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Old Dec 29, 2012 | 9:46 am
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That's true - no accents or tildes, hyphenation happens and long names get truncated by the system.

Originally Posted by JohnnyColombia
A bit of flexibility seems to be exercised. Given that reservation systems cannot do tildes or Ñ and a surname such as Rodriguez Rodriguez would be too long anyway. So long as it looks roughly right they let it ride.
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