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Global entry/TSA pre-check is the best $100 you can spend (or not since the application fee is covered by a lot of premium credit cards) Keep shoes, keep lapto

Global entry/TSA pre-check is the best $100 you can spend (or not since the application fee is covered by a lot of premium credit cards) Keep shoes, keep laptop in bag, keep jacket on, way shorter line...I’m simulateously happy that not everyone is doing it and dumbfounded why anyone who travels more than a few times a year wouldn’t have it by now.

enraged_camel 8y ago
Yes. I felt bad about giving TSA my money, but like you say, it's worth it, especially if you fly semi-frequently. Global Entry is the best part because after a long international flight the last thing you probably want to do is wait another hour or three on some long passport line.
koolba 8y ago
On the one hand it’s great. But on the other nobody should have to go through the security theater that is regular non-precheck TSA. I’ve long believed the only solution is to mandate that Congress travel as regular citizens so they realize how slow and pointless the process has become.
opportune 8y ago
I don't buy precheck out of principal. You shouldn't have to pay extra for a less invasive security experience
- TallGuyShort 8y ago
  I used to feel the same way. I shouldn't have to, but if the choice is paying or getting felt up, I pay. Me not paying won't stop the feeling up anyway.
  - hopler 8y ago
    Getting felt up is the only part I enjoy.
    - leesalminen 8y ago
      Whenever I (or whoever I’m traveling with) gets selected for the full pat down I always make a comment about usually getting charged extra for this service or some other equally stupid joke. They always end the pat down early and move on to the next person.
  - snowwindwaves 8y ago
    I always opt for the pat down instead of going through the machine.
    - Fuzzwah 8y ago
      As someone who has enough regular xrays (to keep an eye on my bone tumor) I always opt for the pat down and avoid the machines. Extra bonus when security staff member feels the massive bone tumor on my femur and thinks I've got something strapped to my inner thigh.
- propogandist 8y ago
  If you have a decent credit card it will provide you tsa precheck coverage as a 'benefit' and it is valid for 5 years
- Scoundreller 8y ago
  Exactly. As if they aren’t capable of stratifying your risk the second you buy the ticket.
donretag 8y ago
During my last flight out of JFK, I was told there is no TSA pre-check line, so I had to comply with the non pre-check rules. Global entry only covers the line for the passport check. You still need to due the next line for luggage (hello LAX) with everyone else.
- lsllc 8y ago
  If there's no Pre-Check line and you have Pre-check then they give you a big laminated card that says "Pre-Check" and you don't need to take shoes off / remove laptops belts etc. Yeah, with Global Entry it's worth paying for the priority baggage otherwise you'll just spend 45 minutes waiting by yourself in the baggage claim area as the bag belts get clogged up and stop with the bags of the passengers still stuck in the passport lines.
  - donretag 8y ago
    The TSA employees did not care about Pre-Check. They said that it was an international terminal (I was flying domestic) so there was no Pre-Check. The only perk I got was to be able to go through the old style detector. I still needed to remove electronics. They did not care. Also, the line I am referring to is the baggage check for customs. First comes the passport check, then you retrieve your luggage, and then you go through customs again with your luggage (which is never checked). Global Entry does not help you with that last line, which can be brutal at some airports.

enraged_camel 8y ago

Yes. I felt bad about giving TSA my money, but like you say, it's worth it, especially if you fly semi-frequently. Global Entry is the best part because after a long international flight the last thing you probably want to do is wait another hour or three on some long passport line.

koolba 8y ago

On the one hand it’s great. But on the other nobody should have to go through the security theater that is regular non-precheck TSA. I’ve long believed the only solution is to mandate that Congress travel as regular citizens so they realize how slow and pointless the process has become.

opportune 8y ago

I don't buy precheck out of principal. You shouldn't have to pay extra for a less invasive security experience

TallGuyShort 8y ago
I used to feel the same way. I shouldn't have to, but if the choice is paying or getting felt up, I pay. Me not paying won't stop the feeling up anyway.
- hopler 8y ago
  Getting felt up is the only part I enjoy.
  - leesalminen 8y ago
    Whenever I (or whoever I’m traveling with) gets selected for the full pat down I always make a comment about usually getting charged extra for this service or some other equally stupid joke. They always end the pat down early and move on to the next person.
- snowwindwaves 8y ago
  I always opt for the pat down instead of going through the machine.
  - Fuzzwah 8y ago
    As someone who has enough regular xrays (to keep an eye on my bone tumor) I always opt for the pat down and avoid the machines. Extra bonus when security staff member feels the massive bone tumor on my femur and thinks I've got something strapped to my inner thigh.
propogandist 8y ago
If you have a decent credit card it will provide you tsa precheck coverage as a 'benefit' and it is valid for 5 years
Scoundreller 8y ago
Exactly. As if they aren’t capable of stratifying your risk the second you buy the ticket.

donretag 8y ago

During my last flight out of JFK, I was told there is no TSA pre-check line, so I had to comply with the non pre-check rules. Global entry only covers the line for the passport check. You still need to due the next line for luggage (hello LAX) with everyone else.

lsllc 8y ago
If there's no Pre-Check line and you have Pre-check then they give you a big laminated card that says "Pre-Check" and you don't need to take shoes off / remove laptops belts etc. Yeah, with Global Entry it's worth paying for the priority baggage otherwise you'll just spend 45 minutes waiting by yourself in the baggage claim area as the bag belts get clogged up and stop with the bags of the passengers still stuck in the passport lines.
- donretag 8y ago
  The TSA employees did not care about Pre-Check. They said that it was an international terminal (I was flying domestic) so there was no Pre-Check. The only perk I got was to be able to go through the old style detector. I still needed to remove electronics. They did not care. Also, the line I am referring to is the baggage check for customs. First comes the passport check, then you retrieve your luggage, and then you go through customs again with your luggage (which is never checked). Global Entry does not help you with that last line, which can be brutal at some airports.