True - but it will still be a re-issue, because (I'm guessing here) that it's not an electronic ticket, but a paper ticket. If it is a paper ticket, it'll have to be re-printed and if it has to be re-printed, they will call it a re-issue. A ticket agent can make the change at check-in before he/she prints the actual boarding pass. Or, if it is an e-ticket, you can still have the ticket agent correct and reprint it it at check-in. The boarding pass is just as good as the ticket when the Malta officials are comparing documents. But hey, call em' and see what they say. I just wouldn't pay a fee to change something that is not going to matter in the end.