Originally Posted by
ESpen36
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Granted, many of us, as elites, are exempt from SSSS anyhow because we have an established relationship with the airline. But we've heard stories here of somebody whose flight is canceled, gets moved to a different airline on which he/she does not have status, and then receives the full SSSS treatment because the reaccommodation shows up in the system as a last-minute ticketing. This is the kind of stuff that should stop.
I always get SSSS -- irrespective of whether it's an airline I have "elite status" with or not. I also find no correlation with cash v credit card, one-way v return, or anything else.
On my last trip to the USA, I didn't get SSSS for the first time. I haven't changed anything.