1hr connection at DFW + customs
Dec 29, 2022, 8:23 am
#16
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Join Date: Feb 2022
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WhiskeyRiver If you arrive at check in 2hrs before departure, you should be able to check in, clear customs and get a coffee with time to spare
Dec 29, 2022, 8:48 am
#17
Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 376
This is interesting; when I had my final GE interview, the agent told me I would never need the physical GE card for any reason.
Clearly there are at least some uses for the card. I might open a thread on the "trusted travelers" forum to see if there are other reasons. Given what I was told, I also never "activated" the GE card, wondering if I should do so now.
Clearly there are at least some uses for the card. I might open a thread on the "trusted travelers" forum to see if there are other reasons. Given what I was told, I also never "activated" the GE card, wondering if I should do so now.
Dec 29, 2022, 8:58 am
#18
Join Date: Jul 2021
Location: ORD/LHR
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This is interesting; when I had my final GE interview, the agent told me I would never need the physical GE card for any reason.
Clearly there are at least some uses for the card. I might open a thread on the "trusted travelers" forum to see if there are other reasons. Given what I was told, I also never "activated" the GE card, wondering if I should do so now.
Clearly there are at least some uses for the card. I might open a thread on the "trusted travelers" forum to see if there are other reasons. Given what I was told, I also never "activated" the GE card, wondering if I should do so now.
Dec 29, 2022, 9:09 am
#19
Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 376
I've never actually needed it, it's just a nice to have for the expedited CATSA line (where applicable), as a Real ID (whenever those are actually required) for TSA, and another form of ID that doesn't contain an address, etc, for when you'd rather not give that information out.
I added to the "Do you need the GE card thread" in the Trusted Travelers section; unfortunately the Wiki page that has the information on when the card is useful/mandatory is down at the moment.
Odd that an agent would give this advice, unless he had access to my travel history and saw only air travel entry and assumed that would continue.
Dec 29, 2022, 2:13 pm
#20
Join Date: Dec 2011
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This should be fun. Flying back from Canada YYC > DFW > AUS the week after Christmas. Original flight schedule gave us ~3.5 hours to connect and clear customs with checked bags. AA changed the schedule, and now we have exactly 1 hour for the same connection. We have a lot working in our favor - Global Entry + PreCheck + Clear (not sure if the latter helps in this case), but 1 hour seems awfully tight. I guess the wildcard will be baggage claim after customs. Coming back through MIA a couple weeks ago, it took over 30 minutes to get our bags at customs, then a HUGE line for security afterwards - no PreCheck option.
Dec 29, 2022, 2:25 pm
#21
Join Date: Jul 2021
Location: ORD/LHR
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It's the easiest arrival experience that I've experienced of the AA hubs (although DFW has also been pretty quick for me with Global Entry). An hour should be fine, but obviously doesn't leave much room for error, particularly if that's the last connecting flight of the night. I personally wouldn't be comfortable with it, but you may feel otherwise depending on your personal risk tolerance.