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Old Apr 8, 2011 | 1:31 pm
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Originally Posted by alex0683de
This depends on what parts of the world Mr. Cheung's itinerary includes. In many countries, and on most airlines, it is usually no problem at all.

If his itinerary involves the US in any way, it will be a problem because their regulations regarding passenger names have become extremely strict.
My most recent "no problems" experience with misspellings was in the second half of 2010 and included four departures from U.S. airports, three of them with full security screening. Other departures on that trip were in India, Singapore and Japan.
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