Just checked Zoom appointment availabilty. Some appoints available for tomorrow, October 5th

Renewal datapoint
 

9/30 Received email that Global Entry membership expires 3/29/22
10/4 Renewed Global Entry; website said I would need to schedule an interview
10/5 Renewal fully approved; no mention of need for interview

Only travel in past five years was to Japan.

Chase Sapphire Reserve Global Entry Credit posted immediately.

Renewed my teenage daughters expired GE last night. Got approval this morning. Paid $100 on my new AMEX PLAT for the reimbursement benefit

Was able to do my interview that was not on the list of approved airports for GE. One of the customs agents interviewed and fingerprinted me it was approved within a few minutes.

SNA/John Wayne Airport.

SNA is on the list of Enrollment on Arrival airports:

Another data point... My GE expired last year.

August 19: Submitted new application
October 5: Conditionally approved (was able to schedule ZOOM for October 8!)
October 8: Had a 3-minute Zoom interview with a CBP officer and was approved

Very pleased with this Twilight Zone level of governmental efficiency. Not bad at all, especially the interview process.

Ah wasn't on my automated emails that they had been sending to me.

Where you arriving from an international destination when you did this or just show up?

Just received email. Submitted new application and paid the fee. Have traveled to more than 10 countries since 2016. Will be interesting to see if I am interviewed or get the renewal without interview.

I submitted my renewal application on Friday morning and woke up this morning to a "status change" email. I logged in and my application was approved with my new expiration date 5 years later than what my current expiration date was. No re-interview necessary ... this is the second renewal that I won the "no re-interview" lottery.

How much international travel did you do over the last 5 years? I always fly award on one-way trips for ease of changing flights on the fly, and there was Turkey travel in there. I think that raised suspicions and I got full inspections for the next several months of flights after including one airport that brought in a bomb expert to check my bags. So I wonder if they're going to dig in with all the international travel I had.

Arriving from international destination, Cabos. Southwest flying Cabos, Puerto Vallarta and maybe some other Mexico destinations from SNA right now.

I do a lot of similar travel (always booking one way awards on ET, TK, QR, etc for the same reason). At least 2 fights a year. When I flew for work, I traveled with a fair amount of gear that caused two bomb inspections (both at FRA).

I've done two renewals with no interviews, SSSS, etc.

Thanks for the data point. I was SSSS after my Istanbul travel in September until the start of January then it disappeared. Nothing since.

Another data point. My wife whose only international travel is with me on vacation type trips (to classically vacation type destinations) got hit with 3 or 4 SSSS in a row. I don't think there is any discernible pattern for any of this stuff.