It looks like NEXUS is now triggering both the Capital One and American Express $120 Global Entry credit that is available on some cards. This is likely due to the fact that Global Entry now costs $120 as well. For those not familiar NEXUS is available to Canadian and American residents and is jointly U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA). It allows access to NEXUS kiosks when entering Canada by air and Global Entry kiosks when entering the United States as well as TSA PreCheck lines. Interestingly upgrading Global Entry to Nexus (costing $42) doesn’t seem to trigger the credit.
There is no guarantee this will last as the terms don’t allow for this.
Does anyone know if no fee credit cards* trigger global entry credit as well?
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Fidelity Rewards Visa Signature Credit Card
US Bank Altitude Connect
PenFed Pathfinder Rewards
Does anyone get reimbursed for APAC Business Travel Card from any bank?
I already have Global Entry. Does Nexus just allow you to use the automated gates when you arrive to a big Canadian airport? I had never heard of it before until today.
NEXUS gives you access to the NEXUS expedited lanes entering Canada from the US via air. It also gives you access to the NEXUS driving lane entering Canada. Call ahead for expedited marine entry with NEXUS. Already get expedited driving lane from Canada into US for GE holders for those unaware. For car crossings, all occupants must have qualified use of lane via NEXUS into Canada or NEXUS/GE/SENTRI into US. https://www.cbp.gov/travel/trusted-traveler-programs/nexus
Seems like Nexus gives you global entry and pre check, plus faster entry into Canada. Best bet if you can get it comped
that’s cool. I’ve had issues with invasive questions by Canadian immigration before. Does Canada have automated gates like Singapore or U.S citizens returning back? I prefer using automated gates these dates. I hate all the invasive, sometimes demeaning questions that immigration likes to ask especially in U.S and Canada
Sammmmme. I’m a US citizen, but I frickin hated the reentry process before GE. Always felt like I was being treated like a criminal just for wanting to come home.
No idea about Canada’s entry process tho (Nexus or otherwise). Haven’t been since 2014 and that was a land crossing
exactly! probably only frequent travelers would know how bad it is. Being asked 20 questions about everything in your life, and like you said being treated like a criminal.. it’s ridiculous. The last 2x I came back to the U.S.. just used the automated gates with Global Entry and all of those invasive questions went away. It’s almost like all of the invasive questions were never necessary at all.
yup. security theater at its finest
Well, vote accordingly.
I have NEXUS, and I also travel to Singapore every year. Singapore’s automated gates are great when everything works, but it can be annoying if you have small kids. Last year, my spouse and older child already made it through, but the gate wouldn’t capture my younger child’s fingerprints, so the two of us ended up waiting 20-30 minutes in the small area on the side for manual clearance, but then again, we were entering as tourists, not citizens or residents.
At the NEXUS kiosk, you just tap each family member’s card. Then the kiosk takes a photo of each adult (but not the kids), and prints off a slip. You then show the slip to someone when exiting the immigration area, and after you leave baggage claim, you hand the slip to someone else.
If you don’t have NEXUS, ArriveCAN can also make entry into Canada less painful. I was recently traveling with my in-laws, who have foreign passports and don’t speak English. I used the ArriveCAN app before flying to help them make pre-declarations. An airport worker helped them use the ArriveCAN kiosk when the rest of us used the NEXUS kiosk, so they were able to bypass the regular line, and we all made it through immigration at the same time.
I had suspected this would be the case, since the merchant name “USCUSTOMS TRUSTEDTRAVELER” and dollar amount of $120 is the same regardless if you are paying for Global Entry or NEXUS.
Now that Sentri is also $120, will it trigger?
Depends how it codes?
I have the Citi Exec Mastercard and recently renewed my Nexus and the credit got triggered with that as well.