2 Pax, same record. One can’t check in due to “government regulations.”
Jun 15, 2022, 11:39 am
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Got the SSSS at Frankfurt a couple weeks ago.
Although I had heard that it's an unfriendly experience with TSA in the U.S., it was surprisingly simple in Germany.
They walked me to a separate security area where they swabbed my backpack and I think my belt buckle and when that came back negative, it was finished.
Although I had heard that it's an unfriendly experience with TSA in the U.S., it was surprisingly simple in Germany.
They walked me to a separate security area where they swabbed my backpack and I think my belt buckle and when that came back negative, it was finished.
) and I got it in the FCT. Talk about a simple and perhaps the most pleasant SSSS experience you could have
Jun 15, 2022, 4:39 pm
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A colleague of mine had the SSSS while coming back from YVR but it was because someone on the FBI's top 10 most wanted stole his identity and they strip searched him. They thought he was the person but after about an hour, it was then the Canadian TSA found out his identity was stolen. In a twist of events, the person who had stolen his identity was actually spotted a few days in Vancouver.
Jun 15, 2022, 5:11 pm
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Jun 15, 2022, 7:59 pm
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That being said, going through security (especially int'l) w/o any luggage may raise some eyebrows as well.
Jun 16, 2022, 7:16 am
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Jun 16, 2022, 7:58 am
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Indeed, it was SSSS.
When we got to the airport (90 minutes in advance), the line for Business was about 50 people deep and was moving at a snails pace. We had no checked bags.
A contract agent who was roaming suggested we use the kiosk. Viola! No got his boarding pass (with SSSS).
Thanks to the advice here, I had his bag in hand going through the boarding process. He was pulled aside for some question, and they went through his very small cary on. It only took a couple of extra minutes. But I was able t secure overhead bin space in the meantime.
When we got to the airport (90 minutes in advance), the line for Business was about 50 people deep and was moving at a snails pace. We had no checked bags.
A contract agent who was roaming suggested we use the kiosk. Viola! No got his boarding pass (with SSSS).
Thanks to the advice here, I had his bag in hand going through the boarding process. He was pulled aside for some question, and they went through his very small cary on. It only took a couple of extra minutes. But I was able t secure overhead bin space in the meantime.
Jun 16, 2022, 2:07 pm
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I've had SSSS special screening at TSA airport security checkpoints in the USA, both there and at the gate for a domestic flight (where I suspect that the gate check was a form of retaliation), and at the gate only several times before an international flight to the USA.
Jun 16, 2022, 2:23 pm
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I have seen CBPO's do random bag searches on the jetway before however.
Jun 16, 2022, 11:39 pm
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Jun 16, 2022, 11:40 pm
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What? Never have received a new BP. In fact reprinting does nothing. It'll still say SSSS and scan as such.
Jun 16, 2022, 11:42 pm
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I've had SSSS special screening at TSA airport security checkpoints in the USA, both there and at the gate for a domestic flight (where I suspect that the gate check was a form of retaliation), and at the gate only several times before an international flight to the USA.
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Jun 17, 2022, 5:29 am
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Jun 17, 2022, 6:19 pm
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See above.
Jun 17, 2022, 6:58 pm
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However, reprinting the boarding pass can make TSA PreCheck appear, so it's not unreasonable to try re-printing if you see SSSS.