Anyone transferred at LAX?

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I’m going to have a 3hrs10 after arriving at Tom Bradley at LAX, before boarding a domestic flight from Terminal 7.

It’s not all on one ticket so I’ll need to do customs etc, collect my bag and come out. Then find my way to Terminal 7 which I’ve never been to before.

I’ve arrived into LAX plenty of times and totally aware it’s a hellscape at the best of times. Apparently there’s a shuttle, or I could just walk. Anyone done this by any chance?

According to some googling I can come out and walk in the same direction as the traffic. Which sounds.. vague!

 

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Presumably you're "fenced" in so you can't wander off. I usually prefer walking between the concourses if possible to stretch the legs, plus avoids being crammed into busses/trams, usually do this at T5.

I’m not “connecting” though so I feel like I’ll get my bag and exit the way I normally do into a waiting car… but instead walk along ‘somewhere’ until I find terminal 7

 

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Just to update. This all went without a hitch. My main flight was on time (early even) so I had the full 3hrs to kill. Sauntered around to the other terminal area, got through security in 10mins and kept walking around so as not to fall asleep As ever with airports, I’d imagine if you had a bit less time, or the queues were a bit longer at security then it would get very stressful very quickly.