Is Global Entry worthwhile?
#811
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: MSP
Programs: Lapsed DL North PE, now nothing
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I'm using the CBP website to communicate, no particular station. I assume that the person responding to web based questions might just be unaware that, as wilp888 posted, the question at the kiosk has recently been amended.
#812
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Northeast Kansas | Colorado Native
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IAD
Just wanted to see if anybody has used G.E. at IAD. I will be coming back to the US from LHR next week on UA, so I am wondering about the placement of the kiosks......thanks
#813
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Join Date: Jan 2002
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If you're terminating at IAD, from the people mover head to the right through the gate to the machines. Not sure of the set-up at mid-field terminal
#814
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#816

Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Boston
Programs: UA 1K
Posts: 111
BOS experience
Mrs bosbiz and I used it for the first time yesterday, returning from Munich.
First impressions:
* clearly marked, wide open kiosks.
* took some time to find which airport we were coming in from -- listed differently, not under Munich or MUC.
* thought it was long, until we realized we were the first through immigration, even though we took our time getting off the plane
* separate entrace to customs for program, shared with crew
* agent stopped us and said we were in wrong exit, showed our printout and she said "oh ok, you weren't in uniform". Asked her what she meant, she admitted she was confused and all was well.
All in all a good experience, despite small hiccups. Time to exit from walking off jetbridge - 14 minutes, with priority-tagged bags that came off the plane first.
First impressions:
* clearly marked, wide open kiosks.
* took some time to find which airport we were coming in from -- listed differently, not under Munich or MUC.
* thought it was long, until we realized we were the first through immigration, even though we took our time getting off the plane
* separate entrace to customs for program, shared with crew
* agent stopped us and said we were in wrong exit, showed our printout and she said "oh ok, you weren't in uniform". Asked her what she meant, she admitted she was confused and all was well.
All in all a good experience, despite small hiccups. Time to exit from walking off jetbridge - 14 minutes, with priority-tagged bags that came off the plane first.
#817




Join Date: May 2006
Location: MYF/CMA/SAN
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And received this answer:
"You are supposed to declare all food you are bringing into the US even if it is allowed including items like bread, cookies, and chocolate. The CBP officers will probably not to see the food, but you still need to declare it so the officers can decide. I hope this explanation helps."
What do you folks think, is this true? I don't remember being told "all food".
"You are supposed to declare all food you are bringing into the US even if it is allowed including items like bread, cookies, and chocolate. The CBP officers will probably not to see the food, but you still need to declare it so the officers can decide. I hope this explanation helps."
What do you folks think, is this true? I don't remember being told "all food".
#822




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#823
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Wirelessly posted (goingaway\'s phone: BlackBerry8900/4.6.1.231 Profile/MIDP-2.0 Configuration/CLDC-1.1 VendorID/100)
Have you done this and to what reaction of the cbp officer? I thought if you were not in a GE airport, they didn't know what the sticker (or program) was -- there are enough cbp folks in the GE airports still learning about it themselves.
Originally Posted by N1120A
#824
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: ORD
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Odd things at ORD Saturday night. We came through at a fairly late hour, and things were dead. Mrs. Milepig and I both used kiosks. Mine went right through but here machine started acting up and then said to see an officer. There was NO ONE anywhere near the kiosks, and we sort of milled around for a couple minutes - I was done first and went to see if I could help her, etc. The lanes were competely open and no one ever came over to see what was going on. We could easily have just walked through.
We went to the officer, and got her cleared manually.
The second odd thing was that at customs the person asked to see my passport, and checked that I had a sticker on the back. This is the first time this has happened to me.
I can also verify that the "Do tou have any fruits, vegetables....." message is indeed the one currently on the screens. So, even though I had chocolates I said "no".
We went to the officer, and got her cleared manually.
The second odd thing was that at customs the person asked to see my passport, and checked that I had a sticker on the back. This is the first time this has happened to me.
I can also verify that the "Do tou have any fruits, vegetables....." message is indeed the one currently on the screens. So, even though I had chocolates I said "no".
#825
Join Date: Apr 2009
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Wirelessly posted (goingaway\'s phone: BlackBerry8900/4.6.1.231 Profile/MIDP-2.0 Configuration/CLDC-1.1 VendorID/100)
Have you done this and to what reaction of the cbp officer? I thought if you were not in a GE airport, they didn't know what the sticker (or program) was -- there are enough cbp folks in the GE airports still learning about it themselves.
Have you done this and to what reaction of the cbp officer? I thought if you were not in a GE airport, they didn't know what the sticker (or program) was -- there are enough cbp folks in the GE airports still learning about it themselves.


