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Global Entry Card With Travel Pre-Check
A Global Entry Card combined with Travel Pre-Check is an essential benefit for U.S. citizens flying fairly regularly overseas.
Carol and I flew into Phoenix from London’s Heathrow Airport last night. We flew with British Airways on a direct flight with 272 passengers onboard a Boeing 777-200.
We were beyond happy to see this new plane replace the much older 747s they’ve been using for years on this route.
Global Entry Kiosk
Once we touched the ground, I guess that over 250 of the passengers had to stand in a lengthy custom line. And perhaps 20 of us who had our Global Entry Cards zipped through customs in less than 60-seconds.
We went to a Global Entry Kiosk; it recognized us with facial recognition, printed off a receipt, and off we went!
The card is part of the Trusted Traveler Network operated by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). It costs $100/person and requires a person-to-person interview with a customs agent available at many international airports around the United States.
PLUS, your $100 investment will also come with TSA Pre-Check, also speeding up your airport journey.
Please also know that this is a U.S. customs program. Therefore, it won’t help you overseas moving from country to country.
Carol and I have both been using our Global Entry Cards since 2014. I have to tell you; it’s a beautiful thing to get into the customs area and find that you don’t have to stand in a line of hundreds and hundreds of tired and cranky people.
I just received an email from the CBP telling me that I needed to renew my card. Further, they said that it could take 6-months to a year to process.
So, the moral of the story: apply now if you don’t have a Global Entry Card. You’ll thank me later.
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We applied for Global Entry before Covid. It was impossible to get a face to face appointment near us.
Global entry recommended we stop in an office when we were flying home from an international destination. We always got in too late and the office would be closed.
Any advice regard scheduling an appointment?
If you try and schedule an appointment, we would recommend that you do it on the front end of your trip and arrive earlier at the airport. Or, make a fun day trip to the airport and make an event out of it. There are many locations to get this accomplished. Here’s a list: https://www.cbp.gov/travel/trusted-traveler-programs/global-entry/enrollment-centers