<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Marin 1K:
Nope, once that SSSS is assigned to a passenger's record at check-in, there is no way to remove it from the record.</font>
I respectfully disagree. I've had flights on both UA and NW where I've received the dreaded SSSS on my BP -- in both cases, a change of seat assignment was all it took to clear the SSSS from my record.