Originally Posted by
keloutwest
Right and my point is that this wait for your name on the board and "proceed" business and looking at an image of your bag no longer exists, or at least not today for GE/Nexus members.
For what it's worth, it wasn't always mandatory for GE/Nexus users either. Around three times in the last year I've waited for 15-30 mins, got tired, and just walked up through the Nexus line.
Agent scanned my boarding pass, told me that my bags weren't ready yet, and asked if I wanted to risk travelling without my bags. Since I always hope my bags don't show up at a destination, I told them I'd be happy with that, and they let me go through. I think it was a big hit or miss for the pre-clearance waiting agent to let me pass, but the US agents simply asked me for the details of my bags and noted them.
Sadly, my bags did make it.