14940674

The sticker is important at ORD, as the officers regularly demand to see it. At other airports, it is merely an occasional convenience.

wilp888

Never been asked about the sticker at SFO in the 4-6 times I used GE there annually.

TomA

If you get rejected at the terminals (and I always do because I carry commercial merch) you can hold up your passport with the sticker and it lets you jump the regular line.

dan1431

Learned something new, I had no idea that the sticker allowed one to jump the line.

Dan

TomA

Yeah, just walk in front of the ropes to the first officer's queue that you come to. I recommend holding the passport in front of you so that the line hawks can see it. I've noticed that as soon as they see it, I get VIP treatment from the CPB. They sometimes ask the people in line to "step back" for me...

Be prepared for nasty looks from the people who have been waiting for 30 minutes...

anc-ord772

Went for the "interview" and was asked three questions: Have you traveled to Canada or Mexico in the past five years, do you travel primarily for work or pleasure, and what do you do?

He only asked for my passport, did the fingerprint thing and that was it. Took less than 5 minutes, and didn't have to watch the video. They took me a few minutes early and another guy at least 20 minutes early. CBP officer looked bored.

cbear81

Hi All,

Just to clarify, will UA reimburse NEXUS fee rather than global entry?

Texasgabby54

I applied for Global Entry less than a week ago and checked my GOES account for the first time today and had an approval letter and instructions to schedule my interview! HURRAY! I will be using it for the first time in November when I return from Bonaire and then again in December when I return from Mexico. NO MORE LINES! I am pretty excited about it! Well worth the $100 that it cost for 5 years.

dlwalt

Can someone please explain how to sign up for this? On the phone with United Online support and they have no idea. I received an invite email, but no number. The website is so poorly written.

WineCountryUA

To sign up for the GE credit, start at Global Entry™ compensation benefit. The process change a couple months ago, so your email instruction may be for the old approach.

You will receive an credit card like number for payment use on the CBP GOES site

u600213

I signed up to receive a Global Entry code last week. No email. Today I got junk email from united inviting me to apply for Global Entry. So I tried again and after entering MP # and PWD got:

groobie

Thanks to the info from you all on this thread, I told my mom about this program - she is United 1K based in San Diego. She just emailed me about her "interview" experience today:

So I make the 45 minute trip to Otay Mesa border crossing, wait for a 9:30am appointment (they call me on the minute!) - then find that I am "next in line" for the interview following everyone that showed up for the same thing WITHOUT an appointment...nine people! So I try to keep quiet...wait another half hour, watching people get called into the back room...my name is called to come to a side desk...he has me sign a form. I say "can you anticipate how much longer for my interview?" He says "You just had it. The passport is all coded. You can use it today."

I'm sure the minor inconvienince will turn into a major convienience as she sails past lines during her international travel. Thanks again, Flyertalk! ^

lancelot21

Here's my timing so far:

- 9/19 Request to United for code
- 9/21 Email from UA with link to code
- 9/22 Filled out (tedious) forms at GOES website
- 10/1 Conditional approval. Can schedule interview online.

- Checking 10/1, here's what's available
12/7, 2 pm First available opening at SFO. Can't make it.
12/26 Additional openings when I'm out of town
No other openings show (maybe they only go out three months?)

- Rechecking, rechecking, rechecking (on 10/1)
Spot opens up on 10/5. Nab it immediately!

So persistence and luck pay off. I should have this before an international trip next week (and another in November).

pm6163

Where exactly on united.com to retrieve the code?

I applied for the code, received email telling me to go to united.com for the code about 2 weeks ago, still no place to find the code on united.com.

EDIT: found it, you have to click on the "united.com" in the email. a hidden link.

hans

Any recent info on how long it's taking to get conditional approval once the paperwork is done and submitted? It's been 10 days for me and I've seen examples of 2-3 days in earlier posts so just wondering...