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Old Aug 29, 2011 | 5:38 pm
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Originally Posted by erik123
I traveled from SIN-BKK 2 weeks back with my first/last names switched and middle name left out w/o a problem. There are countries where people have multiple middle names (5 or more in some cases) - you can see why this is a non-issue.
And countries where people only use one (Indonesia for one).

For intra-Asia travel I use only first and last. If my middle name shows up on a ticket you can bet I'm headed to the good ol 'home of the brave'...
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