... maybe you should have just bought the ticket for the right name to start with...?!?! (sorry if that seems like a flippant comment, but why on earth would you buy a ticket in a name that doesn't match your passport?!?!)[/B][/QUOTE]

True, he should have done what we all take for granted--I mean, for us seasoned travelers it is a no brainer to have things match exactly. We could never imagine another way. In fact, when buying online, it is true that 99% of all transactions must match your credit card exactly as well--but not all. I even learned that with some e-commerce and tel-purchase systems, this matters not at all, but it is in place to make US THINK there is an extra level of security!

Anyway, like I think I said, he typed in what he always does--and what he basically goes by alllll the time. He is NOT a traveler and for him this is a first. HE knows how to use the net and that is where it was booked.

Now, many many people make many many transactions online like this every day, but dont you think that maybe the airlines (especially post 911) should make it REAL CLEAR in every way possible--even with BOLD and warnings that when you enter your name here, THIS MATTERS A TON?!?!?!?!??!

they do not.

Casually, as if to be like nearly every other online credit card or other transaction out there, we can just type in anything we want!

How many times have people AND yourself spelt yer own name wwwrong?>??? by typing in the coputer even whenn you are tryiiing to looka t waht you are doingk??!?!?!?

You see?
It is possible and for that I think its bull that we get charged for a typo or two no matter how it worked.

If he can prove there is no othere Harold Kim who he bough the ticket for (for example, if they think he bought it for another family member who is now tryin to not go) then that should help.

If he can proove that his reason for making the error is legit, that should help too.

WHy they worry so much over name stuff baffles me.

WHat if he only knows me as JEFF and yet, my real name is JEFFREY?? My passport says JEffrey Thomas (and then the last name).

SO.... what are we saying? I can never fly as JEFF?
Hmmm...

he actually has credit cards in both his long name and the other one. He used one and named the ticket the other. mistakes happen!