I applied for GE on Monday, got pre-approved yesterday, no appts. avail until August (EWR) and I'm flying in August. Then checked again this morning, no appt. available EVER (I think that means next 12 months). Checked back an hour later, 11:45am appt. avail today and another avail on Fri... I took the today appt. Arrived right on time, a few people sitting but I was let right in, approved, fingerprinted, photo, and on my way. Back in my car < 10min. (I was able to do this since I live about 15 min. from the airport and WFH so easy can take a "coffee/lunch/whatever break")
Funny thing is the guy looks at my passport and says it expires TODAY but he'll approve it since technically its still valid, he said I'll have to come back in to update with new passport number before I fly (although from what I can tell I can update it online). I wonder if they would have allowed it on an expired passport if I didn't get that appt. today. I already applied for online renewal for my passport earlier so just waiting for that in the mail.
I got an email a few minutes ago with my number, so applied Monday and completed today, 2 days from start to finish isn't bad. Now lets see if I can get my wife to do it too, she does not WFH so the appt. part will be much trickier, hopefully we can score an appt. after school finishes before camp "starts" (teacher).
Yes, I know I could have done it upon entry the next time I fly but if I have the TSA-Precheck for departure that would be useful so I opted to do the appt. now and pay the $5.25 parking fee, so I guess GE wasn't free for me after all (Cap 1 Venture X).
Anyone know if I need to do anything to get the credit on my Cap 1 Venture X card? do I need to "request" a credit for it or is it automatically detected and credited? I didn't see anyway online to request a credit for that.