Originally Posted by
PMFR
Had that in Nice, France recently. Has to do with you being "chosen" for Security Check. Your boarding pass probably will have "SSS" across the top left and you will be individually screened prior to being allowed to board. It is a random selection. There is nothing, other than a computer, that selects you.
I agree, OP is a selectee and will have SSSS on BP. What gets me is most airlines will still let you checkin, you just print a BP with SSSS on it. It's just US airlines that inhibit OLCI. Some dont even print SSSS on the BP. However when the BP is scanned it will alert that passenger is a selectee. The additional screening is then done at the gate in these cases. I had it with VS about year ago. Did app OLCI, got EBP, and at LHR had to get the additional gate screening.