Originally Posted by
GUWonder
And what if the passport is being picked up between the domestic flight and the international flight and the state ID has a different name than the passport? What about those instances where an individual has different passports with different names? Manual entry is going to be a rather increasingly frequent outcome of this mental midget requirement of passenger ID submission and/or presentation as some kind of supposed "counter-terrorism" measure.
Why would the same person have different names on different passports? I have the same name on both my US and EU passports. If I were to book a ticket under a different name, I doubt it that they will let me board if the name on the ticket does not match the name on the ID. My point is, in order to minimize the hassle at the airport, make sure your AA profile matches the ID that you use the most. It is not that hard.