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    • June 11, 2008

    Clearing Customs To Be Quicker (if you don’t mind being fingerprinted…)

    Filed under: Airport, Frequent Flyer, News — Rick Seaney @ 1:47 pm

    An update from Kiplinger reminds us that a new governement program called Global Entry has been launched that should make going through customs in the U.S. a lot easier (and faster).

    Specifically, the program allows you to skip the customs lines (you’ll go to a kiosk, insert a card, get photographed, have fingerprints checked, and answer questions on a touch screen).

    Among the requirements:

    • You must be a U.S. citizen or legal resident
    • You must make frequent overseas flights
    • You must agree to be interviewed by Customs/Border Protection officers
    • Interviews must take place at JFK, George Bush in Houston or Dulles in D.C. (the only current partipating airports)
    • You must agree to be fingerprinted
    • Pay $100 membership fee (good for 5 years)

    Click here for more information (and to see an application).
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