Originally Posted by
BenA
That's not the interesting part, though - once you have Nexus, you can apply for Global Entry for free, which usually costs $100, and be automatically approved. That lets you skip the immigration lines - in my experience the only waiting I do anymore in the US immigration process is for baggage.
Just to be clear, I was speaking about immigration wait times at LHR, not stateside. AFAIK, Nexus doesn't help in the UK (though it does give you the ability to join Privium, the Dutch system, for a fee).
The UK does have IRIS, which is the same (and free), but if you don't have it already, then it won't help for this trip. Also, some of the agents like to see a fair amount of traffic to/from the UK before giving it to you and will refuse if you look like the once-a-year type visitor. I had to have something like 5 trips to the UK within 6 months before they finally let me join.