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7th October 2018
10:22am BST

In conversation with Business Insider, a statement from the spokesperson said:I’m SSSS on EVERY flight. Special treatment includes @TSA feeling & squeezing you & every single item in the luggage pic.twitter.com/O2K5KPx0Zt
— Bahman Kalbasi (@BahmanKalbasi) August 5, 2017
"SSSS stands for Secondary Security Screening Selection and it appears on a passenger’s boarding pass when they’ve been selected by TSA’s Secure Flight system for enhanced security screening".The code can be handed out at random but it's thought that it's more common in situations where flights are one-way, paid for with cash and are returning/going to a high-risk destination. Apparently, the SSSS code is part of a system named Secure Flight and it chooses how people are selected for extra security checks with the statement explaining:
"Secure Flight is a risk-based passenger pre-screening program that enhances security by identifying low and high-risk passengers before they arrive at the airport by matching their names against trusted traveller lists and watchlists".
This story first circulated last year but it's being talked about again recently and we figure that it's something people heading stateside should be told in advance in case it's something you ever come up against.The dreaded SSSS boarding pass. I can assure you they don't stand for Super Special Service Selection. pic.twitter.com/hWPiTnw1SS
— Rob Begg (@rbegg) March 2, 2014