Didn't you have more information than just your flight number? Confirmation number or United Mileage Plus number both work on the chek-in kiosks. Additionally if you swipe the credit card with which you paid for the ticket it will find your reservation as well. You can't blame United for your own lack of basic technical savvy. Those kiosks are designed so that you don't need a degree in rocket science to use them.
Better yet...why didn't you check-in online before you got to the airport? You obviously have internet access since you posted your "complaint" here.
Summertime is a busy travel season especially at large international airports like LAX and there are many inexperienced people traveling who hold up lines. (I'm guessing you're one of those.) You need to plan to arrive extra early to avoid just the predicament you found yourself in.
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