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Kudos ! Craig. speedy airport screening is a great tip..equal to your great tips on golf venues.

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Darn....you gave away all my "secrets."

TSA-Pre rocks and I love, love, love Global Entry.

It wasn't evident at first (at least in the arrivals hall at Newark airport), but there is an express lane after you claim your bag, too.

Greatest thing since sliced bread.

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Another hint on Global entry is, if you apply for a Nexus card fro entry into Canada it is $50. Then global entry is free.

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I have CLEAR which is in DEN and a few others. As it is so rare I applied for GOES. Didn't want to pay another $100, but they kept sending me reminders to get an interview. I scheduled it for next month. CLEAR still requires belt/shoes off.

I've been a Global Entry member for several years due to all the international travel I used to do. That program makes getting through customs and immigration in Los Angeles and other major US airports a breeze.

Just tried the TSA Pre that got attached to my Global Entry membership for the first time. It was a couple of weeks ago in Chicago O'Hare's terminal 3 (American Airlines), and let me say that you are absolutely right. A total of less than 30 seconds from the time I walked up to the x-ray machine until the time I was walking away with my stuff. Shoes stayed on, belt stayed on, sport coat stayed on, computer and liquids stayed in the bag - I only had to empty my pockets. I even used an electronic boarding pass on my smartphone with no problems. It was absolutely phenomenal. Gave me more time for a few beers before the flight!

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The most important thing to know is your name on the Global card, your frequent traveler profile and issued ticket must match exactly. In other words if you have John W Smith on the Global card, John Smith on the issued ticket and John Warren Smith in your frequent flier program, you will be told "random inspection - denied", when actually it is not random, it is because all info was not matching. I learned this after 5 denials, they won't tell you.

Here are the airlines that participate:

Alaska Airlines
American Airlines
Delta Air Lines
United Airlines
US Airways
Virgin America

And a list of participating airports can be found here:

http://www.tsa.gov/tsa-precheck/tsa-precheck-participating-airports

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To add on to what others have said, not at many airports and not all airlines participate. Also, a few times I've been told that it's not available for you today(some sort of random check). In theory it's great if it works. Global Entry alone is well worth it though.

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People in these programs don't tell others about them, otherwise those lines get crowded. It's like fight club. The first rule of nexus is don't talk about nexus.

Canadians can use TSA Pre Check: from the TSA website: "<strong>As of November 15, 2012, Canadian citizens traveling domestically in the United States who are members of NEXUS are also qualified to participate in TSA Pre Check"</strong>