Originally Posted by
UA_Flyer
With Gloal Entry comes with TSA Pre check feature, you don’t need GS to save the 40 hours you described above. It is Global Entry and Pre Check that are saving you time not GS. Yes, I do understand there is a dedicated GS line for pre check at EWR. The time saving between regular Pre Check line and GS Pre Check line is less than 10 min.
That being said, based on my more than a decade of GS experience, I noticed minimum downgrades. Without GS, I’d rather have minimum work travel.
At EWR they walk you right to the front of the Pre-Check line. I assume I can arrive an hour later for departure due to this feature.
OK granted returning GE can get you from plane to cab in 15 minutes. And as you point out, is not a GS but GE perk.
Still 20 hours or more a year at home count's a lot, for me.