SSSSS on Boarding Pass???

[Tom0910]

Care to share?
Your fellow dr1er's are calling out for enlightenment on possible reasons for being fingered for the dreaded ssss.
lol.
I know. I know.
Mind my own beeswax and all that stuff.
Just curious.

I asked many times why this was happening to me but never got a straight answer from the agents in person. I filed a request for transcipts of what they had in their files through the Freedom Of Information Act and almost a year later received my answer.
There is a very bad man with a felony warrant with the same EXACT name and birthdate as me,a previously convicted rapist that has now jumped bail on a second charge of kidnapping,I looked his record up myself,easy to do today.
What blows my mind is names are not unique,passport numbers,Social Security numbers and drivers license numbers ARE unique,when they scan my passport they can see that all of these numbers are unique and I look NOTHING like this POS on the run but what I have been told is that the agents in the booths at the airport are not allowed to pass an individual through that has a matching name of a person with a warrant,that is the job of the secondary agents. But after being cleared countless times you would think that they would put some kind of notation in my file alerting future agents that I am not "that guy" but nope. After waiting for my name to be called sometimes as long as two hours in airports like Miami and JFK the agents hand me my passport without asking me a single question and say welcome home. Many people would be livid having to deal with this,some of the antics that I have witnessed in that back room by people that are totally in the wrong and belong back there are unreal but the way I look at it is these guys have a tough job protecting us from some very bad actors and they can't screw up even once and as a frequent flier I respect that there are rules and procedures in place for a very good reason.

 

[jd426]

I asked many times why this was happening to me but never got a straight answer from the agents in person. I filed a request for transcipts of what they had in their files through the Freedom Of Information Act and almost a year later received my answer.
There is a very bad man with a felony warrant with the same EXACT name and birthdate as me,a previously convicted rapist that has now jumped bail on a second charge of kidnapping,I looked his record up myself,easy to do today.
What blows my mind is names are not unique,passport numbers,Social Security numbers and drivers license numbers ARE unique,when they scan my passport they can see that all of these numbers are unique and I look NOTHING like this POS on the run but what I have been told is that the agents in the booths at the airport are not allowed to pass an individual through that has a matching name of a person with a warrant,that is the job of the secondary agents. But after being cleared countless times you would think that they would put some kind of notation in my file alerting future agents that I am not "that guy" but nope. After waiting for my name to be called sometimes as long as two hours in airports like Miami and JFK the agents hand me my passport without asking me a single question and say welcome home. Many people would be livid having to deal with this,some of the antics that I have witnessed in that back room by people that are totally in the wrong and belong back there are unreal but the way I look at it is these guys have a tough job protecting us from some very bad actors and they can't screw up even once and as a frequent flier I respect that there are rules and procedures in place for a very good reason.

Since you shed some light on just ONE example which was obviously not Random, but also NOT RIGHT , I will tell you this , there are MANY other such examples ..
A while back, A Boy Scout , literally like 12 years old ?
also had the exact same name of a Terrorist and he got flagged too .. on Domestic Flights , every single time .
they were never able to fix that glitch either, although his Parents tried .
Its not a perfect system, for sure .

 

[AlterEgo]

Flew home today after several months in DR. Guess what. 😊

 

[XTraveller]

Flew home today after several months in DR. Guess what. 😊

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Were you with any minors?

 

[CristoRey]

I've been flagged for secondary search/ questioning/ border line harrasment by short men at Miami International twice.

I just assumed it was because my name was tossed around lot when I lived up there due to the high profile people I associated with 20+ years ago.

So long as it doesn't cause me to miss my connecting flight I don't really care.

It's kind of weird tho.
I've flown into international "arrivals" at several airports across the country many times.
Most recently Ft. Lauderdale last year but Miami is the only one I've ever been stopped and questioned by short hispanic people with a rather nasty attitude. One went as far as telling me the "DR is dangerous place and if you ever have a problem down there no one will help you" I swear the guy actually said that to me.

I just smiled and thought to myself
Thanks little guy, I appreciate the advice.

 

[AlterEgo]

Were you with any minors?

Nope. Just me and Mr AE. They didn’t tag him

 

[jd426]

File a FOIA Form to find out what is triggering it . the US should be able to tell you. I think 2 times in a row u now know its probably not random.

 

[AlterEgo]

File a FOIA Form to find out what is triggering it . the US should be able to tell you. I think 2 times in a row u now know its probably not random.

Not two times. First for me. It was my daughter it happened to in the OP. As soon as the check in guy handed me my boarding pass I pointed to the highlighted SSSS and asked why I had that. He shrugged and said it happens. At the gate they came and took my boarding pass and gave me a replacement, they said they needed the one with the stamp on it.

 

[RDKNIGHT]

Wow we are still beating this to death ... Just remember nothing makes sense here in DR ...just roll with it... there is no structure

 

[william webster]

Well......... both AE & her daughter got flagged..... not the Mr........... strikes me as odd

 

[thompstr]

I asked many times why this was happening to me but never got a straight answer from the agents in person. I filed a request for transcipts of what they had in their files through the Freedom Of Information Act and almost a year later received my answer.
There is a very bad man with a felony warrant with the same EXACT name and birthdate as me,a previously convicted rapist that has now jumped bail on a second charge of kidnapping,I looked his record up myself,easy to do today.
What blows my mind is names are not unique,passport numbers,Social Security numbers and drivers license numbers ARE unique,when they scan my passport they can see that all of these numbers are unique and I look NOTHING like this POS on the run but what I have been told is that the agents in the booths at the airport are not allowed to pass an individual through that has a matching name of a person with a warrant,that is the job of the secondary agents. But after being cleared countless times you would think that they would put some kind of notation in my file alerting future agents that I am not "that guy" but nope. After waiting for my name to be called sometimes as long as two hours in airports like Miami and JFK the agents hand me my passport without asking me a single question and say welcome home. Many people would be livid having to deal with this,some of the antics that I have witnessed in that back room by people that are totally in the wrong and belong back there are unreal but the way I look at it is these guys have a tough job protecting us from some very bad actors and they can't screw up even once and as a frequent flier I respect that there are rules and procedures in place for a very good reason.

