Originally Posted by greentips

You will get the full goat rope/grope gate etc. Plan on it. Depending on the airline and the airport. I have always had SSSSS on the BP, even after it supposedly ended. Non-revs are always last minute -- they don't issue the boarding pass without an empty seat, at the last minute, only one-way issuances, all of which trigger the RTSAT (royal tsa treatment).

I have never, not once traveled on a BP/non-rev without the full treatment. Rarely happens with a paid ticket. They think that terrorists only buy tickets at the last minute, only buy one-way tickets etc. Never occurs to them that a terrorist may actually buy a round trip 15 day advance purchase ticket with a credit card.