Name appearance on *A (United) award booking
Jul 27, 2014, 2:56 pm
#1
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Name appearance on *A (United) award booking
I have a trip booked from SYD-HKG via BKK on TG in F for next March. I noticed that on my Thai reservation, when viewed through MMB on their website, our names appear with the titles as part of the last name. For example:
Mr. John Doe appears as Johnmr Doe
My wife has her middle initial listed as well, so her name lists as, for example:
Mrs. Jane H Doe appears as Janehmrs Doe
Is this normal for Thai? Will this create any issues when we board and pass through customs/immigration in SYD or HKG? (we are US citizens traveling on US passports)
Mr. John Doe appears as Johnmr Doe
My wife has her middle initial listed as well, so her name lists as, for example:
Mrs. Jane H Doe appears as Janehmrs Doe
Is this normal for Thai? Will this create any issues when we board and pass through customs/immigration in SYD or HKG? (we are US citizens traveling on US passports)
Jul 27, 2014, 4:55 pm
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This is no problem at all.
This common when the reservation is made using the reservation of one airline (eg. UA) and transferred to another reservation system (TG).
Most airline reservation systems omit the spaces in the "names field" anyway.
For immigration/customs purposes, the APIS (Advanced Passenger Information), passport and name information is stored in a separate data field in the PNR that is different from the "names field". The APIS data field is more standardized across airlines as the data is grabbed directly from the machine readable line of your passport (bottom section of the picture page) when the check-in agent swipes your passport.
This common when the reservation is made using the reservation of one airline (eg. UA) and transferred to another reservation system (TG).
Most airline reservation systems omit the spaces in the "names field" anyway.
For immigration/customs purposes, the APIS (Advanced Passenger Information), passport and name information is stored in a separate data field in the PNR that is different from the "names field". The APIS data field is more standardized across airlines as the data is grabbed directly from the machine readable line of your passport (bottom section of the picture page) when the check-in agent swipes your passport.
Last edited by daniellam; Jul 27, 2014 at 5:01 pm
Jul 27, 2014, 8:50 pm
#3
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Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: PVD
Programs: AA Plat, HH Gold, Hyatt Plat, Marriott Gold, National EE
Posts: 135
This is no problem at all.
This common when the reservation is made using the reservation of one airline (eg. UA) and transferred to another reservation system (TG).
Most airline reservation systems omit the spaces in the "names field" anyway.
For immigration/customs purposes, the APIS (Advanced Passenger Information), passport and name information is stored in a separate data field in the PNR that is different from the "names field". The APIS data field is more standardized across airlines as the data is grabbed directly from the machine readable line of your passport (bottom section of the picture page) when the check-in agent swipes your passport.
This common when the reservation is made using the reservation of one airline (eg. UA) and transferred to another reservation system (TG).
Most airline reservation systems omit the spaces in the "names field" anyway.
For immigration/customs purposes, the APIS (Advanced Passenger Information), passport and name information is stored in a separate data field in the PNR that is different from the "names field". The APIS data field is more standardized across airlines as the data is grabbed directly from the machine readable line of your passport (bottom section of the picture page) when the check-in agent swipes your passport.
Appreciate the reply! I thought it would be ok as I had entered them correctly on United.com when making the booking, but the rest of our trip (this is part of a RTW) is on OneWorld carriers, and they didn't appear like that at all.