Author Topic: SSSS On Your Boarding Pass- Secondary Security Screening Selection (Read 8693 times)

yakrot · « **Reply #20 on:** December 01, 2015, 02:00:13 AM »

Quote from: damaxer91 on December 01, 2015, 01:48:55 AM

Going to Istanbul these days is a great way to get you SSSS

could be but not a guarantee. I have never gotten ssss but have stamps from Egypt morocco Jordan and turkey in my passport

a mirrer · « **Reply #21 on:** December 03, 2015, 06:01:53 AM »

Just got ssss on Lh from fra to lax I guess upgrading 5 hours before the flight is a segula for that

Sig · « **Reply #22 on:** December 03, 2015, 10:22:17 AM »

Quote from: damaxer91 on December 01, 2015, 01:48:55 AM

Going to Istanbul these days is a great way to get you SSSS

I actually did not get it on my flight to SAW. I don't think they use the SSSS method to increase screening to a particular airport, they might as well just screen at the gate for that. And I know using logic with regards to the TSA is a bit of an oxymoron, but why would flights to Istanbul be at higher risk of terrorist action just because some fools are use that as a route to Syria?

D93 · « **Reply #23 on:** December 03, 2015, 01:10:49 PM »

Quote from: Sig on December 03, 2015, 10:22:17 AM

I actually did not get it on my flight to SAW. I don't think they use the SSSS method to increase screening to a particular airport, they might as well just screen at the gate for that. And I know using logic with regards to the TSA is a bit of an oxymoron, but why would flights to Istanbul be at higher risk of terrorist action just because some fools are use that as a route to Syria?

You misunderstood what he meant. Going to Istanbul is a great way to get SSSS on your future boarding passes in the USA.

Sam Finkelstein · « **Reply #24 on:** August 22, 2016, 07:15:36 PM »

Looks like I'll have this tomorrow on my 5:59 EWR-LAX flight.

sruli1234 · « **Reply #25 on:** August 22, 2016, 08:01:06 PM »

Quote from: Sam Finkelstein on August 22, 2016, 07:15:36 PM

Looks like I'll have this tomorrow on my 5:59 EWR-LAX flight.

How do you know?

Freddie · « **Reply #26 on:** August 22, 2016, 08:07:19 PM »

Quote from: dealvr on November 30, 2015, 10:06:38 PM

The last minute one way ticket is almost a guarantee that you'll be selected.

Reminds me of www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpuJPMHzmL8&t=0m46s (LANGUAGE WARNING)

David Smith · « **Reply #27 on:** August 22, 2016, 08:07:19 PM »

Quote from: Sam Finkelstein on August 22, 2016, 07:15:36 PM

Looks like I'll have this tomorrow on my 5:59 EWR-LAX flight.

Can't print BP?

Sam Finkelstein · « **Reply #28 on:** August 22, 2016, 08:55:16 PM »

Quote from: David Smith on August 22, 2016, 08:07:19 PM

Can't print BP?

You guessed it.

Sam Finkelstein · « **Reply #29 on:** August 23, 2016, 04:26:17 PM »

Turns out they thought I was an unaccompanied minor

Didn't get Precheck, forgot to take my laptop out, and sitting here at the United Club now.

zow · « **Reply #30 on:** August 25, 2016, 05:07:06 AM »

Five of us returning CDG-BOS on a one-way award ticket, all the same itinerary. Three of us (me, DW, DD-1) all had TSA pre-check. DD-2 had nothing. DS, age 18, had SSSS. I suspect there is some age-based profiling that triggers SSSS.

David Smith · « **Reply #31 on:** August 25, 2016, 09:12:28 AM »

Quote from: zow on August 25, 2016, 05:07:06 AM

Five of us returning CDG-BOS on a one-way award ticket, all the same itinerary. Three of us (me, DW, DD-1) all had TSA pre-check. DD-2 had nothing. DS, age 18, had SSSS. I suspect there is some age-based profiling that triggers SSSS.

That actually makes sense. 18 year old male on a one way ticket sounds like a classic indoctrinated terrorist profile.

Menachem613 · « **Reply #32 on:** April 19, 2017, 02:55:32 PM »

Two of my minor kids got on return from MXP. The rest of us did not. We all have GE. Interestingly, it didn't trigger secondary screening.

Sam Finkelstein · « **Reply #33 on:** July 19, 2018, 10:50:36 AM »

Can it hurt to apply for a redress number?

Couldn't checkin online for Delta TLV-JFK and got SSSS on my BP (but no additional security as far as I could tell). On arrival in US, GE slip siad report for secondary (I made a declaration) but the CBP guy waved me through.

Dr Moose · « **Reply #34 on:** July 19, 2018, 11:25:08 AM »

Quote from: Sam Finkelstein on July 19, 2018, 10:50:36 AM

Can it hurt to apply for a redress number?

Couldn't checkin online for Delta TLV-JFK and got SSSS on my BP (but no additional security as far as I could tell). On arrival in US, GE slip siad report for secondary (I made a declaration) but the CBP guy waved me through.

My wife also had SSSS leaving TLV. They didn't seem to care. Was no extra security.

Sam Finkelstein · « **Reply #35 on:** July 19, 2018, 11:35:35 AM »

Quote from: Dr Moose on July 19, 2018, 11:25:08 AM

My wife also had SSSS leaving TLV. They didn't seem to care. Was no extra security.

Could you check in online? I couldn't and so assigned seat, either. Had to get to the airport early to grab an aisle seat. If redress number helps for next time, it takes two minutes to apply.

Dr Moose · « **Reply #36 on:** July 19, 2018, 11:36:49 AM »

Quote from: Sam Finkelstein on July 19, 2018, 11:35:35 AM

Could you check in online? I couldn't and so assigned seat, either. Had to get to the airport early to grab an aisle seat. If redress number helps for next time, it takes two minutes to apply.

I believe I was able to check in, definitely able to select seat. But unable to print boarding pass.

Sam Finkelstein · « **Reply #37 on:** July 19, 2018, 11:39:35 AM »

Quote from: Dr Moose on July 19, 2018, 11:36:49 AM

I believe I was able to check in, definitely able to select seat. But unable to print boarding pass.

Well, seat selection is usually possible before checkin. I was at the point there were no seats left to select, so I needed to be assigned one at checkin.

SearchGuy · « **Reply #38 on:** July 19, 2018, 11:55:49 AM »

Quote from: Sam Finkelstein on July 19, 2018, 10:50:36 AM

Can it hurt to apply for a redress number?

Couldn't checkin online for Delta TLV-JFK and got SSSS on my BP (but no additional security as far as I could tell). On arrival in US, GE slip siad report for secondary (I made a declaration) but the CBP guy waved me through.

I've noticed that this happened when online check-in fails

ushdadude · « **Reply #39 on:** July 19, 2018, 12:07:25 PM »

I had it a few years ago when I booked a spontaneous trip the night before the flight. They swabbed my bag and it came back positive! It was a knapsack I bought at an army surplus store. I don't travel with it anymore