News and notes from around the interweb:
- 9th Circuit says DHS decisions on trusted traveler programs subject to judicial review
Some years afterward, the same day his estranged ex-wife was arrested for crossing the US border with prohibited drugs, CBP notified Mr. Jajati that his SENTRI membership had been revoked. Later he was told that it had been reinstated, then that it had been revoked again — all without ever telling him the basis for the original decision or any of the reversals. …
Rather than explaining or defending its decisions, CBP argued that Congress has given it unlimited, standardless discretion to make such decisions without needing to follow any rules or give any explanation to affected individuals or to the courts.
- Escape lounges now limit Amex Platinum cardmembers to access within 3 hours of departure though allow for longer access during connections.
- Emirates cuts the price of coach awards, in some cases by half and cuts coach partner awards by up to 20%. They also reduced earnings for coach flights as well.
- Snakes at the (DFW) airport
- Sonesta Travel Pass Debuts as Company’s Unified Loyalty Program
- Flyer tracks down missing bags to FLL worker’s home — he’s now facing a felony
The US Government’s administrative actions should be subject to court review when those administrative and arbitrarily-determined actions target individual Americans. Americans should also have a right to know what the USG has recorded about and used against a petitioning American.
This is how snakes get on a plane.
Good on the DHS one. Regulatory bodies should not be immune from judicial oversight. Let them act (don’t make it so a big company can tie things up in court for years), but let a court review the actions.
@GU and @Loren … + for your good intentions , but what if the Judge reviewing the matter doesn’t have a clue ? I’d rather take my chances appealing to the agency , than spend a lot on lawyers trying to get a judicial review .
It’s still going to be possible to appeal to DHS. The Appeals Court is saying that Americans have a legal right to seek redress and review in court when DHS administrative action alienates a US person over a GE application or GE membership status. And if a federal court gets it wrong enoug, there are appellate courts that are available.
The reason “red flag” laws don’t work.
Red flag laws do work in parts of the EU to get guns out of the hands of domestic violence perpetrators. That saves lives. Do GE and other “trusted traveler programs” save lives? If they do, then GE and TTPs should be scrapped by US DHS and all free US persons should be treated as if all are GE/TTP members.
Sooner or later a traveler tracking down their stolen forced checked bag will get seriously injured or killed by an airport worker who is also a thief. In that case the airline should be liable to a high jury award. In this case, the passenger should have been carrying a thin nylon bag so she could have removed her valuables to take into the cabin before turning her pink hard-shell carry on suitcase in for checking. At least that is what I have in my carry on for that reason.
@jns … +1 . It can be an imminent danger to oneself , when having a dispute with a thug .
Once , at the Nile Hilton , I was snarky and told the waiter I did not want “Egyptian coffee” , when he tried to talk me into ordering it . He exploded into a rage and the manager finally took him away .
Once I snarkily asked a Georgia shuttle bus driver to turn down , or turn off , a loud music station . She stopped the bus and said if I speak again she will throw me off .
Those judges are so corrupt. The whole decision against the government is rigged, rigged, rigged. Why does the government, and former Presidents, be subject to these laws???? It’s a crime, it’s criminal what they did — DHS should be able to do what it wants. Sad, real sad I tell you.
I haven’t renewed my global entry. No need for it: Mobile passport still gets me to bag claim before my bag makes it.
Too often MPC is either off or not operating at all at the airports for my flight arrivals, and so I have great use for GE those times. And since I have excess TTP credits to use from credit/charge cards, a renewal application was both quick and easy with even a quick turnaround direct to final approval status.
@GUWonder: I haven’t had any issues yet with MPC, but my international travel is down and sample size small and I almost always arrive at ORD – so maybe I’m just getting lucky with some part of that combination.
CLT had MPC off this past weekend.
MPC was useless at JKF T4 early last week in the late morning. Also in May, MPC was useless to save time at MSP for my flight. [Again, a couple of elderly Somalis with US visas got through to baggage claim at MSP faster than me as a GE member and potential MPC user.]
Last month, MPC at ORD was again working to save time. Earlier in the spring, MPC was also a time saver for my flights into LAX and SFO.
For what it’s worth, my last GE renewal application went from application submission to final approval within around 24-36 hours. I actually was sort of disappointed that it got approved so fast.