We agreed to dress alike, right down to the same gray Chucks and pack the same items. My worthy opponent was fellow CNN scribe Jamie Gumbrecht. The Great Race to the Gate was about to change all that. If they really like you, you get a card and a number, and a lifetime membership into the short-line class.īesides feeling special, I had never really tested the value of my Trusted Traveler status beyond a shorter line and the privilege of keeping my shoes on and my laptop in its case as I cruise through the metal detectors at airport security. Suffice it to say, if they like you, they invite you in for an interview. Customs and Border Protection’s Global Online Enrollment System. Officially, the title is Trusted Traveler.Īnyone can apply through U.S. As it turns out, all it took was a passport, a clean record and $100. Last Christmas, as I stood in a long line at O’Hare in Chicago, I found myself hating the short-line people and the way they just strolled up, flashed their boarding passes and passed by us, the hoi polloi. So, naturally the idea of a race through airport security appealed to me. I know it’s not my most attractive trait, but when I’m in it, I’m in it to win it.
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