Quote:
Originally Posted by Fly320s
Global Entry also qualifies you for TSA Pre-check. Enter you G.E. info on your flight reservation and you should get pre-check and avoid random/secondary screening.
For those of you who don't want to do Global Entry, there is a free app called Mobile Passport from the US CBP. It is just as fast as Global Entry on arrival and it is free. A bunch of my pilot and flight attendant friends use it.
Finally, the CBP is starting a new program using facial biometrics. I forget the name of the program, but the computers compare the photos on file from your passport, Global Entry, and previous entries into the US, with the passport you present at the entry checkpoint and your face. If everything matches up correctly, you're cleared in. Boston Logan airport uses this technology in the crew line for immigration. I've found it to be faster than using Global Entry and it is free.
|
Interesting. I think they've implemented that already at Narita Airport in Japan because the last time I was there I don't remember showing my passport to a live body but going through the line after having a camera image snapped. I want to say I may have experienced the same at London Heathrow but can't remember for sure. I had heard so much flak about Heathrow and it ended up being one of the most painless and quick entries ever. Granted, I was traveling from within Europe (Germany) so that may have been one reason as opposed to a direct flight from the US.