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In reply to the discussion: My wife and I just renewed our expired passports. [View all]Neema
(1,151 posts)comes with it. When you return to the country you don't have to stand in passport lines. You just go up to a machine, scan your fingerprints, answer the questions that are on that form everyone gets (don't bother doing it on the plane), and you're on your way in less than 2 minutes.
Where it's super-duper amazing is if you have a layover coming back in the country. Three times we've had a layover get cut short by a delayed flight, only to discover the line to recheck your bag (which you have to do) was miles long. But just ask someone where the Global Entry line is and you'll breeze through the luggage check and security in minutes. Would have most likely missed all three of those connecting flights if we didn't have Global Entry, so that totally made the cost worth it.