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| - If Festivus is for the rest of us, then Nexus is for the best of us!
You know that terrible 'I'm going to miss my $&#*@% flight' feeling when you walk into the customs hall in T1 and see both sides have huge snaking line-ups? No biggie. If you've got Nexus, you walk right past this delay, straight to the kiosks at the front, like a pro!
Yeah sure, I handed over my biometric data to a foreign government that insisted on recording my eye colour at the super cold in-person interview, despite the form saying it was optional. It was less than optional in-person and I decided to take the soup nazi approach and be as copasetic as possible.
And now I don't have to wait in line! No line!! That's an extra hour of sleep in the morning and my life not spent waiting at the airport. It was a trade off I was willing to make in order to cross more efficiently, and with less stress a handful of times a year. Even if I only crossed once a year, I'd still think it was worth it.
I've never had to wait to use a Nexus kiosk either. Seriously, you can't use a parking metre faster than these kiosks.
Highly recommended to everyone who is eligible, likes to travel, and not concerned about having their iris scan data recorded by the US government.
It's only $50 for 5 year membership, which sure beats the gym.
The one real drawback is if you have made any purchases that are not exempt, ie. you have items to declare, you cannot use the Nexus priority lane at land border crossings.
However, you can use the airport kiosks to declare (though I have never had to do this) and likely you will have to speak to someone before being allowed to proceed.
Still a pretty sweet deal.
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