Applied for Global Entry

[nosrednayduj]

Everyone else in my family seems to be doing it, now we can always get PreCheck. I won't have it in time for my upcoming square dance trip to Ft. Wayne, but maybe I can drop by the Global Entry office and have my interview (which would otherwise be scheduled for like November). Only if they process it enough for me to have the interview scheduled. Ken says they schedule them for 15 minutes, but they only take 5 minutes, so you can just stop by and get interviewed at a random time, but only if you already have one scheduled. So, probably they'll get it done in time for me to stop by on the way to Ft. Wayne. Then, I think it will take effect in time for my return trip! And, for going to Oregon for the eclipse in August. If I don't manage the interview this trip, I'll just have to make a special trip to the airport sometime in the summer, I guess.

One of the questions in the application is "what countries have you visited in the past 5 years" -- well, I didn't remember so I scrolled back through my "trips" tag on LJ... Only UK and Spain; the Norway trip was just beyond the threshold (and they don't count Canada.)

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[lauradi7dw]

Arthur has applied twice, been interviewed twice, been rejected twice (and basically told not to apply again). The first time, they refused to give a reason. The second time, they said it was because he had brought in fruit from overseas once. I don't actually believe that. (we have each had fruit in hand bags over the years, have declared it on the form, and have turned it over when asked). I suppose it *might* be true, because I haven't applied, so there is no way for them to reject me. I fly 4-8 segments (as Jetblue says) a month, and get TSA pre about 80% of the time. I don't think it's as random as they say.

We procrastinated a long time about the eclipse, and by the time we decided on a place in Wyoming (based on websites about weather and highway access and perks), pretty much all lodging in the state had been sold out. We thought of standing in my sister's back yard (Wilsonville, OR), but have decided to roll it into a visit to my parents, and drive about four hours from their house to a small lake in SC. I remember seeing you and Ken in the mob scene in the San Juan airport on the way back from the Caribbean eclipse in 1998. We had been in Aruba; I don't know where you went.

[nosrednayduj]

We went to Antigua. Original plan was for Montserrat, but then the volcano covered the airport and there went that plan. Our original flight went through Antigua so we got lodging there. More expensive, but we felt lucky to salvage our vacation.

Good luck with it not being cloudy or raining in SC at the appointed hour...