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Sentri - type pass - one day use - any info ?

elskel - 8-21-2012 at 07:07 AM

A friend awhile back (6-8mo.) was telling me about a pass he bought in the Rosarito Beach area. If I recall he said the cost was about 10 dollars. And was purchased at a local restaurant in the area. Does anyone have any knowledge or info on this one day use type pass. I believe you use the same lane in San Ysidro as the Sentri, go by that shack or right/east side of entry lines.
thanks

nbacc - 8-21-2012 at 07:57 AM

Never heard of it...........but if you find out I want to know!!!!!!!!!!!! hummmmm

Ateo - 8-21-2012 at 08:03 AM

Was it a a fast pass? (don't remember the exact name of the pass)

I got one at Ollie's Pizza and yes, it sends you to the Medical Line and only about a 10 minute wait. I recently was told the program is on hold and there are no more passes at the moment. It was a program to encourage tourism.

Fast Pass/ Fast Track info

durrelllrobert - 8-21-2012 at 10:11 AM

but I don't know how old this is or if it's on hold now:
http://www.ensenadaexperience.com/fast-track.php

[Edited on 8-21-2012 by durrelllrobert]

BajaGeoff - 8-21-2012 at 10:14 AM

It is called the Fast Pass. Many hotels/restaurants had them to give out to clients that spent a certain amount of money at their establishments. Its a single use pass to use the medical services lane at the Tijuana crossing (where the kiosk is). Unfortunately, some businesses started trying to make a buck off the Fast Passes, so they shut the program down for the time being. I was told a restaurant in Rosarito tried to sell one for $50 and they got busted.

Here is a little breakdown of the different ways to get across the border faster than the regular lanes: http://www.bajabound.com/before/permits/fastbordercrossing.p...

DENNIS - 8-21-2012 at 10:24 AM

I thought this program was recently sht-canned because they found some of the businesses, or whatever, selling the passes.

sancho - 8-21-2012 at 11:09 AM

I've been down to Ensenada a couple times this month,
there was a mention in the Baja Times, I believe by a
resaturant as to giving out the Fast Pass, but as
posted prabably old info, wouldn't matter to me though,
the Taco stands and cheap campgrounds I
patronize I doubt would have them

elskel - 8-23-2012 at 04:43 PM

thanks, sounds like the program was shut down. Was their ever a list of the businesses who had them?
brian

durrelllrobert - 8-23-2012 at 04:46 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by elskel
thanks, sounds like the program was shut down. Was their ever a list of the businesses who had them?
brian

here's a link from my previous post:
http://www.ensenadaexperience.com/fast-track.php

elskel - 8-23-2012 at 05:04 PM

thanks