Thread: Hong Kong Club Reports
+
Add Report
Results 4,501 to 4,515 of 19276
-
12-23-21 03:01 #14776
Posts: 59Originally Posted by CaptainSolo [View Original Post]
-
12-23-21 02:59 #14775
Posts: 749Originally Posted by Rambo1969 [View Original Post]
-
12-23-21 02:54 #14774
Posts: 59Originally Posted by CaptainSolo [View Original Post]
-
12-22-21 22:20 #14773
Posts: 6493Wednesday morning pedestrian crossing 1 hour 52 minutes
Drove back Wednesday morning with a wingman who has no Global Entry or Sentri.
We got in line on Padre Kino in Tijuana waiting to enter the Sentri car lanes by 6:06, supposedly the time for people to go to work and school in SD. That line was long, stretched way back to the first rotary on Padre Kino. Policia Transito had 2 squad cars there with officer directing traffic, allowing blocks of cars to enter Sentri lanes. It moved fairly quick. In the US side CBP had rerouted a number of Ready lanes near the booths into Sentri lanes, total 8, with about 6 of 7 cars waiting in each.
I dropped off the wingman and drove over in the Sentri lane in total 9 minutes. CBP agents were apparently under order to open and check all trunks. Every car had trunk opened. Some agents rifled through the contents, other just looked quickly. We bought a couple bottles of liquor from duty-free stores at discount, all legal, a few brand-name labels were sold for about half Costco's prices.
Pedestrian line was short and thin, stretched back to to overpass footbridge. My wingman did not walk out of CBP building until 7:58, total time 1 hour 52 minutes. We thought it would be 3 to 4 hours, but it was not too bad. The border delays are unpredictable, vary day by day.
-
12-22-21 16:37 #14772
Posts: 579Originally Posted by BlackThought [View Original Post]
For those without global entry (such as myself), one way to manage border crossings is to plan ahead and get to the border early to minimize changes of something like missing your flight. USA Customs and Border Protection has this website: https://bwt.cbp.gov/details/09250401/PED.
That monitors wait times for pedestrian crossings at San Ysidro. MOST of the time (though not always) the estimated wait times are reasonably accurate (I. E. , accurate to within 20 minutes of the estimate or less), though it should be emphasized that those are just estimates. Especially if I have a flight to catch, I monitor that site often and plan accordingly. The site also tracks historical wait times so you can look up how long it typically takes to cross on a certain day of the week at a certain time.
-
12-22-21 08:17 #14771
Posts: 1458Tuesday night report. Both men and woman volume down 60% than last week. But the guys here going up to room every 30 seconds as I wait for a chica. Reduced price at nearby bars.
-
12-22-21 06:36 #14770
Posts: 157Originally Posted by Fmojo [View Original Post]
A buddy of mine could not get an appointment at LAX until July 22, and he randomly checked SFO and found appointments available in Jan 22, but on a re-check, he saw an appointment like 2 weeks out and nabbed it. He just ended up going up to see family, and grabbed his outbound flight on the day of his appointment.
If you're willing to make a day trip out of it (it's worth it IMO), look at the other places where you can have your interview where the location is at the Airport. SFO and PHX have offices in the airport.
-
12-22-21 06:01 #14769
Posts: 571Fast way to get global entry interview
Originally Posted by Fmojo [View Original Post]
And, you can always do interview on re-entry from abroad to US via most airports.
So, fly from a Mexican airport to San Diego airport:
See https://www.cbp.gov/travel/trusted-t...llment-arrival.
-
12-22-21 05:11 #14768
Posts: 200Originally Posted by BlackThought [View Original Post]
https://appointmentscanner.com
-
12-22-21 05:09 #14767
Posts: 749Originally Posted by MoneyShot [View Original Post]
-
12-22-21 05:07 #14766
Posts: 3192Originally Posted by Dogers69 [View Original Post]
CBP, long ago, was more or less forced to come up with a way to accommodate buses. Processing them through regular lanes isn't practical. You have to have a method of screening all the passengers. So, what do you suggest?
Still, I'm not sure where you get your bus information, maybe things have changed since I quit walking across. But I've taken the bus option a couple times. Sometimes it's faster than standing, sometimes it's not. If you're in a bus, and there are two other buses in front of you, it make take you a very long time to get through. They have to unload the bus, which may have 10, or it may have 50 people on it. They have to process all those people. (Yes, sometimes that line does go quicker than the "regular" lines). They have to inspect the bus. They have to reload the bus. If you're three buses back you're in for a long wait, too.
Of all the times I crossed on foot with SENTRI, I have never had to wait while the bus line was processed. I've also never been threatened with violence the couple of times I got suckered into "cutting" the line for a fee.
-
12-22-21 04:25 #14765
Posts: 571Border Wait Times
I realize it's "Mexico" and all but they really should have some large signs giving people direction on which lines to get into for regular, Global Entry, Sentry. Mexico does many things great as we all know, but they don't need to just do a half ass job with signage as they have for years at the border.
G.
-
12-22-21 04:22 #14764
Posts: 571Originally Posted by BlackThought [View Original Post]
G.
-
12-22-21 04:08 #14763
Posts: 130Originally Posted by BlackThought [View Original Post]
-
12-21-21 21:59 #14762
Posts: 536Thank You
Originally Posted by Sol12 [View Original Post]
We are guests in Mexico and should act accordingly!