Originally Posted by
ewick12
I just booked an AA reservation last night and am wondering how the Secure Flight program will affect my travels. I was asked for my DOB and middle name by AA when I made the reservation but I declined to provide the information. Will I be required to give this information when I check in? Also, will I have any troubles flying if my ID has my middle name but my boarding pass doesn't?
I don't want to give the TSA any more information than is required. Can I fly without giving them this information? My flight is in November by the way and it's domestic. Thanks!
Edit: I just checked my AA profile and noticed there is a spot for a "Known Traveler Number." TSA wants to give each traveler a number to track us (or use our SSN). Great....
Short answer is the Secure Flight information is required by law.
Longer answer is, you are not required to give the information but the covered aircraft operator is compelled by force of law to refuse you a boarding pass and/or authorization for entry into the sterile area and they are compelled by law to prevent you from boarding their aircraft.
Title 49 § 1540.107(c)
(c) An individual may not enter a sterile area or board an aircraft if the individual does not present a verifying identity document as defined in §1560.3 of this chapter, when requested for purposes of watch list matching under §1560.105(c), unless otherwise authorized by TSA on a case-by-case basis.
Title 49 §1560.105(c) & Title 49 §1560.105(d)
(c) Request for identification ?(1) In general . If TSA has not informed the covered aircraft operator of the results of watch list matching for an individual by the time the individual attempts to check in, or informs the covered aircraft operator that an individual has been placed in inhibited status, the aircraft operator must request from the individual a verifying identity document pursuant to procedures in its security program., as provided in 49 CFR part 1544, subpart B or 49 CFR part 1546, subpart B. The individual must present a verifying identity document to the covered aircraft operator at the airport.
(2) Transmission of Updated Secure Flight Passenger Data . Upon reviewing a passenger's verifying identity document, the covered aircraft operator must transmit the SFPD elements from the individual's verifying identity document to TSA.
(3) Provision of Passenger Resolution Information . If requested by TSA, the covered aircraft operator must also provide to TSA the individual's Passenger Resolution Information as specified by TSA.
(4) Exception for minors . If a covered aircraft operator is required to obtain information from an individual's verifying identity document under this paragraph (c), and the individual is younger than 18 years of age and does not have a verifying identity document, TSA may, on a case-by-case basis, authorize the minor or an adult accompanying the minor to state the individual's full name and date of birth in lieu of providing a verifying identity document.
(d) Failure to obtain identification . If a passenger or non-traveling individual does not present a verifying identity document when requested by the covered aircraft operator, in order to comply with paragraph (c) of this section, the covered aircraft operator must not issue a boarding pass or give authorization to enter a sterile area to that individual and must not allow that individual to board an aircraft or enter a sterile area, unless otherwise authorized by TSA.