Effects of new VA1 arrival time into LAX

[justcallmeryan]

Currently sitting at LAX as I'm typing this, having landed on VA7 this morning at 6.20am (VA1 landed 10 minutes later). It took me a grand total of 27 minutes from leaving the plane to walking out the front door of TBIT, which is definitely a record for me! The earlier arrival time seems to coincide with a few QF flights but not many from Asia.

They also seem to now have separate queues just for ESTA visa holders, which sped up the clearance process substantially from when I was here in May.

Overall, unless this was a fluke, they seem to have substantially improved the arrival experience.

 

[Quickstatus]

Currently sitting at LAX as I'm typing this, having landed on VA7 this morning at 6.20am (VA1 landed 10 minutes later). It took me a grand total of 27 minutes from leaving the plane to walking out the front door of TBIT, which is definitely a record for me! The earlier arrival time seems to coincide with a few QF flights but not many from Asia.

They also seem to now have separate queues just for ESTA visa holders, which sped up the clearance process substantially from when I was here in May.

Overall, unless this was a fluke, they seem to have substantially improved the arrival experience.

its overall a lot quicker because there are those self serve kiosk to scan passport, photo and fingerprint scan and Q&A in own language before you get to immigration officer, so the queue gets quicker because the immigration officer does not need to do all that. The language issue is always a PITA especially when the blue A380 is parked at the gate when you arrive.

 

[pythonisman]

Overall, unless this was a fluke, they seem to have substantially improved the arrival experience.

My experience was similar in August coming off VA7 into TBIT.

Arrivals seems to be much better- now can they please do something about departures....?