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Re: TSA, Pre check-Global Entry
[Re: JoeC047]
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01/22/2019 10:14 PM
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Global Entry is a program which allows participants a “fast track” through Immigration and Customs when returning to the US from a foreign country. Global Entry also gives participants access to TSA Pre-check(see below).
TSA Pre-check is a program that allows participants flying on participating airlines to use a special line that expedites clearing the TSA “security” checkpoints at most, but not all, US airports.
To clarify, if you enroll in Global Entry you’ll automatically get TSA Pre-check. If you enroll only in TSA Pre-check you DO NOT automatically get Global Entry.
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Re: TSA, Pre check-Global Entry
[Re: SXMScubaman]
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01/22/2019 10:47 PM
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But pre check is not a guarantee that you'll always get it. That’s right, even if you are enrolled in Pre-check or have by virtue of enrollment in Global Entry there is no guarantee you’ll have Pre-check for any given flight.
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Re: TSA, Pre check-Global Entry
[Re: Fletch]
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01/23/2019 07:34 AM
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Global Entry is terrific,and only costs an additional $20 over TSA Pre Check, however, you must schedule an appointment and sometimes they are 6 months out.
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Re: TSA, Pre check-Global Entry
[Re: chazo]
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01/23/2019 11:55 AM
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We had no problem getting a Global Entry appointment within a few weeks of when we applied. It was at the Detroit Airport, so it may vary by airports. Just recognize that they look up everything! If you had some youthful indiscretion, it doesn't matter if it was 30 or 40 years ago, be prepared with documentation of the disposition of the case. As it should be.
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Re: TSA, Pre check-Global Entry
[Re: JoeC047]
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01/23/2019 01:30 PM
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That's why I made the first post. I applied for GE, but was given an appointment for Pre Check. It almost seemed like a scam to get an additional $85. The office was so hard to find and was about the size of my closet, maned by one person. I think it is a private company, contracted to do this. We're you notified you could make an app for GE after you paid the 100 to pass the GE backround check? Without doing that what your saying doesn't make much sense.
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Re: TSA, Pre check-Global Entry
[Re: Susieville]
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01/27/2019 10:47 AM
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With Global Entry do you have to use your cellphone at the airport? I returned to Ft. Lauderdale last night using Mobile Entry and couldn't get a signal on my phone. Luckily I had a great tsa person who signed into my phone with an internal airport password and final approval was on my phone. Would rather not count on my phone. Global Entry DOES NOT require a cell phone. You simply use the special GE Kiosks to scan your passport & fingerprints, answer a few questions verifying your arriving flight info and whether you have anything to declare then you are on your way. All takes less than a minute or so.
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Re: TSA, Pre check-Global Entry
[Re: JoeC047]
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01/27/2019 11:51 AM
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We joined Global Entry around three years ago, before we went on a group trip to Tuscany set up through our Chamber of Commerce. It was a wonderful trip and GE was just as wonderful.
For overseas travel we usually fly in and out of IAD. Before Global Entry it usually took at least one or two hours (or more) to wind our way through Immigration, baggage claim and customs. With GE we just stopped at one of the dozens of electronic kiosks, answered a few yes/no questions, and had our fingerprints scanned to get the long paper tapes printed with our info.
On that trip it was only 23 minutes from the time we stepped off the aircraft until we were driving out of the parking garage...and 10 of those minutes were spent waiting for our luggage to come off the carousel. Global Entry is great!
Bill
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Re: TSA, Pre check-Global Entry
[Re: JoeC047]
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01/27/2019 05:09 PM
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You guys are right, no guarantees. Last week coming to SXM my wife got precheck and I didn't. We both have GE.
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Re: TSA, Pre check-Global Entry
[Re: sumbeach]
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01/28/2019 01:44 PM
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Hey Dan,
Check your registration on the airline website. Occasionally, your GE number may have gotten left off of your reservation. That happened to us on an AirFrance flight a few months ago. We just checked in with the AF agent and they added our number to the reservation, reprinted our boarding pass and shazam, both of us had precheck again.
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Re: TSA, Pre check-Global Entry
[Re: Kathleen]
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01/28/2019 02:42 PM
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Hey Dan,
Check your registration on the airline website. Occasionally, your GE number may have gotten left off of your reservation. That happened to us on an AirFrance flight a few months ago. We just checked in with the AF agent and they added our number to the reservation, reprinted our boarding pass and shazam, both of us had precheck again. Exactly.....I can understand some getting precheck that do not have GE but if you have GE precheck is part of the deal. I've caught many bookings with missing trusted traveler numbers and had to add them (again)....in six years we have never not had precheck when the data was correct. For some reason Delta never remembers my wife's number even though it is saved in the profile
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