Benet Wilson is one of the 2.5 million Americans who have paid a yearly fee to skip security lines at airports and thinks it’s worth every penny she paid for a five-year membership in the Global Entry program offered by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection department.
“It’s a beautiful thing,” says the 50-year-old frequent flier, who writes the AviationQueen.com blog.
Earlier in June, Wilson was traveling back to Washington Dulles International Airport from a conference in Qatar, and walked right past an enormous customs line that had a wait time of nearly an hour.
Instead, she was in a car on her way home about 40 minutes after her plane touched down.
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