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Apr 26, 2011 | 4:08 pm

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colonius

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Originally Posted by chugger1

I'm a GE member. At the rainbow Bridge in Niagara Falls, can I use the Nexus lane? If I can use my GE membership at a non GE airport to go to the front of the line, I just wonder what would happen if I went to the Nexus lane at the Rainbow Bridge crossing in a rental car.

In short: no, you cannot use the Nexus lane with Global Entry. Another reason why it makes more sense to get Nexus with GE instead of GE only.

Anecdotal evidence what might happen (before I got my Nexus membership): at the so called "Truck Crossing" near Vancouver, I accidentally got into the Nexus lane after picking up my duty free items (kiosk to the right of all lanes, right-most lane is Nexus) and couldn't get back into the regular lanes. This got me a referral to the customs officer inside the building (parking my car), a nasty look and a "Don't do this again". Even though I got of without any repercussion, I would not advise to try this.

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