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Old Apr 4, 2011 | 3:02 pm
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Why SSSS?
I was recently SSSSed for a flight ICN-SFO by UA. I have read Wikipedia and FT and try to find out why I am SSSSed.

According to Wikipedia, the following will make you SSSS:

-Passengers with a one-way reservation
-Passengers who pay cash for their tickets
-Passengers who book reservations the day of their flight
-Passengers who "no show" a single leg of their flight
-Random selection, according to TSA spokeswoman Amy Von Walter in 2004,[4] and as suggested by a 2003 DOI newsletter
-Flight to specific final destinations
-Flying without ID

None of them (except the random one) applied to me. The ticket is a round-trip ticket that I paid credit card with VDB vouchers and booked 1 month prior.

Can anyone give me some insight on why I am SSSSed?

FYI - I am a GE member and I have a DHS Redress Number, and I recently filed a FOIA request with TSA.
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