Yeah, in retrospect, I wish I had done Global Entry. I'm going to do that when my KTN expires.
Spike: Ladies. Come on in. Plenty of blood in the fridge, don't be shy. Dawn: You mean like, real blood? Spike: What do you think? Dawn: Mostly I think, 'Eew!'
'Potential'
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
amyth - Jun 18, 2015 11:03:43 am PDT #28982 of 30000
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen
Atropa - Jun 18, 2015 11:07:03 am PDT #28983 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
StuntHusband has done the TSA Precheck, and is thrilled with it. I'm considering doing Global Entry, especially since it looks like I'll be doing more visits to the Ottawa and Copenhagen offices.
Connie Neil - Jun 18, 2015 11:09:18 am PDT #28984 of 30000
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I don't think I'm going to become so much the mad travelers that I'll require special handling.
Hm, I wonder where all Amtrak goes that's fun? Anymore, it's not stuff I want, it's places I want to go.
erikaj - Jun 18, 2015 11:10:26 am PDT #28985 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!
Cool, Jilli. Always wanted to see Copenhagen(my great-grandpa immigrated from it)
meara - Jun 18, 2015 11:27:29 am PDT #28986 of 30000
Pre-Check is domestic only, but signing up for the international (Global Entry) gets you Pre-Check domestic and special lanes for customs, etc., for $100.
What Sparky said--I signed up for Global Entry, and while I only leave the country a few times a year, it's pretty sweet. And gets me precheck, which is really why I signed up. Though the precheck lines are getting longer and longer as they funnel more and more people through them, which is annoying to me...but I'm happy to not take out my laptop or take off my shoes.
(I think this is how the terrorist win: when the government takes away so much that you're happen when you get a few things back...when you would've been annoyed at the beginning to be where you end up...)
tommyrot - Jun 18, 2015 11:29:18 am PDT #28987 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I think It's been nine or ten years since I've flown anywhere. Just too much of a hassle. (I like the flying part, though.)
Lee - Jun 18, 2015 11:34:46 am PDT #28988 of 30000
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
I seem to have pre-check with United, although I seriously don't remember signing up for it.
Jesse - Jun 18, 2015 11:35:14 am PDT #28989 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I would be more interested in Pre-Check if I felt like I was in bad lines all the time, but I don't. I would definitely do Global Entry if I travelled internationally more, though.
I totally won this afternoon: Got pie without having to go to the meeting at which it was provided.
Zenkitty - Jun 18, 2015 11:45:21 am PDT #28990 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Thanks for the info, all! I only travel internationally once every couple years, but it would be nice to have it. I don't know that I want to be fingerprinted, though. What if I have to commit a crime someday and don't have gloves with me??
lisah - Jun 18, 2015 11:49:50 am PDT #28991 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate
Oh, yeah, we actually did Global Entry not just Precheck. Worth it!