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In this final (maybe) installment on NEXUS, I will tell about our first-hand experience with TSA PreCheck and Global Entry on a recent trip to Istanbul.
We were originally not going to try the TSA PreCheck since it was on the opposite side of the airport from where we were and where we needed to be, but the security lines were as long as I had ever seen them at SeaTac so we changed our minds. When we arrived at the PreCheck line, the officer there said that they weren't set up for international flights so we had to go through a regular check. This wasn't too bad because the line for the regular check in at the PreCheck checkpoint had only a couple of people in it. We did watch some people go through the expedited check and they went through quickly and easily.
When we returned to Seattle, we went straight to the Global Entry Kiosks in the international arrival area. I breezed right through, but Judy's NEXUS card had expired so the kiosk directed her to the normal Passport Control line. I proceded to the baggage claim. Normally we try to just have carry-ons for our returning flights, but my bag was too heavy so we decided to check both our larger bags. The nice ticketing agent at Istanbul gave our bags "Priority" tags and mine was the first one on the carousel in SeaTac, Judy's bag was a distant sixth. I was able to collect our bags and be waiting near the exit for Judy to get through passport control.
Judy's NEXUS card has since been renewed.
More on Istanbul later :-)
