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I am giving away two Express Arrival Cards for entry into Australia and one Express Departure Card.
An Express Arrival Card gives you priority access to passport checks on international arrivals in Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane.
If you’ve answered “No” to the customs declaration form, you will also get priority Customs access.
An Express Departure Card will give you priority access to the passport check when you leave Australia.
Who are these cards useful for?
A pair of people traveling in economy to Australia. If you arrive in business or first class, your airline will probably give you a card, so you don’t need these.
That’s how I got my cards, arriving in Sydney in United Global First and Emirates First.
Can I give them away?
I have scoured the cards, and they don’t say anything about transferability, so I will assume they are transferable.
How can you enter?
Leave a comment on this post. I will pick a winner by Monday (2/18) at the latest, since I need to send these out before I leave for Argentina.
And if you don’t win?
Anyone with Global Entry can get priority treatment when landing in Australia and New Zealand. You do have to bring the ID card you got in your Global Entry packet. I never carry it because you don’t need that card to use Global Entry kiosks in the US, so I didn’t get a chance to use New Zealand’s express lane.
Good luck!
Last year I was able to give away several lounge passes, gogo internet passes, a $133 worth of AA gift cards, and more. Some of that was from my own stash, but a lot was donated by generous readers. If you have something travel related that someone else could use, email me, and I will give it away here. (Maybe your expiring SWUs or your AA lounge passes from Citi cards when you already have an AMEX Platinum.)
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Pick me! Me and the wife are heading there in December this year…
I could use a single arrival card to get going after a long plane ride! Going coach solo in June, thanks for your consideration.
I’d lovvee to get the qantas express pass. I constantly travel back and forth to BNE because I am going to grad school there and my boyfriend is from there.
This would be fantastic for our upcoming trip!
Love to give this to my niece who will be doing a study abroad in Australia
Thanks!
Excellent.
Pick me!
I think visit to Australia is in my near future.
I can use this for my trip to AU in November.
Thanks!
I hope to visit Australia soon. Thanks!
I wish I had plans to go to Australia so I could use these.
Would come in handy for April trip to SYD
I was just in Sydney last month, looking for work – waited in the “economy” line for 45 minutes, such a pain. Moving to Sydney on April 1st with my finance- would love to be able to whisk through the customs line after the 15 hour flight from Vancouver…and 5 from Toronto!
Count me in!
Looking forward to getting to the shower much faster after the long economy flight with these passes
Yes, please!
We’re going to Australia in April, and these would be great!
I had heard that you could use this upon entry to Australia, but this is the first time I’ve heard of using it in NZ. Any special info I need to know for my upcoming trip to NZ, besides needing the physical card that they sent to me? Also, does it expedite the departure process as well?
I don’t know if it expedites departure in NZ. When I went through NZ exit requirements, there wasn’t much of a line.
I don’t have the full info for arrival in NZ, but there is an express lane with a sign that lists who can come in and it includes USA Global Entry. I was denied because I wasn’t carrying my card. I would have saved half an hour in that express lane because the arrival line was very long.
Sorry, I was referencing Global Entry specifically, not these express cards.
do they expire?
They don’t list an expiration date.
Pick me, we are planning to go there with our baby and I’m sure everyone will benefit 🙂
I’d like them.
We are travelling back to australia for the birth of our grandchild in sept.
I’m a Sydney sider, 9/10 times they don’t even check these passes. Also, if you flash your J/F boarding pass or Elite status membership card you can save the passes and give them to family members 😉
We’re booked (with your help) to Oz later this year, so please put us in for a chance to win.
Thanks.
Pick me!!!
After being down here for a year, I’d love to have an express exit allowing me to get home easier to my family!
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