For those of you trying to get interviews at LAX, try checking for appointments on Friday morning. Not sure if it was a one-off but it appears LAX opens up weekend appointments sporadically (LAX Global Entry office hours are publicly listed as Mon-Fri). I wanted to share my experience this past weekend.

My original appointment was 1/31. I randomly checked on Friday 1/26 around 10am PST and saw that a couple of appointments became available on Saturday 1/27. Since my previous Saturday appointment was cancelled due to gov't shutdown, I was a bit weary to give up my upcoming appointment on the off-chance that it was a glitch in the system. While mulling it over, I also noticed that Sunday appointments at LAX opened up completely for 1/28. I thought it was a bit strange but bit the bullet and grabbed a spot for 11am Saturday. I wanted to make sure that my appointment was completely legit and not the result of a system glitch so I emailed the LAX GE Enrollment Center and surprisingly got a response confirming my appointment was valid. I went in Saturday, interviewed, and received my approval email by the time I exited the parking garage. I was in and out of LAX in less than 20min, relieved I no longer had to drive to LAX midweek during rush hour for my original time slot.

Curious if anyone else got lucky and scored a last minute weekend appointment at LAX, or if someone can report back after checking this Friday.