On Royal Jordanian flying out of O'Hare to Amman to Riyadh (saudi Arabia). Just got the e-ticket issued today from my agent and my first name has one letter off. My name is Ammar Bhutta and it is spelled as Anmar Bhutta so basically instead of two mm's in the first name the ticket has it as Anmar. Called the airline and the said first it would not be a problem and second nothing can be done as the ticket has been issued. Called up TSA and the lady asked me to talk to the state department as it involves ID's. Any way no one in state was able to help me, i am not worried about the airline as more headache when i return back to the US from Saudi Arabia. I am worried about immigration on the way back, i am a permanent resident but my passport is from Pakistan. So i guess being in early 30's, from Pakistan, visiting Saudi Arabia I am destined for extra scrutiny (which i don't mind) but my question is if this name spelling will be an issue?
Generally one of the most overstated sources of anxiety is a slight mispelling. With over 20 years in travel, I have never heard of ANY ONE ON ANY ROUTE BEING DENIED BOARDING OR ENTRY BECAUSE OF A LETTER BEING OFF..It is your call but I would not worry
Generally one of the most overstated sources of anxiety is a slight mispelling. With over 20 years in travel, I have never heard of ANY ONE ON ANY ROUTE BEING DENIED BOARDING OR ENTRY BECAUSE OF A LETTER BEING OFF..It is your call but I would not worry
On Royal Jordanian flying out of O'Hare to Amman to Riyadh (saudi Arabia). Just got the e-ticket issued today from my agent and my first name has one letter off. My name is Ammar Bhutta and it is spelled as Anmar Bhutta so basically instead of two mm's in the first name the ticket has it as Anmar. Called the airline and the said first it would not be a problem and second nothing can be done as the ticket has been issued. Called up TSA and the lady asked me to talk to the state department as it involves ID's. Any way no one in state was able to help me, i am not worried about the airline as more headache when i return back to the US from Saudi Arabia. I am worried about immigration on the way back, i am a permanent resident but my passport is from Pakistan. So i guess being in early 30's, from Pakistan, visiting Saudi Arabia I am destined for extra scrutiny (which i don't mind) but my question is if this name spelling will be an issue?
I would not worry about this situation as the airline can send over the correct passport information as required by the government even when the name on the ticket is misspelled or does not match the name on the passport exactly even if at all.
The misspelling of the name is almost certainly not going to be a problem on your Royal Jordanian flight to Saudi Arabia. Extra scrutiny that you get from the TSA will be based on factors other than the single letter misspelling on your boarding pass or ticket.
Enjoy your trip to Saudi Arabia and back to the US. The biggest issue you may have is that a swipe of your passport might not pull up the record locator but that is something easily remedied by the agent manually pulling it up.
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Every single one of their names was originally keyed in by hand at some point.
How likely is it that those tens of millions of letters were all keyed correctly?
The TSA and everyone else who checks tickets/boarding passes knows this.
If they insisted on a perfect match every time, the airports would fill up with people who couldn't board planes and the checkers would have no time for anything else.
Don't worry. As long as the misspelling isn't so wild as to raise doubts about your ID, which this is not, you'll be fine. (One rule that has been reported says up to three letters can be off, but I don't know if all countries follow it.)
Have you asked your travel agent to see if they would reissue your ticket with the corrected name? It is normally available by the end of the following business day after purchase to void your original ticket and repurchase a new one per the ARC void period. If its too late for that (after midnight Pacific in the U.S.) then have them at least make a note on the airline record to the carrier of the correct spelling of your corrected name. Make sure you check in both times at a ticket counter in person and ask if the agent (or their supervisor) will issue boarding passes with the correct name on them. If not then it would be up to the various security screeners and gate agents if they would allow you to travel or not. Domestic travel is definitely not as strict, BTW.
as it involves ID's. Any way no one in state was able to help me, i am not worried about the airline as more headache when i return back to the US from Saudi Arabia. I am worried about immigration on the way back, i am a permanent resident but my passport is from Pakistan. So i guess being in early 30's, from Pakistan, visiting Saudi Arabia I am destined for extra scrutiny (which i don't mind) but my question is if this name spelling will be an issue?
