Global Entry changes at MCO
Feb 2, 2020, 3:47 pm
#1
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Global Entry changes at MCO
Just arrived at MCO and the Global Entry process was not what I expected.
Upon arrival at the Global Entry kiosk I was greeted with a message saying the global entry experience had changed (or something to that effect). There was a button on the screen that when pressed took me straight to a new screen to manually take my photo.
After taking my photo, the kiosk spat out the receipt to hand in to the TSA agent. No fingerprints, no passport scan. Just a photo.
The TSA agent made a cursory glance of the photo against my passport and sent me on my way. On the way out there was no customs check either.
Threw me to be honest. Very efficient and fast.
Wonder whether MCO is trialing this new method? I was travelling through Chicago last week and the process was not using this new method, it was using the process of fingerprints and passport scan.
Upon arrival at the Global Entry kiosk I was greeted with a message saying the global entry experience had changed (or something to that effect). There was a button on the screen that when pressed took me straight to a new screen to manually take my photo.
After taking my photo, the kiosk spat out the receipt to hand in to the TSA agent. No fingerprints, no passport scan. Just a photo.
The TSA agent made a cursory glance of the photo against my passport and sent me on my way. On the way out there was no customs check either.
Threw me to be honest. Very efficient and fast.
Wonder whether MCO is trialing this new method? I was travelling through Chicago last week and the process was not using this new method, it was using the process of fingerprints and passport scan.
Feb 2, 2020, 3:49 pm
#2
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Surrey, UK
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This new GE update has been around for quite some time at various other airports - I wonder if there is a list somewhere?
Feb 2, 2020, 4:03 pm
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Feb 2, 2020, 4:32 pm
#5
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Still the 'old' GE at BWI on 29/1
Feb 2, 2020, 5:09 pm
#7
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The new style GE gates are also available at SAN. The first time going through with the new kiosk was so fast that at first I thought that maybe I had piggybacked onto the tail end of someone else’s session that they had abandoned.
Feb 2, 2020, 5:19 pm
#8
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It is actually facial recognition, if you looked at your recipt, it had your name, flight number, passport number etc all from taking a picture of your face.
First time I did it at EWR, I was spooked....
Then I thought about it, it isn't like it searched 100 mil faces in 2-3 seconds....it knew I was on XX flt, it knew that flight just landed and there were XX number of GE people on that flight, so, p[retty small group to search from. Even if 3-4 flights land together, still a pretty small pool to search from.
First time I did it at EWR, I was spooked....
Then I thought about it, it isn't like it searched 100 mil faces in 2-3 seconds....it knew I was on XX flt, it knew that flight just landed and there were XX number of GE people on that flight, so, p[retty small group to search from. Even if 3-4 flights land together, still a pretty small pool to search from.
Feb 2, 2020, 5:36 pm
#9
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: West Coast, USA
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It is actually facial recognition, if you looked at your recipt, it had your name, flight number, passport number etc all from taking a picture of your face.
First time I did it at EWR, I was spooked....
Then I thought about it, it isn't like it searched 100 mil faces in 2-3 seconds....it knew I was on XX flt, it knew that flight just landed and there were XX number of GE people on that flight, so, p[retty small group to search from. Even if 3-4 flights land together, still a pretty small pool to search from.
First time I did it at EWR, I was spooked....
Then I thought about it, it isn't like it searched 100 mil faces in 2-3 seconds....it knew I was on XX flt, it knew that flight just landed and there were XX number of GE people on that flight, so, p[retty small group to search from. Even if 3-4 flights land together, still a pretty small pool to search from.
Feb 2, 2020, 5:49 pm
#10
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Feb 2, 2020, 6:54 pm
#11
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Details here: Global Entry 2.0 - Facial Recognition
Feb 2, 2020, 7:20 pm
#12
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It is actually facial recognition, if you looked at your recipt, it had your name, flight number, passport number etc all from taking a picture of your face.
First time I did it at EWR, I was spooked....
Then I thought about it, it isn't like it searched 100 mil faces in 2-3 seconds....it knew I was on XX flt, it knew that flight just landed and there were XX number of GE people on that flight, so, p[retty small group to search from. Even if 3-4 flights land together, still a pretty small pool to search from.
First time I did it at EWR, I was spooked....
Then I thought about it, it isn't like it searched 100 mil faces in 2-3 seconds....it knew I was on XX flt, it knew that flight just landed and there were XX number of GE people on that flight, so, p[retty small group to search from. Even if 3-4 flights land together, still a pretty small pool to search from.
At first I was convinced the process had failed, and I also thought the previous session was still in play.
Feb 2, 2020, 7:26 pm
#13
Join Date: Nov 2015
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New kiosks are at DFW also. Sometimes I get waived through, sometimes they ask a question or two. Very fast.
Feb 2, 2020, 8:14 pm
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