Originally Posted by
prw555
Experienced this on my monthly trips since July - go to the agent with my print out (no X marks) and he/she directs me to a second stand for carry on bag search. Has never happened before. FWIW, this has been ex 192 from HKG, that I have begrudgingly taken (read prior posts) and never happens in SFO ex a CX flight.... What gives? Rather mitigates whole point of GE....
I've been sent to have my bag searched once in 5+ years with GE. So, it happens from time to time, but not at all frequently in my experience. (Note: I assume this kind of search can also happen if you don't have Global Entry, so the advantage to Global Entry is that you breeze through the process 95% of the time, not that it makes you immune to any inspections under all circumstances.)