{"id":97183196,"date":"2016-11-11T16:24:37","date_gmt":"2016-11-11T16:24:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/?p=97183196"},"modified":"2016-11-11T16:26:56","modified_gmt":"2016-11-11T16:26:56","slug":"hate-long-lines-at-the-airport-weve-got-some-good-news-for-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/hate-long-lines-at-the-airport-weve-got-some-good-news-for-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Hate Long Lines at the Airport? We&#8217;ve Got Some Good News for You"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you weren&#8217;t aware, the Department of Homeland Security has run a preclearance program for travelers entering the U.S. from international locations\u00a0since 1952. Beginning in Toronto, the program has since grown to include 15 airports in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbp.gov\/border-security\/ports-entry\/operations\/preclearance\">six foreign countries<\/a>. The program aims to cut down on Customs and Border Protection (CBP) wait times once passengers have arrived on U.S. soil by clearing them\u00a0<em>before<\/em> they board the plane to America.<\/p>\n<p>And now CBP announced that they plan on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbp.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/assets\/documents\/2016-May\/FY16_Preclearance_Guidance_Feb2016_05%2016%2016_final_0.pdf\">expanding the program<\/a> to include 11 more foreign airports to the list of places where passengers &#8212; both Americans and international fliers &#8212; can go through extra security so that they can skip the Customs line altogether once they arrive in the U.S.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">With <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Preclearance?src=hash\">#Preclearance<\/a> travelers undergo <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CBP?src=hash\">#CBP<\/a> inspections before boarding a US-bound flight at a foreign airport instead of in US <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TravelTuesday?src=hash\">#TravelTuesday<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/O882u4evgy\">pic.twitter.com\/O882u4evgy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CBP (@CustomsBorder) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CustomsBorder\/status\/796036020357758976\">November 8, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve traveled internationally recently, then you know this is an amazing announcement &#8212; lines to get through Customs can take up to an hour and makes catching a connecting flight super stressful. The Department of Homeland Security want to make long lines a thing of the past, and their estimates show that within the next seven years about 33% of international fliers could be precleared and able to skip the Customs line.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p>\nToday at Newark International Airport, Sec Johnson Announced 11 prospective <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CustomsBorder\">@CustomsBorder<\/a> Preclearance locations \u2192 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dOpbzwW2dl\">https:\/\/t.co\/dOpbzwW2dl<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GNOldYiiHq\">pic.twitter.com\/GNOldYiiHq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Homeland Security (@DHSgov) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DHSgov\/status\/794652234181201920\">November 4, 2016<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Can we get a\u00a0<em>woo-hoo<\/em>?<\/p>\n<p>The airports that are expected to join the partnership are major hubs like London Heathrow,\u00a0Tokyo\u2019s Narita, Amsterdam Schiphol, and others in Europe and South America. The wait list is expected to be sorted through and approved within the next seven years.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Till then, don&#8217;t forget to eat the orange you bought at the airport abroad.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-version=\"7\">\n<div style=\"padding: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 62.4537037037% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BHgEvBCD8ep\/\" target=\"_blank\">A photo posted by US Customs &amp; Border Protection (@customsborder)<\/a> on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2016-07-06T01:13:04+00:00\">Jul 5, 2016 at 6:13pm PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\" async=\"\" defer=\"defer\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you weren&#8217;t aware, the Department of Homeland Security has run a preclearance program for travelers entering the U.S. from international locations\u00a0since 1952. Beginning in Toronto, the program has since grown to include 15 airports in six foreign countries. 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