{"id":161,"date":"2025-04-01T02:22:12","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T02:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/161\/"},"modified":"2025-04-01T02:22:12","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T02:22:12","slug":"people-calling-ssss-code-on-boarding-pass-a-kiss-of-death-after-learning-what-it-means-travel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/161\/","title":{"rendered":"People calling ‘SSSS’ code on boarding\u00a0pass a ‘kiss of death’\u00a0after learning what it means – Travel"},"content":{"rendered":"

Plane passengers are calling the ‘SSSS’ code on boarding passes a ‘kiss of death’ after finding out what it means.<\/p>\n

Just getting to the airport is stressful enough, arriving four hours early ‘in case’ you miss your flight, and then nearly missing it.<\/p>\n

Or how about heading through security, never knowing how to stand on the body scanner, while simultaneously feeling like you accidentally smuggled something illegal, such as water.<\/p>\n

Along with paying \u00a37 for a meal deal<\/a>, the struggles before you even get onto the flight are very real.<\/p>\n

But to top it off, if you’re a passenger with a SSSS code on your boarding pass, then you might be in for a rough ride.<\/p>\n

Over on social media<\/a>, people have only just realised what the code means, and the many different ways it can affect your journey.<\/p>\n

What does the ‘SSSS’ code mean?\"TheThe SSSS code was introduced after the 9\/11 attacks (X\/@hessla_)<\/p>\n

So, SSSS stands for ‘Secondary Security Screening Selection’ and it happens to be a security protocol implemented by the US<\/a> Transportation Security Administration (TSA).<\/p>\n

The TSA apparently put this code on the boarding passes of people who need to be inspected further by security personnel.<\/p>\n

The procedure was implemented as an extra security measure following the 9\/11 attacks.<\/a><\/p>\n

While the TSA hasn’t publicly revealed the exact criteria for SSSS selection, there is said to be a number of factors at play.<\/p>\n

The extra screening process can involve carry-on luggage inspection, personal questioning, enhanced pat-downs and electronic device screening.<\/p>\n

Who might be selected for SSSS?\"PassengersPassengers have complained about the SSSS (Getty Stock Images)<\/p>\n

\u2022 <\/strong>Passengers who book last minute tickets<\/p>\n

\u2022 <\/strong>Passengers who purchase tickets with cash<\/p>\n

\u2022 <\/strong>Frequent trips to destinations deemed ‘high-risk’ by the US<\/p>\n

\u2022 <\/strong>Passengers on watchlists<\/p>\n

\u2022 <\/strong>Random selection<\/p>\n

What have passengers said about the SSSS?<\/p>\n

On Reddit<\/a>, one person said: “I\u2019ve gotten SSSS several times flying back from Europe.<\/p>\n

“Once, the extra security screening (done before getting to the boarding gate in my case) was so slow that my flight left.<\/p>\n

“United booked my partner and me on new flights for the next day and got us a hotel.<\/p>\n

“We couldn\u2019t get seats on the same flights, however, so she left earlier than me.<\/p>\n

“Next day, we go back to the airport, I get my new boarding pass, and SSSS is on it again.”<\/p>\n

Whilst one person called it ‘the kiss of death’, another added: “22+ hours of travel ahead of me and I already know that SSSS designation is going to make this hell.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Plane passengers are calling the ‘SSSS’ code on boarding passes a ‘kiss of death’ after finding out what…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":162,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[51,182,183,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-161","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-social-media","10":"tag-travel","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}