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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm just curious, do you all travel abroad so much that this is worth it? We don't have it. Have traveled to Europe twice in the last year and can't say that it was a detriminent not to have it. Never had a bit of delay getting through. What's the deal?[/quote]

The lines to re-enter the USA can be long, and Global Entry also includes TSA Pre benefits.   If you travel 1-2x a year internationally, I would say it's definitely worth it.[/quote]

Yep. We barely travel internationally, once every few years or so. But it doesn't cost that much more than TSA Pre, which we would want anyway. Also, starting this October (2024) kids under 18 will be free with a parent who has GE. You still have to do the application, it's not automatic like TSA for kids, but you will no longer have to pay the application fee for kids then. [/quote]

interesting, how does that work?  We all applied for GE at the same time in fall 2019 and me and the kids were approved right away, but it took a year for DH to be approved.  The expiration dates align with our birthdays, so mine will expire about 6 months before the kids' expire, and the kids' will expire about 6 months before my DH's.   So do we all apply for our renewals at the same time even though mine is expiring 6 month to a year before the others?[/quote]

They haven't updated the system yet, but I don't think you will all have to renew at the same time to get the free kids GE, for the reasons you stated.  My suspicion is that inside a kid's account, there will be a place where you can connect it to your account to note that they are the child of someone who already has GE, and that will flag the child's account as being free.  We will see in October. FYI the renewal window opens exactly one year before your expiration date, and it doesn't matter when you renew as long as you do so within that one year window- your new expiration date will get pushed out exactly 5 years from your current expiration date.[/quote]

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