Re: [104attendees] PRG Departures Experience

Michael StJohns <msj@nthpermutation.com> Tue, 02 April 2019 13:56 UTC

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Subject: Re: [104attendees] PRG Departures Experience
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On 4/2/2019 9:19 AM, Sandra Murphy wrote:
> A late report, but maybe of interest for next visit.
>
> ....
>
> At landing at IAD, the immigration line took 40 min.
>
> Lots of long lines and long walks.
>
> —Sandy
>
When I got to IAD, the normal lines for immigration were as long as I've 
ever seen them - basically ALL the cattle chutes were filled with people 
back to the entry.  My first thought was "Global Entry was the best $100 
I've ever spent".  I was through immigration in about 4 minutes and only 
because the *!%$## machines had problems reading my finger prints.  A 20 
minute wait for my bag and I was out of there.

I can't recommend Global Entry enough.    Start now to get it approved 
for the next trip out of the country.  Once that's done its good for 5 
years and can be renewed over the net with just a fee payment.  (Sorry - 
US and Canadian - via Nexus citizens and permanent residents only).

If you don't have GE, then you might want to try 
https://mobilepassport.us/ - I have no experience with this, but it does 
appear to be a separate and shorter and faster line at Dulles.

Mike

ps - short rant on the GE machines - I've always had problem getting 
them to read my fingerprints.  The height of the reading space is a bit 
smaller than the distance between the top of my middle finger and the 
bottom of the finger pad on my pinky leading to some contortions to fit 
them all in.  Trying to get all 4 fingers to read at the same time is 
problematic.  I usually go through three or four attempts before the 
machine will take them.