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To be honest I am already avoiding to travel to the US as much as I can. No appetite for hours of queues at security and passport controls. Their airports are w

by cm2187 4y ago

To be honest I am already avoiding to travel to the US as much as I can. No appetite for hours of queues at security and passport controls. Their airports are worst than many third world countries.

nixgeek 4y ago
The U.S. has been expanding eligibility for Global Entry over the last decade. No idea where you live but: https://www.cbp.gov/travel/trusted-traveler-programs/global-entry/eligibility https://www.cbp.gov/travel/trusted-traveler-programs/global-... This also gives you TSA Pre. It’s cut my average time spent queuing in U.S. airports and at the border by an order of magnitude. Worth the effort.
- aetherane 4y ago
  Global entry is unavailable to foreigners from many countries, even long term visa holders
orangepurple 4y ago
Visitor queue are typically miniscule if you are flying in from Europe
- nixgeek 4y ago
  It varies massively by airport and by time of year, and you just go into “Non U.S. Citizens and Permanent Residents” (there’s almost never a “Europe” line). On airports, there are a set of U.S. airports like Los Angeles which always seem to have long queues, and a few where CBP is more prone to asking 20 questions of everyone. On times of year, visiting cities when a big convention is happening can be much slower, as can traveling near a holiday like Thanksgiving. I’ve witnessed and stood in a 3 hour queue at San Francisco and that was my #1 motivator to go get Global Entry sorted.
omgomgomgomg 4y ago
I remember when I went to the UK for the first time, I knew the language, but was never confronted live with a London accent. I did not know the postal code system(every little borough out there belongs to London, but has zones and postal codes) , nor did I know the public transport options. I simply went there to visit a friend which had moved there, that is all. So just before the transit area after coming off the plane, a ginger and a brown haired fellow stopped me and started asking questions, without showing a badge or identifying themselves. They were plain clothed officers, guessing they are police was rather easy, they had very bad choice of çlothing style. So they ask where are you going and why. Purpose of stay and lenght, how will you get there and blabla, many follow up questions. Do you have a return ticket, whats her name. I told them, thats your job to find out and I intend to travel by cab, am I good to go now. They let me go on my way. This is the kinda people who will be dealing with our data, hell no. I will fill out whatever if I ever wanna go to the us, but I prefer to not hand over any data upfront.

by cm2187 4y ago

To be honest I am already avoiding to travel to the US as much as I can. No appetite for hours of queues at security and passport controls. Their airports are worst than many third world countries.

nixgeek 4y ago

The U.S. has been expanding eligibility for Global Entry over the last decade. No idea where you live but: https://www.cbp.gov/travel/trusted-traveler-programs/global-entry/eligibility https://www.cbp.gov/travel/trusted-traveler-programs/global-... This also gives you TSA Pre. It’s cut my average time spent queuing in U.S. airports and at the border by an order of magnitude. Worth the effort.

aetherane 4y ago
Global entry is unavailable to foreigners from many countries, even long term visa holders

orangepurple 4y ago

Visitor queue are typically miniscule if you are flying in from Europe

nixgeek 4y ago
It varies massively by airport and by time of year, and you just go into “Non U.S. Citizens and Permanent Residents” (there’s almost never a “Europe” line). On airports, there are a set of U.S. airports like Los Angeles which always seem to have long queues, and a few where CBP is more prone to asking 20 questions of everyone. On times of year, visiting cities when a big convention is happening can be much slower, as can traveling near a holiday like Thanksgiving. I’ve witnessed and stood in a 3 hour queue at San Francisco and that was my #1 motivator to go get Global Entry sorted.

omgomgomgomg 4y ago

I remember when I went to the UK for the first time, I knew the language, but was never confronted live with a London accent. I did not know the postal code system(every little borough out there belongs to London, but has zones and postal codes) , nor did I know the public transport options. I simply went there to visit a friend which had moved there, that is all. So just before the transit area after coming off the plane, a ginger and a brown haired fellow stopped me and started asking questions, without showing a badge or identifying themselves. They were plain clothed officers, guessing they are police was rather easy, they had very bad choice of çlothing style. So they ask where are you going and why. Purpose of stay and lenght, how will you get there and blabla, many follow up questions. Do you have a return ticket, whats her name. I told them, thats your job to find out and I intend to travel by cab, am I good to go now. They let me go on my way. This is the kinda people who will be dealing with our data, hell no. I will fill out whatever if I ever wanna go to the us, but I prefer to not hand over any data upfront.