Originally Posted by chugger1

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Originally Posted by ESpen36
Probably not a bad idea for the time being. That apple could have put you on some kind of list that will result in regular searches for a while each time you enter the country.

You need more than an apple for that....

--J


Not true. My wife, a FA, brought an apple from home to snack on, worked an int'l flight, just a quick turnaround, no layover, never ate the apple, forgot it was in her lunchbag, and lived a nightmare of secondary screenings for over a year. She was in her FA uniform and working when she was caught with the apple. For an entire year, she was sent to secondary after every int'l flight she worked. Not just a baggage check mind you, but the whole deal. They sit you in a room and you wait about an hour. After voluminous calls and complaints to CBP, the blemish was finally removed from her record. Oh, and the apple in question had a sticker on it identifying it as being grown on a US farm. So yes, fear the apple.

Fast forward another year, we're both members of GE. They did ask (rhetorical question to check honesty because they already knew, it was in their computer) about any incidents bringing back contraband. However, it did not cause her denial into the GE program, but she was most definately on a secondary screening list for a year because of the apple. Also, my GE interview was 5 minutes, hers was about 45 minutes.