Amex organized a special Global Entry approval event at a Beverly Hills hotel this weekend. Platinum card holders were invited to register online with the Global Entry website, and once we had our preliminary approval we could visit the hotel for our Customs interview and fingerprinting, saving us a trip to LAX.

Everything was handled very professionally by both Amex and the Customs people. They even supplied coffee and snacks while we waited.

I really appreciate that American Express did this, and I would encourage them to offer similar programs in other cities.