Got SSSS - Can I still use Global Entry?
#3
Join Date: Jun 2010
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Yes, have gotten SSSS a couple of times with no issues at CBP using GE. Have also had some travel companions with no GE who got SSSS but no further questions on arrival at CBP either, so it's my impression quad has no bearing on CBP.
#4
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#5
Join Date: May 2017
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GE in MIA worked just fine for my husband on Sunday after he got SSSS at PUJ coming home. He was also able to have his connection boarding pass reprinted at the counter in MIA to get pre-check.
(Security by the international exit was 30+ minutes & pre was closed. All the other checkpoints had a less than 5 minute wait, so we went for a walk)
(Security by the international exit was 30+ minutes & pre was closed. All the other checkpoints had a less than 5 minute wait, so we went for a walk)
#6
Join Date: Jul 2008
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The us government requires a certain amount of secondary screening for flights into the US. In the us they do this more via the beeps when you go thru screening where they then say you have been picked for random additional screening or something like that, outside the us it is more the ssss but it has nothing to do with boarder control and zero impact on GE. Based on my own experience I would say it is over 20 percent of the time I get secondary screening when coming from LHR, never had a GE issue.
#8
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Join Date: May 2019
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Thanks everyone for the replies. Will update after my arrivals experience.
Seems right - I got stabbed in LHR, and asked a few basic questions about my reason for travel.
Seems right - I got stabbed in LHR, and asked a few basic questions about my reason for travel.
#9
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Dallas/Orlando
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I used to get SSSS all the time until I submitted a request for review and received a redress number. The security screening at international stations was usually easy. In comparison, if youre connecting domestically, the screening is thorough and arduous (IME). They go through every last item of your carryons and you get a full pat down.
#10
Join Date: Jan 2021
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I used to get SSSS all the time until I submitted a request for review and received a redress number. The security screening at international stations was usually easy. In comparison, if youre connecting domestically, the screening is thorough and arduous (IME). They go through every last item of your carryons and you get a full pat down.
#11
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: KSUX
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You'll be fine. I got the dreaded 4S treatment flying LHR-ORD a couple years back and had no issues using GE on arrival in Chicago. Honestly getting selected for the extra screening had a rather nice unforeseen perk. After completing the screening process (they just swabbed a few of my electronics and asked a question or two) instead of being sent back to the departure area they sent me down the jet bridge which was awesome since I was like the 15th person to board the upper deck on the A380 which meant no fighting for overhead bin space. In fact I managed to get a small bin all to myself which was fantastic so for once I was glad I got 4S'd!
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#14
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I had many back-to-back and other SSSS hits on my LHR-US AA flights in the run up to my GE application, so much so that the AA security contractors and AA people working the AA LHR transit desk remembered me; and even the AA contract checkers at the gate would sometimes remember searching me and be sort of like you, again?. My GE application was conditionally approved in less than 24 hours from submission, and the interviews questions didnt have much to do with me. Both application and interview were done within less than 24 hours after I had arrived back into the US off a flight where I had been SSSSed. Never had a problem with GE applications when coming off flights with those SSSS hits. And I actually had less irregularities happen with GE kiosk use and real-person CBP interaction when coming off my flights with SSSS hits than when coming in from LHR on my flights without SSSS hits.
#15
Join Date: Nov 2019
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SSSS on my return flight from FRA to ATL (on Lufthansa )…no issues with GE at ATL….but at FRA, got the foot massage special twice, and carry on got a thorough going over. Surprisingly, German security never said a word to me about my travel, other than passport bitte….