Good news for UK travellers wanting to register for US Global Entry....
Apr 23, 2017, 10:47 am
#466
Join Date: Dec 2004
Programs: BA GGL, A3*G, Mucci de l'expertise des Apps
Posts: 3,364
There is one small benefit of having the card, it is almost always needed for access to the Global Entry priority security line at Pre-Clearance locations in Canada. You can still use the GE kiosks, but without the card have to go through the regular security queue.
Apr 23, 2017, 1:02 pm
#467
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: BOS
Programs: AA EXP
Posts: 479
Hmm... I have NEXUS so have just used that card, I didn't realize GE members could use those lanes as well. But just checked, and looks like they can! Learn something new every day. This should work for any security checkpoint in Canada with an expedited lane, not just preclearance.
Apr 23, 2017, 1:12 pm
#468
Join Date: Aug 2006
Programs: BAEC Gold/GGL, IHG Diamond AMB
Posts: 1,074
Hmm... I have NEXUS so have just used that card, I didn't realize GE members could use those lanes as well. But just checked, and looks like they can! Learn something new every day. This should work for any security checkpoint in Canada with an expedited lane, not just preclearance.
Apr 28, 2017, 2:28 pm
#469
Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: London (sometimes!)
Programs: BA GGL/CCR, United 1K, Avis Presidents Club, Hilton Diamond, IHG Gold Elite
Posts: 158
Guys, apologies if I have missed the answer somewhere in this long thread...
I've just got Global Entry- is there somewhere on our BA profile that we can add the known traveller number, or is this done on each booking?
Thanks
I've just got Global Entry- is there somewhere on our BA profile that we can add the known traveller number, or is this done on each booking?
Thanks
Apr 28, 2017, 2:37 pm
#470
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Join Date: May 2014
Location: UK
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 12,252
As far as I understand, you only enter your Known Traveller Number in your AA bookings - it is no use on BA (yet...!)
Apr 28, 2017, 2:41 pm
#471
Join Date: May 2009
Location: London
Programs: BA Gold, IHG Platinum, HH Diamond, Hertz PC,
Posts: 1,985
To be clear, the KTN is not needed in a profile to be able to use GE at US immigration.
Apr 28, 2017, 5:01 pm
#472
Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: London (sometimes!)
Programs: BA GGL/CCR, United 1K, Avis Presidents Club, Hilton Diamond, IHG Gold Elite
Posts: 158
thanks- happily my bookings for this trip are with AA (mostly on BA metal), so I will have the advantage of TSA Pre for the US domestic connections...
Perhaps this is another incentive to book AA tickets
Perhaps this is another incentive to book AA tickets
Apr 28, 2017, 8:05 pm
#473
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: BOS
Programs: AA EXP
Posts: 479
This works in the other direction as well. If you bought your ticket from AA and it has BA flights on it, you won't get Precheck for the BA operated segments, even if your KTN is in the reservation (the security checkpoints BA uses in the US often don't have Precheck lanes anyway).
Apr 29, 2017, 5:24 am
#474
Join Date: Oct 2009
Posts: 34
I've been using GE for a while now (UK citizen) and I logged into my GOES account this morning to update my passport number (I have done that before) and the option to do that has gone (i.e. it's only a basic profile, without any of the program memberships shown at the bottom). Is that just for me or is the same for everybody else?
Apr 29, 2017, 2:51 pm
#475
Join Date: May 2009
Location: London
Programs: BA Gold, IHG Platinum, HH Diamond, Hertz PC,
Posts: 1,985
I've been using GE for a while now (UK citizen) and I logged into my GOES account this morning to update my passport number (I have done that before) and the option to do that has gone (i.e. it's only a basic profile, without any of the program memberships shown at the bottom). Is that just for me or is the same for everybody else?
Apr 30, 2017, 1:26 am
#476
Join Date: Oct 2009
Posts: 34
Thanks - no update documents option for me...very strange
Apr 30, 2017, 3:53 am
#477
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Canary Wharf, London
Programs: MyWaitrose, IC Spire Ambassador, Hilton Diamond & BAEC Gold
Posts: 2,685
I've been using GE for a while now (UK citizen) and I logged into my GOES account this morning to update my passport number (I have done that before) and the option to do that has gone (i.e. it's only a basic profile, without any of the program memberships shown at the bottom). Is that just for me or is the same for everybody else?
Hopefully it'll reappear soon.
Apr 30, 2017, 4:38 am
#478
Moderator: British Airways Executive Club, Iberia Airlines, Airport Lounges and Environmentally Friendly Travel
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: London, UK
Posts: 22,212
As this thread is no longer BA specific, I’d like to invite you to use the Trusted Travelers forum which includes a range of discussions relating to all manner of GE issues.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trusted-travelers-732/
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http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trusted-travelers-732/
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