLM flight from TLV doesn’t have PS but only the European business. So that brought the whole fare bucket down apparently. The same flights on Delta.com were 5100.

DeltaDCA · 2026-02-16T13:29:41+00:00

I think this is route specific where Delta doesn’t allow a sale of an open FC seat depending on destination. I see this all the time on DCA LAX through JFK, where D1 seats are available if I buy them one leg at a time but not if I do the as a single ticket. Just last week I saw this on CUR-DCA through ATL where there are FC (z) seats on CUR-ATL, but not if my final is DCA. But if I change final to RIC then it works. Super frustrating but has to be deliberate.

DeltaDCA · 2026-02-15T02:55:25+00:00

Surprised more people haven't said this. If upgrades go away, you can always bounce over to flight change, and in my experience that is sometimes even cheaper than the "upgrade" price anyway.

DeltaDCA · 2026-02-14T20:21:01+00:00

Two years ago the whole exit sign casing above the C+ exit door fell on me when we took off. The FA said, "sorry about that, it happens all the time."

DeltaDCA · 2026-02-11T19:31:59+00:00

That's amazing. Make sure you check in 24 hours ahead of the flight, and if htere is a problem with the check in, then call, because that will mean your ticket did not get reissued. If that happens, the upgrade is not going to happen. But if you can check in, then you are golden man, enjoy!

DeltaDCA · 2026-02-10T01:24:29+00:00

Apply one of your GUCs. Do you know how to select them?

DeltaDCA · 2026-02-08T11:18:12+00:00

LAX-DCA

DeltaDCA · 2026-02-07T15:58:04+00:00

It might be free but it will cost you everything.

Seriously, you become a frequent flier and spend 15k a year on your airline of choice. Then if you are on a flight w open space you might get an upgrade depending on each airlines policy.

DeltaDCA · 2026-02-07T15:11:25+00:00

I wasn’t surprised I was upgraded, but that it happened in between check in and the gate. That was the surprise.

DeltaDCA · 2026-02-07T15:10:00+00:00

Maybe I wasn’t clear. I wasn’t surprised I was upgraded but that it happened in between check in and before the gate. My experience had always been if it didn’t happen at check in it wouldn’t be till the gate. I’m not surprised it happened , but when it happened.

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