In a casual conversation with a TSO, it was mentioned that they were going to begin enforcing exact matching of ID to to boarding pass, no nicknames allowed.

My question, has anybody run into this?

It has been policy for a while but enforcement was sporadic. When this begins, it will automatically create an escalation where a supervisor will run ones name past the watch list before allowing the screening to continue.

This may turn into a royal PITA if there is not an exact match.

This thread seems to point to the roll out that was mentioned to me but that it would be everywhere.

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/practical-travel-safety-issues/1382790-lga-tsa-requires-exact-name-match.html

These threads are similar but involve international:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/pract...pass-esta.html

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/pract...spellings.html

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/pract...-passport.html