Originally Posted by
y2k1jetta
With all due respect, you should know the TSA rules for no-fly list. You are not issued a boarding pass if you are on the TSA list. This is a SIN problem not a TSA problem and they are probably using TSA no-fly as an excuse. Don't be shocked either, Sen Ted Kennedy was once on the no fly list. So it is a lame story, sorry. She needs to contact the NZ consulate not TSA. The only time TSA would get involved if a no-fly person boards a plane internationally and that plane flies over US air space. So your involved in this story how?
It is true that in the US no boarding pass is issued to people flagged by TSA, but in this case, she went all the way to the boarding gate before she was told to go back. Even the NZ embassy has told her that she needs to sort this issue out with the TSA, not the airline!