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Mar 29, 2005 | 4:15 am

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RunawayNFly

Join Date: May 2003

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Originally Posted by wahooflyer

A small percentage of SSSSes truly are random. But it sounds like yours might have been due to the fact that you were flying HA with no HA frequent flyer number in the record.

If your boarding pass doesn't have the FF# of the carrier whose equipment you're flying on, you're more likely to be haraSSSSed. I've noticed that I'm SSSSed about 50% of the time I fly United, since I credit my United flights to my US Airways account.

I agree that not having a FF # of the airline you are flying significantly increases your risk of being SSSS. It has also happened to me with requesting United FF miles when flying US Airways.

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