FYI - if you plan to rent a car, allow extra time. All of the car rental agencies are located in a separate terminal. There's just one big bus to hop onto. In light of the new TSA regs, they have little baggies for you to put your gels into [or lip glosses in my case]. Here's the interesting thing....At PHX they're drawstring... LAX has totally different bags....draw your own conclusions.....
ETA. GGGGGGGRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH....I had to update this review. The only reason it's not one star is because my bag showed up....EVENTUALLY. I recently had to check a bag from Phoenix to Oakland, because it takes more than a quart size bag of liquids and gels to maintain the Rhubarb for a week. Somehow, my bag and I did not end up on the same flight. They found it within 24 hours of me getting home. But it was a LONG 24 hours, and they just weren't very nice about the whole thing. At one point this chick asked what was in my bag....um, I don't know. I told her I did not make a list because I did not anticipate the neanderthals at PHX would lose my beloved Samsonite wheeley. When she asked me what type of bag it was, I said, do you want a serial number????
OK, end rant. let's hope they do better the next time.