Basic Economy Fares Don't Lower Ticket Prices, They Increase Ticket Prices

Re:Basic Economy Fares Don't Lower Ticket Prices, They Incre... by Taek on Tuesday January 03, 2017 @04:21AM (#13307944)

Meh. I'm sure it's worse for non-Americans, but US border control is more of a hassle for me than any of Europe or China. Africa was pretty bad (they confiscated my passport...?) but otherwise the US is generally the worst.

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Re:Basic Economy Fares Don't Lower Ticket Prices, They Incre... by ajdlinux on Tuesday January 03, 2017 @04:59AM (#13308091)

The US charges $100 to sign up for Global Entry, while Australia is trying to force as many people as possible to use SmartGate with no fee and no registration required...

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Re:Basic Economy Fares Don't Lower Ticket Prices, They Incre... by hueving on Tuesday January 03, 2017 @07:22AM (#13308638)

I travel internationally maybe 6 times a year and on average spend maybe 10 minutes waiting in line and 30 seconds talking to the officer at CBP without global entry.

I've timed it with friends with global entry going through at the same time and they shaved off maybe 5 minutes.

Either ATL, SEA, LAX, JFK, and MSP are way better than average, or global entry isn't worth it except for the tiny percentage of international travelers that commute that way.

Point being, for US citizens, CBP is plenty fast enough without global entry.

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Re:Basic Economy Fares Don't Lower Ticket Prices, They Incre... by heeen2 on Tuesday January 03, 2017 @09:49AM (#13309456)

I have waited 2 hours at sfo just recently

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