Lol....same as me, when in enter Dominican
Same response, bad guy with same name as you
Used to it now!

 

[flyinroom]

I am going to take a wild stab at this.
First, it sounds as though in neither case was an enhanced check actually performed.
Haven't there recently been negotiations between the D.R. And the U.S over security issues?
It sounds like the D.R. may have been pressured to step up there random security checks and said pressure was passed on to the various airports.
Employees at the local level may have been thinking something along the lines of..."Ain't nobody got time for that."
So they did the next best thing...
Provide proof of enhanced security checks via the "stamped sss boarding pass" while not actually doing the enhanced end of it.
Some version of that would not be surprising to me.

 

[AlterEgo]

I am going to take a wild stab at this.
First, it sounds as though in neither case was an enhanced check actually performed.
Haven't there recently been negotiations between the D.R. And the U.S over security issues?
It sounds like the D.R. may have been pressured to step up there random security checks and said pressure was passed on to the various airports.
Employees at the local level may have been thinking something along the lines of..."Ain't nobody got time for that."
So they did the next best thing...
Provide proof of enhanced security checks via the "stamped sss boarding pass" while not actually doing the enhanced end of it.
Some version of that would not be surprising to me.

You could be right. In my case, I had a full body pat down, then taken to a guy in a separate area who physically checked my carry ons, then wiped my hands and put the paper/fabric through a machine and waited for a response. He asked if Mr AE and I were together. Called someone over to stamp the boarding pass, and that was it. Really not a big deal.

They brought in an American family behind me, while I was waiting the wife was yelling “I need someone who speaks English NOW!” I said “Buena suerte” under my breath, and the guy asked me what she said 😊

 

[NanSanPedro]

You could be right. In my case, I had a full body pat down, then taken to a guy in a separate area who physically checked my carry ons, then wiped my hands and put the paper/fabric through a machine and waited for a response. He asked if Mr AE and I were together. Called someone over to stamp the boarding pass, and that was it. Really not a big deal.

They brought in an American family behind me, while I was waiting the wife was yelling “I need someone who speaks English NOW!” I said “Buena suerte” under my breath, and the guy asked me what she said 😊

Did you check if her name was Karen?

 

[JD Jones]

meltdown in 3......2........1

 

[jd426]

"I need you Supervisor" does NOT work so good in the DR .. lmfao
It would behoove a Visitor to the DR to learn that, Early on ..

 

[william webster]

Why You Never Want to See These Four Letters on Your Boarding Pass

Here's what to do if you see SSSS printed on your boarding pass.

www.travelandleisure.com

 

[webmacon]

Was in the same boat, could never book connecting flights not knowing how long it would take.

Fill the Homeland Security form and get a redress code after 2-3 months, when you add this code during your booking you are good to go, never been stopped again. You just have to get a new redress code after passport or visa renewal.

I asked many times why this was happening to me but never got a straight answer from the agents in person. I filed a request for transcipts of what they had in their files through the Freedom Of Information Act and almost a year later received my answer.
There is a very bad man with a felony warrant with the same EXACT name and birthdate as me,a previously convicted rapist that has now jumped bail on a second charge of kidnapping,I looked his record up myself,easy to do today.
What blows my mind is names are not unique,passport numbers,Social Security numbers and drivers license numbers ARE unique,when they scan my passport they can see that all of these numbers are unique and I look NOTHING like this POS on the run but what I have been told is that the agents in the booths at the airport are not allowed to pass an individual through that has a matching name of a person with a warrant,that is the job of the secondary agents. But after being cleared countless times you would think that they would put some kind of notation in my file alerting future agents that I am not "that guy" but nope. After waiting for my name to be called sometimes as long as two hours in airports like Miami and JFK the agents hand me my passport without asking me a single question and say welcome home. Many people would be livid having to deal with this,some of the antics that I have witnessed in that back room by people that are totally in the wrong and belong back there are unreal but the way I look at it is these guys have a tough job protecting us from some very bad actors and they can't screw up even once and as a frequent flier I respect that there are rules and procedures in place for a very good reason.

 

[Tom0910]

File a FOIA Form to find out what is triggering it . the US should be able to tell you. I think 2 times in a row u now know its probably not random.

I did that and all I got was 50 pages 90% redacted,and it took over a year to receive it. Essentially toilet paper.

 

[Tom0910]

Was in the same boat, could never book connecting flights not knowing how long it would take.

Fill the Homeland Security form and get a redress code after 2-3 months, when you add this code during your booking you are good to go, never been stopped again. You just have to get a new redress code after passport or visa renewal.

I got a redress code and everything was great,no more secondary. Then I renewed my passport,got a new redress code but now I'm back to getting put in secondary every freeking time.