Global Entry

We bought our Global Entry cards

In pre-pandemic days,

Believing they would ease our travel

In some helpful ways.

But Covid hit soon after

So those cards were never used,

Yet when our trips resumed

Our pre-check status was refused.  

The US airlines never gave

An explanation why,

But we kept trying every time

We purchased seats to fly.

Today, though, on Air Canada,

An agent made a catch -

My boarding pass and entry card

Were not a perfect match.

It seems there are 9 digit codes

(2 sets!) on every card

And entering the wrong one 

On a form was not that hard.

The problem solved, we got new passes

And were on our way,

With pre-check status never given

By the USA.