I used Pre-Clearance yesterday in Dublin to Chicago on American. } Vancouver US-bound terminal is also terrible. padding: 0; Then, you’d have to go from gare midi to the airport in Brussels. attract Asia to S America flights via the US rather than Europe or Canada), Screening before they board the plane in theory is a good idea, but the TSA and CBP both are incapable to filter out “bad hombres.” (excuse the Trump joke) So it means nothing. }); I love it, and route that way whenever it’s convenient. 0&&!this.underflow&&(t&&"last"!==t||this.index(this._first)>0||this.tail&&this.inTail))},clipping:function(){return e(this._element["inner"+(this.vertical? All this talk of Sterile Transfer in the US? Per the Saudi Gazette, Jeddah and Riyadh in Saudi Arabia will soon be getting US pre-clearance facilities. float: left; The UK Border Force has already “pre-clearance” agents in Belgium, in the Eurostar terminal in the Brussels Zuid/Midi train station. I wondered if he was a US citizen because I thought I heard an Irish accent, but that doesn't mean all that much, I just wanted to get to the gate . Long waiting lines for security to the US terminal (even via fast lane); at a particular point in time they even stopped security at all due to long waiting times for US customs after security. position: relative; } .jcarousel ul { Please view our advertising policy page for additional details about our partners. But I have no idea how it works in Dublin. Nonetheless this could be very interesting combined with the fact that Lufthansa made a deal with the Belgian government regarding Brussels Airlines (the name has to be kept! As someone with Global Entry I selfishly don’t love the concept, since immigration on arrival takes me a few minutes at most. I heard that partly the reason why Singapore seems to have high migrant infections, is because the foreign worrkers in those 3 cities are seeing that nobody cares about COVID19. In the United States alone, we process over four million entries annually and employ hundreds of licensed customs brokers. Agree with Ryan and D.A. In the current form, pre-clearance isn’t a huge deal tbh. The US has the goal of expanding the number of facilities they operate around the world, and it looks like we now know which country will be next. I’ve flown many international trips that ended with clearing customs in the US. height: 200px !important; Some wings ( concourses) of some terminals in the US might qualify for sterile transfers. .container-anchors .link-block { font-size: 28px !important; If there are any irregular operations, where a plane needs t divert OR at the destination airport, the plane can go to ANY gate, not just gates that are configured for international arrivals. Maldives Launches Loyalty Program For Visitors. Mainz, Germany. Does this make any sense? However, in reality these facilities can often lead to flight delays. I hope this does not go through. } I will go out of my way to avoid flying through such airports on the homeward journey. I’ve used the SNN pre clearance facility several time and they certainly do have a GE lane. Doesn’t make sense. /** Carousel **/ [CDATA[// >0&&a.one("transitionend webkitTransitionEnd oTransitionEnd otransitionend MSTransitionEnd",h),a.css(u),l<=0&&a.each(function(){h.call(this)})}},_scroll:function(i,s,r){if(this.animating)return t.isFunction(r)&&r.call(this,!1),this;if("object"!=typeof i?i=this.items().eq(i):void 0===i.jquery&&(i=t(i)),0===i.length)return t.isFunction(r)&&r.call(this,!1),this;this.inTail=!1,this._prepare(i);var n=this._position(i);if(n===e(this.list().position()[this.lt]))return t.isFunction(r)&&r.call(this,!1),this;var o={};return o[this.lt]=n+"px",this._animate(o,s,r),this},_scrollTail:function(i,s){if(this.animating||!this.tail)return t.isFunction(s)&&s.call(this,!1),this;var r=this.list().position()[this.lt];this.rtl&&this.relative&&!this.vertical&&(r+=e(this.list().width())-this.clipping()),this.rtl&&!this.vertical?r+=this.tail:r-=this.tail,this.inTail=!0;var n={};return n[this.lt]=r+"px",this._update({target:this._target.next(),fullyvisible:this._fullyvisible.slice(1).add(this._visible.last())}),this._animate(n,i,s),this},_animate:function(i,s,e){if(e=e||t.noop,!1===this._trigger("animate"))return e.call(this,!1),this;this.animating=!0;var r=this.options("animation"),n=t.proxy(function(){this.animating=!1;var t=this.list().find("[data-jcarousel-clone]");t.length>0&&(t.remove(),this._reload()),this._trigger("animateend"),e.call(this,!0)},this),o="object"==typeof r?t.extend({},r):{duration:r},l=o.complete||t.noop;return!1===s?o.duration=0:void 0!==t.fx.speeds[o.duration]&&(o.duration=t.fx.speeds[o.duration]),o.complete=function(){n(),l.call(this)},this.move(i,o),this},_prepare:function(i){var s,r,n,o=this.index(i),l=o,a=this.dimension(i),h=this.clipping(),u=this.vertical?"bottom":this.rtl?