Last time we flew to Sydney we did get our bags in LAX and were fortunate to find man with big cart who took us across a parking lot, around a building, across another street etc where we loaded our bags right onto a United scanner - so guessing we went out of Brad Terminal.. if your bags are destined to get lost not much you can do..I do know after experiencing it in Athens it was painful for 2 days ... Tony remained semi postive but I kept saying... :b: :b: :b: