TSA guy was so nice!
May 24, 2008 | 9:35 am
#16
Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 117
The gate agent made you return to security?
What would this same gate agent do if you were issued an SSSS BP in the sterile area? It happens -- sometimes it is being re-scheduled on another carrier, a couple of times I've have a separate one-way ticket for the last leg of a journey (better flight time, fare .. typically a good reason). I fly airline A and arrive into the secure area of a hub on one ticket, I check-in with airline B inside the secure area because they have the best schedule to my destination, ticket is one-way because I'm doing the reverse on another carrier, and I'm suddenly an SSSS.
Take ORD as an example. I often switch between UA and AA at ORD depending on who has the best schedule. Sometimes it's AA to ORD, UA out of ORD and return is all on AA. Other times it can be the reverse.
What would this same gate agent do if you were issued an SSSS BP in the sterile area? It happens -- sometimes it is being re-scheduled on another carrier, a couple of times I've have a separate one-way ticket for the last leg of a journey (better flight time, fare .. typically a good reason). I fly airline A and arrive into the secure area of a hub on one ticket, I check-in with airline B inside the secure area because they have the best schedule to my destination, ticket is one-way because I'm doing the reverse on another carrier, and I'm suddenly an SSSS.
Take ORD as an example. I often switch between UA and AA at ORD depending on who has the best schedule. Sometimes it's AA to ORD, UA out of ORD and return is all on AA. Other times it can be the reverse.
May 24, 2008 | 11:43 am
#17
Join Date: May 2008
Location: YYZ
Programs: AC*SE, SPG Gold, HH D
Posts: 1,130
For the first time ever, I got picked for secondary on Thursday going through DEN. I had to make a last minute change to my flight, heading to YOW instead of YUL, which is probably what triggered it. My first thought when the woman at security called over the agent for secondary was "oh SH!T", but it really wasn't a big deal. Both agents I dealt with were friendly, well-mannered, and didn't paw through my things unnecessarily.
All that really happened was I got to skip ahead and go through the puffer instead of the regular line, they swabbed both my laptops, my cellphone, and the inside of my bag for explosives, and after he noticed my macbook pro, we chatted about the new iPhone coming out in June. I'd go to secondary any day if that's all it is and I get to bypass everyone else in line.
Though I'm sure not everyone's experiences are as positive as mine was.
All that really happened was I got to skip ahead and go through the puffer instead of the regular line, they swabbed both my laptops, my cellphone, and the inside of my bag for explosives, and after he noticed my macbook pro, we chatted about the new iPhone coming out in June. I'd go to secondary any day if that's all it is and I get to bypass everyone else in line.
Though I'm sure not everyone's experiences are as positive as mine was.
May 24, 2008 | 12:28 pm
#18
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Upstate NY or FL or inbetween
Programs: US former CP Looking for a new airline to love me
Posts: 1,694
The gate agent could have called TSA to come to the gate to do the screening there or send the passenger back to the check point to get the cleared stamp on the boarding pass with the extra screening. What did the gate agent do with you when you suddenly became an SSSS when you switched flights? I hope that the airline deselected you as they saw that you were not SSSS on your original flight.
" agent refused to take it off because it wouldn't matter. He was correct; the GA appropriately ignored it.Not sure which silly ... airline the GA in the OP was from, but being EWR, it seems likely to be CO, although IME, DL is the best for farcical implementation of security silliness.
