In YVR, the US CBP officer processing GEs will ask you to produce the card.

Some of the time s/he will also ask you to produce your passport in addition to the card.

As I said in #7966: my interviewer said always carry the card.
Also, while the card may mean being able to use it where a passport would ordinarily be shown, you need to be able to show the passport on request.
I wouldn't travel by air or ground without both. Generally, however, I leave the passport in the bottom of my purse, and pull out the card only when needed for ID or to access privileges like the NEXUS lane.

If you use a GE machine, you have no obligation whatsoever to carry a card. GE explicitly does not require it.

Followup to my earlier post about getting a kiosk message that I was "not enrolled" when I attempted to use GE in ATL. During a trip last week, I was able to stop in at the GE enrollment office at DTW. The officer checked for me and said that there was no problem with my enrollment. She thought I must have been inserting my passport into the machine face down instead of face up. I suppose it is possible, but I will never know for sure. Anyway, using GE last week, again in ATL, everything worked fine.

Well, I guess if the CBP officer asked me for the card and I didn't have it they'd in turn ask for my passport.

My math is good. The trip was for two people there and back. Cash fare is 3.20 not 2.40. You can get lower pricing with ticket books etc but those would be a special case.

The airport bus is a one way fare and the 90 minutes will elapse before the return trip even if interview was in and out.

If you're on a one-way, I suppose, sure.

I was just trying to distinguish between GE and Nexus. If you're using GE to enter the US, you have no need to bring your GE card. If you're using Nexus to enter the US or Canada, you are required to have your Nexus card. I've never actually been asked to show it by customs people.

Have you ever entered the US at YVR using GE?

If you do, you'll be asked by the CBP to show your card, and may also be asked to show your passport.

Same at YOW. Presented GE slip and was asked to show Nexus card and Passport.

I have not entered at YVR, but according to the global entry FAQ:
http://www.globalentry.gov/faq.html#f1
You're not even required to have a card at all. At some point around 3 or 4 years ago, they phased in the cards and people that were already members at that point had to pay an extra fee to get one.

It's silly to to have this discussion in the Nexus thread, since I imagine most people have Nexus cards that they are using coming back to Canada and for expedited security. However, for travel between the US and a third country only, I've never brought my global entry card nor have I ever been asked to show it. In fact, I always thought it was sort of useless, as it's not an acceptable document for air travel between the US and a third country.

In this case, would it not put the passport at risk of expiry?
(Mine admittedly has always exhausted pages-though this time I will keep it for the full 5 years and see how the immigration bill/US politics plays out so I can use my other passport to travel there.)

I got into trouble for a sandwich. At the last minute I decided to take a sandwich from home to eat at YYZ while waiting for my flight. In my mind, I didn't think this counted since I really had no intention to actually take it with me on the plane. When I went to hand in my form, the agent asked what was in my bag. I told her it was a sandwich to eat before my flight. She flipped out and said I was smuggling food and sent me to secondary. The woman who was working there was surprisingly nice. I explained to her the situation. She told me I had to declare even a pack of gum. She did let me go with a warning and said it wouldn't affect my status.

The next few times I did declare my gum (instead of using the machine, I just went to the crew lane and they never seemed to have an issue.) They never sent me to secondary inspection. One agent even asked why I was declaring gum and I explained to him my previous situation. He just chuckled and said she must have been really anal. But I'd still rather be safe than sorry.

Was there meat in the sandwich? Then you probably should have got called out. Or alternatively, meat or not, also should have if you were using a paper declaration. For all intents and purposes, you are entering the US when you pass through CBP, so they don't really distinguish whether you are planning on eating the sandwich before getting on the plane or not or a week later. They are going to want to inspect it. Meat is a specific food listed on the kiosk - so you'd have to check yes to that on the kiosk, but not for gum. You'd only really need to declare gum on the paper form.

Probably are very lucky your membership wasn't revoked when they found it.

If I travel with my family living in the same household, do we have to complete separate declaration cards or just one for all of us?