Originally Posted by
ESpen36
I have GlobalEntry membership, and in the past year, 50% of the time the CBP officer at the customs exit has wanted to glance at my passport to compare with the name on the GE receipt. Once, I gave him a curious look as I dug out my passport, and he said, "just to make sure you didn't find somebody else's receipt on the floor upstairs." Since that occasion, I keep my passport in my hand until I exit customs.
A GE member who lost his receipt would trigger an event. He'd be unable to get another receipt from the kiosk, and when he tried to clear immigration without his GE receipt, the CBP officer would notice the GE member had used the kiosk.
At that point, the CBP officers in rest of the arrivals hall would be alerted.
Of course this is all assuming that GE is designed the way it should be.
Anyway, I had the same thing happen to me at LAX after I handed in my GE receipt, but not only that the customs guy asked me various questions about purpose of journey, had I purchased anything, etc. Very annoying.