If you travel frequently, you know that Global Entry (along with its domestic cousin TSA Precheck) is indispensable. For $100 you get 5 years of expedited access - no taking off shoes, no pulling liquid or laptops - a bargain and even better because my credit card pays the fee.
Anyway, my GE expired in 2020 so I started my renewal in March and then Corona hit. You have to do a short in person interview and there was nothing, literally nothing available for the rest of the year. I checked back after Jan 1st and to my delight, there was availability!
So I headed over to a boring office building near the airport (next to Denny's) and was taken care of by a super nice border agent. The whole thing took maybe 10 minutes and as a bonus I don't look like a crackhead on my ID card. Looking forward to LOTS of travel when it's safe again! read more