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Old Apr 2, 2011 | 6:07 am
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Originally Posted by alee1984
Hi all,

I've booked some flight tickets for someone and realise his name is slightly different on his passport from the flight tickets. I booked his flights under Alan Cheung but his passport is First Name :Ho-Loon Alan Last Name:Cheung.

Will this cause a problem?
It might. I would make the change to make sure. I have heard of others who ad problems with name matching at security and border crossings.

All the discount Asian travel agencies have this posted on their counters about name correctness and they are not responsible for any errors or reticketing charges once paper tickets are issued. The always recommend that ticket holder's passport and they copy the name letter for letter.

That is why with ethnic Chinese you need to make sure what is the legal form of their name is, whether it is just a phonetic translation or a given name.
This not only apply to travel documents/tickets but many other legal transactions (banking, property ownership, wedding certificate etc etc)
Last edited by tentseller; Apr 2, 2011 at 6:14 am
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