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Originally Posted by garyjohn951
I forgot to add, that the first time it happened we accepted it as part of anti-terr, but by the fourth time it was enough and thats why the fourth time she didn't take any hand luggage with her. I thought their selection was random.
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Your experience is a little different to mine, but I have always been checking-in alone so maybe that is why I have not had the extra treatment at check-in (it all my baggage, no need to identify whose is whose).
I have not had it affect delays in screening checked bags before. But I do note that different airports handle the screening of checked bags in different ways. I don't think I have had the SSSS treatment at Dulles yet - most of my IAD trips were pre-TSA and I think I have only been here once since 9/11. My LAX and DFW experiences have been fine.
I also believe the thoroughness of the secondary screening is in proportion to the current terror alert status in the USA. I am not sure what the current status is, but I have seen differences between their yellow and orange status levels. So perhaps your experience was affected by that
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Knowing that SSSS has a strong probability to be repeated, she was wise to not have much in the way of carry-on bags for subsequent trips. Hand them all to you before approaching the check-in counter
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