Originally Posted by mareh
I've seen mentioned that changing you flight at the "last minute" can trigger SSSS, but what exactly is last minute? My husband and I have a trip to Europe coming up in 2 1/2 weeks, and decided this morning that we'd like to leave a day early. I know there are no guarantees, but if that is a likely trigger, I'd probably rather keep things as they are.
I doubt you'll have a problem 2 weeks out. I believe a change that far in advance would be essentially the same as purchasing a ticket at that point, which would generally be a pretty low risk.
IME, SSSS really isn't that bad most of the time. It takes an extra 5-10 minutes, but for me, it hasn't been enough of a problem to make me want change my travel plans (or, as in this case, not change my travel plans) because of it.