Originally Posted by
flatlander
Did Spreadsheet Phil have anything to say about what he thought was going to happen to the Registered Traveller revenues once all the Americans and Canadians, in particular (being by far the most numerous travellers to the UK among the nationalities listed), stop paying?
Nothing! However I'm pleased I won't be having to pay the yearly £50 fee (which I've been paying since the trial for USA citizens opened), although I have just paid my yearly fee again yesterday doooh!
Nice gesture politics, and like Heathrow's boss said earlier this summer- "Why should we treat Americans different from Lithuanians? If we can't trust the Americans we can't trust anyone."
Although I think this has to do with easing budget pressures on the UKBA more than anything else. Innovative and welcome. I do hope Brits will be treated as favourably in the very near future when entering the USA.