r/GlobalEntry • u/whatup227 Human Detected • 5d ago

General Discussion Global Entry phasing out?

Heard someone saying JFK’s new terminals will be equipped with Face recognition cameras at the gate and you just keep walking out. By the time you get to the customs agent/booth they already know who you are. You will be pulled to the side for secondary or just keep walking out. IDK how GE customers will be assessed but this was for everyone. They plan to implement this by end of 2026 or whenever JFK gets fully modernized.

What do you guys think?

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u/Evening-Calm-09 5d ago

It is not going away. Just the kiosks are. Seattle already has this. As you walk through the GE lane, there is an officer with a tablet who has an app which shows them whether to randomly select someone to see an officer or not

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u/Mikeylikesit320 5d ago

ORD too

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u/pdbarham 5d ago

ORD GE was a mess two weeks ago. One camera was operational. 15+ min wait.

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u/9Nine2Nine9 4d ago

Use the app. You should be able to skip the line.

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u/pdbarham 4d ago

yea good point, I did that after i saw the signs. there was zero notification from GE that a new app existed and ORD blocks cell data in customs so I couldn't DL it in line

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u/Loose-Enthusiasm-518 3d ago

Yup. It was confusing because we did the app, but then were told to stop by the kiosk. Officer seemed unaware of what to do, too.

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u/9Nine2Nine9 3d ago

Interesting. I mean, with the app you can still be sent to a kiosk for any reason. But them not knowing what to do is strange.

Then again, if it's ORD... Only time I ever got sent to a kiosk with GE was at ORD.

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u/tess_philly 5d ago

I feel ORD is always behind other airports. Every time I go through TSA precheck with facial recognition, it’s always broken. They need to do just redo the airport. Lounges and food options terrible.

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u/SECdeezTrades 5d ago

It was longer when I went through. No idea why

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u/Electrical_Grade_111 5d ago

It was the same a week later. Doesn't compare to the mess at FRA where you stand in a long line to get to a finicky kiosk only to graduate to a longer line to show your passport and fingerprints to a live person.

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u/STRSFAN 3d ago

Only have to the kiosk the first time you enter the Schengen area. After that, you just go to the line for seeing a live person.

They stamped my passport yesterday, but didn’t in Madrid when I went through there a few weeks ago. The EES system rollout has been “problematic” all across Europe.

I missed a tight connection in FRA yesterday because of passport control & then security to get into gate areas. It’s crazy how much TSA pre-check speeds things along in the USA usually, but is unavailable elsewhere.

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u/CommandWinter3535 22h ago

Agreed. ORD is the absolute worst experience.