Travel hacks and advice

[liv2ski]

Maybe The bummer is they do not tell you why and I am not hiring an attorney to fight the assholes.

[The AD]

Global Entry is now free for crumb snatchers under 18. Price has been bumped up to $120 for adults, but most travel cards cover the cost.

The NEXUS card is the best deal going. Includes Global Entry and is only $50 for five years. Of course the downside is you probably need to travel to somewhere close to either the Canadian or Mexican border to enroll. If you live in a border state it's a no-brainer.

[californiagrown]

The NEXUS card is the best deal going. Includes Global Entry and is only $50 for five years. Of course the downside is you probably need to travel to somewhere close to either the Canadian or Mexican border to enroll. If you live in a border state it's a no-brainer.

Also gets you precheck.

[The AD]

Also gets you precheck.

Correct. Pretty good deal for $50.

[carlh]

This is why you can’t get an interview, I need to sign up for twitter just for this one bot.

Correct. Pretty good deal for $50.

[spanky]

Global Entry lets you submit a renewal application after 4 years (GE term is 5 years), so so long as your application is pending, you continue to receive GE benefits. I recently renewed Mrs C's GE, which was approved in 3 days, no interview required. The renewal extended her current GE expiration by exactly 5 years.

So if you have TSA Pre or GE and are in your 4th year, I'd go ahead and submit that renewal - - no reason to wait.

And don’t be a fool like me and let your GE expire. The renewal process is a re-application and another interview.

[phatty]

And don’t be a fool like me and let your GE expire. The renewal process is a re-application and another interview.

Happened to me. Took a year to get it back. Luckily I didn't have to do an interview, though.

[jm2e]

Wife loves fruit.
Buys like 2 pounds of grapes in Munich for our return flight.
Doesn’t want to leave the leftovers on the plane in Dulles because that’s rude.
Apparently Dulles isn’t a “big” airport so they don’t have tons of the giant “Toss Your Contraband” containers and we cruise through GE.
I quickly make friends with a Beagle who wants me to come to the cavity search room for a chat with his handler.


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[The AD]

^ At least they didn't revoke your GE because of this.

[I Skied Bandini Mountain]

Seriously though, I've passed a top level security background check for an airport project, and breezed through the GE application, so I don't know exactly what the government is looking for because I'm the last guy I'd be giving any kind of security clearance to.

When I was working on the local airport expansion, I could key myself through a door carrying whatever I wanted and go wherever I wanted in the airport and on the flight line, and meanwhile nuns were getting strip searched by the TSA. It never made sense to me.

[californiagrown]

It never made sense to me.

Strategic ambiguity. Seriously, they switch it up, and make it different at different airports so a person never really knows what to expect. If the security feels random and makes no sense, you cant really plan to subvert it. Whether that actually results in more safety is debatable.

FWIW. i accidentally let my NEXUS expire, and re-signed up for it thinking id have to go to another interview per the instructions... but low and behold when my application was eventually accepted and the next step was supposed to be scheduling an interview, the website just said i was approved and a new card was in the mail to me. Easy peasy.

[jm2e]

So what we’ve learned is that Liv2ski should apply for NEXUS and fly to Vancouver/Buffalo for the interview.


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[Yonder_River]

FWIW. i accidentally let my NEXUS expire, and re-signed up for it thinking id have to go to another interview per the instructions... but low and behold when my application was eventually accepted and the next step was supposed to be scheduling an interview, the website just said i was approved and a new card was in the mail to me. Easy peasy.

It's a bit of a broken system in my opinion. They probably saw you had a previous card and just let you through.

Also, kids are supposedly required to interview on renewal so when they are old enough they can get the retinal scan, but two of mine just got approved on a renewal without an interview. Which is great since it's impossible to get one in Blaine, especially three in a row. What's weird is my oldest (age 15) it's still showing as conditionally approved while his brothers just skated by.

[The AD]

It's a bit of a broken system in my opinion. They probably saw you had a previous card and just let you through.

Also, kids are supposedly required to interview on renewal so when they are old enough they can get the retinal scan, but two of mine just got approved on a renewal without an interview. Which is great since it's impossible to get one in Blaine, especially three in a row. What's weird is my oldest (age 15) it's still showing as conditionally approved while his brothers just skated by.

I feel like there must be some randomness to it. Last time I renewed I had to go in for an interview and my wife did not.

[Djongo Unchained]

they're reading what you post here?

It's the weed, maaaaaaan...

I got my GE card last summer. It's def not this...

Maybe The bummer is they do not tell you why and I am not hiring an attorney to fight the assholes.

I'd just re apply.

After my pre acceptance, it was time to get an interview date. They were all months out.
Then I start getting an email every Friday about 7pm saying there are some new openings next week. I'm always too late for the handful each day.

It occurs to me to look on the website at 5pm and there are all the new dates for the next week. Open and available.
I set up an appointment and drove down the next Sunday to SLC airport. About 4+ hours each way.
Get there, walk up to the empty area and beat the young couple and 2 kids in strollers. They were a rolling clusterfuck so stoked I wasn't 5 minutes later.

Officer behind the glass does my paperwork and hands me my stuff and says ok, yer good to go.
Huh, no questions? Nope, Have a good day.

Coming home from Euro BBI with Swerve last spring was a bitch when we were first getting to the SLC baggage carousel but were last-ish to get our skis.

Walking over and getting scanned and walking past the 100 people who got their bags first but now had to stand in passport line, Fucking priceless.

[bodywhomper]

Not sure if this has been brought up, the cheap Air Portugal flights to Europe listed via google flights don’t include the fee for selecting your seat, which, of course, is not a guarantee. It was an extra $125 rt per person.

[I Skied Bandini Mountain]

Dear travel hacks and advice, how many 10 mg gummies do I need to get through a 14 hour flight?

[Danno]

Dear travel hacks and advice, how many 10 mg gummies do I need to get through a 14 hour flight?

N+1

[Harry]

Dear travel hacks and advice, how many 10 mg gummies do I need to get through a 14 hour flight?

Fucking amateur.

50mg or GTFO.

[Buzzworthy]

Fucking amateur.

50mg or GTFO.

I fly on 100mg normally.
Once took 225mg of syrup before a flight from Seattle to SLC. That was intense. Do not recommend.

[I Skied Bandini Mountain]

Jesus. I just want to sleep for ten hours, not find a new dimension of being.

[cat in january]

Start at 30mg. Have a pack in your pocket. Add as needed.

[riser4]

Jesus. I just want to sleep for ten hours, not find a new dimension of being.

Right?

[dan_pdx]

Jesus. I just want to sleep for ten hours, not find a new dimension of being.

I only use THC as a sleep aid, not recreationally. After trying a few products, Wyld Elderberry works best to put me out. Given I have zero tolerance, a 10mg gummy could let me sleep through a car crash, but it wears off after 5ish hours, so if I really wanted to sleep the whole flight, I might take a second one if I woke up.
I think five hours if sleep is enough though, just makes it easy to fall asleep at a reasonable local time when I get to where I'm going.

[riser4]

I only use THC as a sleep aid, not recreationally. After trying a few products, Wyld Elderberry works best to put me out. Given I have zero tolerance, a 10mg gummy could let me sleep through a car crash, but it wears off after 5ish hours, so if I really wanted to sleep the whole flight, I might take a second one if I woke up.
I think five hours if sleep is enough though, just makes it easy to fall asleep at a reasonable local time when I get to where I'm going.

Sleeping through a plane crash might not be so bad either. Not sure I want to wake up to that.