How Can Your Ticket Exactly Match Your ID When You Have a Hyphen?
Jun 23, 2009, 3:17 pm
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How Can Your Ticket Exactly Match Your ID When You Have a Hyphen?
I know a number of people with hyphenated surnames (e.g., Smith-Jones). Most airline systems do not use hyphens (Virgin American being the one exception I know of personally), so what happens to people with hyphenated names when the exact match requirement kicks in? Unless the airlines change their systems (which they might), an exact match is impossible.
Jun 24, 2009, 2:10 pm
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Jun 26, 2009, 9:14 am
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Actually folks, the TSA is working with the airlines concerning this exact issue. Names, being what they are, are often unusual or odd and most airline systems just are not flexible enough to meet the new requirements. So the TSA is in part funding the needed changes to the computer systems for the airlines in order to facilitate the upgrades. How much and who is getting the assistance I do not know, but I know that there is a great deal of effort going into making this change happen.
Jun 26, 2009, 10:30 am
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Talking of name-matching
Mary Brown is expecting a baby in about three months.
She and her husband decide to travel to their home country across the ocean in five months (when the fares will be at their lowest) with the newborn, to visit his/her/its grandparents.
If they book today, the best-fare tickets have to be issued within three days of booking.
This is International Travel.
The Airline needs full names (as per passports), dates of birth and passport numbers.
How will the Airline be able to issue the tickets within three days of booking,
if the exact date of birth (in about three months) is not known?
The parents might tell the Airline what they intend to name the newborn (if they already know the gender and have decided on a name.)
If the parents did not try to find out the baby's gender, will the Airline accept:
"If it's a boy he will be Thomas, if it's a girl she will be Tomasina."?
Cheers
She and her husband decide to travel to their home country across the ocean in five months (when the fares will be at their lowest) with the newborn, to visit his/her/its grandparents.
If they book today, the best-fare tickets have to be issued within three days of booking.
This is International Travel.
The Airline needs full names (as per passports), dates of birth and passport numbers.
How will the Airline be able to issue the tickets within three days of booking,
if the exact date of birth (in about three months) is not known?
The parents might tell the Airline what they intend to name the newborn (if they already know the gender and have decided on a name.)
If the parents did not try to find out the baby's gender, will the Airline accept:
"If it's a boy he will be Thomas, if it's a girl she will be Tomasina."?
Cheers
Last edited by 3strokes; Jun 26, 2009 at 10:32 am Reason: typos, what else?
Jun 26, 2009, 10:40 am
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Actually folks, the TSA is working with the airlines concerning this exact issue. Names, being what they are, are often unusual or odd and most airline systems just are not flexible enough to meet the new requirements. So the TSA is in part funding the needed changes to the computer systems for the airlines in order to facilitate the upgrades. How much and who is getting the assistance I do not know, but I know that there is a great deal of effort going into making this change happen.
Jun 26, 2009, 11:04 am
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I have never had an airline request passport information at the time of booking. That information is requested at check-in.
Mary Brown is expecting a baby in about three months.
She and her husband decide to travel to their home country across the ocean in five months (when the fares will be at their lowest) with the newborn, to visit his/her/its grandparents.
If they book today, the best-fare tickets have to be issued within three days of booking.
This is International Travel.
The Airline needs full names (as per passports), dates of birth and passport numbers.
How will the Airline be able to issue the tickets within three days of booking,
if the exact date of birth (in about three months) is not known?
The parents might tell the Airline what they intend to name the newborn (if they already know the gender and have decided on a name.)
If the parents did not try to find out the baby's gender, will the Airline accept:
"If it's a boy he will be Thomas, if it's a girl she will be Tomasina."?
Cheers
She and her husband decide to travel to their home country across the ocean in five months (when the fares will be at their lowest) with the newborn, to visit his/her/its grandparents.
If they book today, the best-fare tickets have to be issued within three days of booking.
This is International Travel.
The Airline needs full names (as per passports), dates of birth and passport numbers.
How will the Airline be able to issue the tickets within three days of booking,
if the exact date of birth (in about three months) is not known?
The parents might tell the Airline what they intend to name the newborn (if they already know the gender and have decided on a name.)
If the parents did not try to find out the baby's gender, will the Airline accept:
"If it's a boy he will be Thomas, if it's a girl she will be Tomasina."?
Cheers
Jun 26, 2009, 12:47 pm
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Full Name as it's reflected on the id (although under 18 doesn't require ID except for intl travel, so that is a potential issue here), dob and sex will all be required at ticket purchase.
It's really the name that is an issue as it may not match the passport (50/50 on that one if they have made that decision) -- the rest would likely not even be noticed.
Jun 26, 2009, 2:24 pm
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Mary Brown is expecting a baby in about three months.
She and her husband decide to travel to their home country across the ocean in five months (when the fares will be at their lowest) with the newborn, to visit his/her/its grandparents.
If they book today, the best-fare tickets have to be issued within three days of booking.
This is International Travel.
The Airline needs full names (as per passports), dates of birth and passport numbers.
How will the Airline be able to issue the tickets within three days of booking,
if the exact date of birth (in about three months) is not known?
The parents might tell the Airline what they intend to name the newborn (if they already know the gender and have decided on a name.)
If the parents did not try to find out the baby's gender, will the Airline accept:
"If it's a boy he will be Thomas, if it's a girl she will be Tomasina."?
Cheers
She and her husband decide to travel to their home country across the ocean in five months (when the fares will be at their lowest) with the newborn, to visit his/her/its grandparents.
If they book today, the best-fare tickets have to be issued within three days of booking.
This is International Travel.
The Airline needs full names (as per passports), dates of birth and passport numbers.
How will the Airline be able to issue the tickets within three days of booking,
if the exact date of birth (in about three months) is not known?
The parents might tell the Airline what they intend to name the newborn (if they already know the gender and have decided on a name.)
If the parents did not try to find out the baby's gender, will the Airline accept:
"If it's a boy he will be Thomas, if it's a girl she will be Tomasina."?
Cheers
Jun 27, 2009, 11:51 am
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