A new Global Entry mobile enrolment event at the U.S. Embassy in London is bookable

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• mark2 says:

  27 Mar27 March 09:50

  When we flew into Seattle in June 17 we were expecting hassle at immigration, so we were surprised when we sailed through in a few minutes. We were first at the desk because BA FAs had stood in the way of CW passengers so that F left the plane first. Also it would have been different if the ANA flight which arrived shortly afterwards had arrived first.
  We shall have to see what happens in Boston this October.

  • Anna says:

    27 Mar27 March 11:19

    Well I hope they stand in front of Y and PE passengers when I disembark this summer!

  • Hanna says:

    27 Mar27 March 17:47

    If you have wrong timing in Seattle, you can wait up to an 1h outside of arrival hall. I made a mistake of taking Lufthansa and there were 4 international arrivals before me. Got GE interview on that visit and never encountered similar queues after that.

• ABC says:

  27 Mar27 March 11:28

  When do you expect award availability to show up on the new Aer Lingus PHL flight?

  • Rob says:

    27 Mar27 March 12:01

    I would expect it now, but have not checked to be fair.

• George says:

  27 Mar27 March 11:37

  My travels have kept me away from the US for the past 20 years (however, not from Canada or the rest of the continent) but I have recently been thinking of adding it back on the roadmap as a tourist destination.

  I know it may not be logical, but would it make sense to apply for Global Entry, as a passenger who never even had to do ESTA in the past? Does it make a difference if you are a frequent visitor to the US, or not at all?

  • Definitas says:

    27 Mar27 March 19:20

    George – Global Entry is great, especially at busy airports like ORD when our average time from ramp to baggage carousels is 15 minutes thanks to the self service kiosks. Unfortunately, unless you use an Airline which participates (BA does not), you cannot use the GE on the return journey as you need to append your GE details to the booking in advance of the flight (which can only be done by the airline). We also recently came into Port Everglades (Florida) by ship where there were no kiosks. US citizens were able to present their GE cards but aliens do not get a card so we were not able to use GE (which was a great shame as the GE lane was empty and there were literally hundreds of people in front of us in the non US citizen lane)

• RussellH says:

  27 Mar27 March 11:50

  > thereby under UK law

  There is, of course, no such thing as UK law.

  Being in Scotland, Turnberry is subject to Scottish law. The rest of the UK is subject to English law, though the laws may differ in different parts of the jurisdiction. It can, of course, also work the other ways around – ASA rules apply just as much in Scotland as in the rest of the UK.

  There are significant practical effects of this – the two best known are perhaps
  1) the way in which property is bought and sold in Scotland is quite different from the English system,
  and
  2) the way that Scots Law forbids wheel clamping. (Black v Carmichael 1992 SCCR 70, where it was established that under Scottish law wheel clamping amounts to extortion and / or theft).
  Recently I had the task of explaing to someone the reasons why his local (English) solicitor (whose office is within a few miles of Scotland) was not authorised to write to a Scottish business with whom the person I was dealiong with had a dispute.

• Jonathan says:

  27 Mar27 March 12:52

  Global Entry is available for everyone as not airline dependent. Precheck does require your airline to participate but strong rumours that BA will finally join this summer.

• Save East Coast Rewards says:

  27 Mar27 March 13:07

  Thanks for the warning! I do think Simon Calder is overrated for a so called travel expert who seems to be on-call for BBC appearances.

• Cate ⛱️ says:

  27 Mar27 March 15:47

  OT as bits. Has anyone had an email about Qatar about special offers from Gatwick? I’ve just checked it out and some of the routes including taking a bus from LGW to Heathrow then aircraft to LHR-DOH?

  • @mkcol says:

    27 Mar27 March 16:00

    Hahaha! That is awesome 😀

    PS: The only QR emails I’ve had lately I’ve deleted without opening.

• @mkcol says:

  27 Mar27 March 15:59

  OT: I had a Virgin Holidays “Holiday Lab” survey come through – the long & short of it seemed to be wanting to figure out if I was willing to pay £20 or £40 as a premium, everything else being equal, to travel from LGW rather than LHR or STN.
  They also seemed interested in knowing whether I’d like them to switch service from LGW to LHR.

  • Cate ⛱️ says:

    27 Mar27 March 16:16

    Interested in paying more to fly into LGW is a bit tongue in cheek given it costs more to land at LHR plus, as Gatwick is open 24 hours you could be flying in any old time. Suggest next time you say No thanks suggest they reduce fares by £20 or £40 ????

    • @mkcol says:

      27 Mar27 March 16:23

      Don’t you worry, I did decline the offer – being based in Milton Keynes makes me very well connected to other departure airports where I can choose an alternative carrier if needs be.

      • Cate ⛱️ says:

        27 Mar27 March 16:53

        Good plan!

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