Global Entry tips: How to avoid waiting for an interview and get TSA PreCheck on your boarding passes

As we wrote about earlier this week, travelers should expect to continue to see airports booked and busy as we head into the start of the summer travel season. This is an inevitable conundrum for travelers, which is why I am dedicating this week to answering your questions about the practical ways we can ease the pain points you experience at airports. One option is to consider using TSA PreCheck and Global Entry, two expedited security programs administered by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, ie the government. If you’ve been reading this column since its origin last year, you know that I’ve covered this subject before and if you are new here, start by reading my previous columns on these and the other Trusted Traveler Programs:

• Answering your questions about TSA PreCheck, Global Entry and Clear

• Answering more questions about TSA PreCheck, Global Entry and Clear

• Answering more questions about TSA PreCheck and Global Entry

• Another way to speed through security: Nexus

• Sentri: The only trusted traveler program available widely to foreign travelers

• How the Canadian trusted traveler programs work

• Answering your questions about expedited airport security programs

*Source: The Point Guy