Couple Goes Viral After Showing Dreaded Letters On Boarding Pass That Travelers Never Want To See

This couple went viral on the internet after showing these four letters on their boarding pass. According to them and others who commented on the video, these four letters are dreaded by any traveler, and it's definitely something that causes stress.

Traveling is supposed to be fun and stress-free for the most part, but a lot of the stress can come if you are traveling by plane and need to get a boarding pass checked. The most stress for many travelers can usually come when they begin going through the airport and checking in to board their flight to their destination.

If you're not sure what these letters mean, you're not alone because many people who saw the video didn't know either. These airline travelers let us know exactly what these letters mean and why they were worried when they saw them on their boarding passes.

Let's take a look at what they had to say and what the letters "SSSS" mean on your boarding pass. If you are in the same situation, then you already know exactly what this means and how to handle it. Let's dive in and take a look at what all this means for any traveler who gets a boarding pass with it.

Let's look at what SSS means and if you should worry if it pops up on your boarding pass.

This couple from Arizona came to social media to give us a look at what it means when you get the four letters "SSSS" on your boarding pass and what it means. "SSSS are indeed four dreaded letters that no traveler should want to see on their boarding pass," Zach Griff, an aviation writer, said.

"It stands for ‘secondary security screening selection,’ and it’s a measure implemented by security authorities in the U.S. to screen certain passengers with additional checks," he continued.

Jordyn Verrzera and JT Mocarsk

Griff said that those who receive the SSS won't be able to check in online.

"Selectees for this enhanced security are chosen in the days leading up to a flight when airlines share the manifest with U.S. security authorities," Griff added.

Jordyn Verzera and JT Mocarski received a printed ticket and could not check in online, and on their ticket was printed the letters "SSSS." The travel duo from Arizona were flooded with questions about what the letters meant and what was happening.

She gave insight into how the process went and the frustration she had.

"They had to give me a printed boarding pass. He [Mocarski] could still use his digital one, and then I had to carry this pass around. It was marked and circled, and I had to show it like every step along the way," Verzera said.

"Instead of just going through one form of security … you had to get to the gate early, and they did an extra-deep screening when you departed. But where the big thing was is, once we arrived, we actually ended up having to go through customs … and that was when the really deep search began."

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She explained the process of going through customers, which seemed pretty intense.

She said that every item she packed was laid out on a conveyor belt from her luggage. hey even had to turn on her computer to get it through security as well.

"It was a little intimidating the first time around," she said. She stated that she got to the airport early but still had to wait in line for three hours when she arrived.

"It depends on which country … or which place where you're going, like the severity of the search, what it entails," Mocarski said.

"At the end of the day, it's random, like even the TSA agents, it's not like they're picking you. They know the remedies that they have to go through to make sure that they're doing the check," Mocarski said.

This new security check is insane, and honestly, although it's for safety reasons, it can still be inconvenient for the traveler. Now we know what will happen and how things will go if you end up having this security check and need to go through these extra steps.

So if you have SSSS printed on your ticket, just know you will be going through some extra security checks before departing and upon arrival.