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Getting through Customs/Immigration faster at US airports - MPC App

Getting through Customs/Immigration faster at US airports - MPC App

Old Oct 13th 2025 | 12:04 pm
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Entered yesterday at LAX from MUC. With Global Entry, no forms to complete, facial scan by machine then green check to proceed. No questioning. If we had not had to pick up checked baggage, we would’ve been free to leave airport. First time on an A380 - they take a long time to unload.
 
Old Dec 17th 2025 | 7:35 am
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Originally Posted by S Folinsky
Entered yesterday at LAX from MUC. With Global Entry, no forms to complete, facial scan by machine then green check to proceed. No questioning. If we had not had to pick up checked baggage, we would’ve been free to leave airport. First time on an A380 - they take a long time to unload.
We returned from Europe to SFO in October, anticipating problems due to the shutdown. We both used the MPC App (and are both citizens). There were no people ahead of us and we were out in the baggage area just as fast as we could walk! Sadly, one of our luggage items went astray and we had to wait until the very last bag landed on the carousel before then having to deal with the baggage desk ... Had it not been for that, this would have been our fastest ever passage through arrivals!

The bag showed up 2 days later ... our first ever experience of 'lost luggage'! It was a small carryon 'wheelie' that got pulled at the gate due to lack of space. We had zero 'status' on that airline and were in boarding group 6 ... never again!
 

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