Costs
Trusted traveler cost calculator: five and ten years, after credits
Choose a program, the household and your card credit: the totals update as you type, and nothing leaves this page.
Real cost over five and ten years
You pay over five years
$0
| Over ten years | $0 |
| Per year | $0 |
| Application fee | $120 |
| Card credit | -$120 |
| Renewal fee | $120 |
| Card credit | -$120 |
The fee is charged when you apply and is not refunded if the application is denied. Ten years = enrollment plus one renewal at year five; a card credit counts when its period has passed since the last one.
The price printed on each program's page is the price of five years for one adult. Over a longer horizon, three things change the bill. The renewal: PreCheck renews for $58.75 to $84.95 depending on the provider and the channel, while Global Entry, NEXUS and SENTRI renew at the same $120. The household: children under 18 pay nothing for the CBP programs with a member parent and need no PreCheck of their own when they fly with you, while CLEAR+ charges $125 a year for each added adult. And the card credit, typically up to $120 once every four years, which over ten years covers both the enrollment and the renewal if you keep the card. One adult pays $138.50 for ten years of PreCheck at the cheapest providers, $240 for Global Entry and $2,190 for CLEAR+, before any credit. The calculator above does the same sums for your own case.
CLEAR+: what each departure costs you
Per departure, per person
$18.25
| Per year, after credit | $219 |
| Five years | $1,095 |
CLEAR price page: $219 a year, $125 per added adult (up to 3), children 17 and under free.
Fees and rules read on tsa.gov and cbp.gov by Radif Partners · Editorial policy · Method and sources
One adult, no credit, then with a $120 credit
| Program | Five years | Ten years | Ten years with a $120 credit every 4 years |
|---|---|---|---|
| TSA PreCheck (IDEMIA, renew online) | $79.75 | $138.50 | $0 |
| Global Entry | $120 | $240 | $0 |
| NEXUS | $120 | $240 | $0 |
| SENTRI | $120 | $240 | $0 |
| CLEAR+ | $1,095 | $2,190 | credit per year only |
| CLEAR+ with PreCheck through CLEAR | $1,094.95 | $2,189.90 | PreCheck part only |
The last column shows why card credits matter more than the choice of provider: with a credit of $120 every four years, every government program costs nothing out of pocket, and the only decision left is which one gives you more lanes. CLEAR+ is the exception, because a fee credit for Global Entry or PreCheck does not apply to it; only a separate CLEAR credit does.
How the calculator counts
Each term is five years. For ten years the calculator adds one renewal at year five, at the price of the provider and channel you chose for PreCheck, or the CBP fee. A card credit is applied to a payment when the period you set has passed since the last covered payment; the credit is capped at the fee, never more. With several adults, the calculator assumes each holds an eligible card; uncheck that by setting the credit to zero if only one adult has the card, and count the credit by hand.
For CLEAR+, the yearly price is $219 for the first member and $125 for each added adult, at most 3; children 17 and under are free. A yearly CLEAR credit is subtracted each year up to the price. The mini-tool below turns that yearly figure into a price per departure.
CLEAR+: what each departure costs you
Per departure, per person
$18.25
| Per year, after credit | $219 |
| Five years | $1,095 |
CLEAR price page: $219 a year, $125 per added adult (up to 3), children 17 and under free.
What the totals leave out
They leave out costs that are not fees: a passport, needed for Global Entry, the trip to an enrollment center, and the time spent there. They also leave out the extras of the CBP programs, $25 for a replacement card and $42 for a vehicle added to SENTRI lanes later. Military members, survivor families and some disabled veterans pay nothing for PreCheck; the military page covers them.
Using the result
If the ten-year difference between two programs is small, decide on what they cover rather than on price: customs on return, the Canadian border, the Mexican land border or the ID line. The chooser on the home page starts from how you fly instead of from the program, and gives the cost per trip.
Three households, worked through
A single traveler flying abroad once a year, with no card credit: Global Entry costs $240 over ten years, or $24 a year. A couple with two children who travel abroad on vacation: $480 over ten years for both adults, the children free with a member parent. A frequent domestic flyer who adds CLEAR+ to PreCheck: about $2,190 for ten years of CLEAR+ alone, which is why a yearly CLEAR credit on a card changes that answer more than any other input.