New Service when entering US airports Courtesy of the US Border Patrol – Free

Posted on by getoutofwenzhou

This post is relevant to all WKU staff who have a US or Canadian passport and travel from overseas into the US.

Homeland Security and Border Patrol have finally created a program that allows travelers to use a secure app to enter their information, and then turn on your phone when you land, or snag some wifi and by the time you get to the immigration counter a few minutes later from the jet bridge, you’ll avoid the line-ups as you can enter a special lane and within 2 mins be on your way.

This is only valid at the largest US airports except both at Houston, although by the end of 2017, both Hobby and IAH will have the facilities.  The cities that most of us fly in that have this are:

Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Ft. Lauderdale, Miami, Minneapolis, JFK and Newark (NOT LGA), Orlando, Raleigh, San Jose, Seattle, Tampa and Dulles.

It is free, secure and a relief after traveling 16-20+ hours from China to get home.

Read more in detail on thepointsguy website here.

2 thoughts on “New Service when entering US airports Courtesy of the US Border Patrol – Free”

  1. Here’s some of the caveats: 1. If you buy an Android phone in China, you will be blocked from the Google Play store. Part of the anti-Google campaign. I have first-hand experience. Some Android software is available on Chinese Android download sites, like Facebook or Evernote, but would you trust this secure app from a Chinese site? With an Apple phone, you are probably better off. 2. All of the credit cards that simplify your entry and exit are premium cards costing $450 a year. If you want to pay $450 a year, well, that is your business. I carry three no annual fee credit cards, one earns me cash (Discover), one earns my points (Chase Freedom Visa), and one earns me airline miles (CapitalOne Venture). I go through JFK with the regular USA passport scanners and get through reasonably fast. I am not a very frequent international traveler.

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