Originally Posted by
Bowgie
You cannot change the name on an airline ticket, so make sure the name you buy is the name she flies!
For years, airlines required a marriage certificate as proof to process a name change on a ff account. Nothing new or unusual here.
If your wife has not already legally changed her name, you both may find it far less hassle to let her continue to travel under her old name. This is 2014; many wives keep their old names after marriage.
This. Why change?
Another way to do this would be to change one of her driver's license and passport (or GE) card to the new name now and the other later, after DL changes the name on the account. Of course, this won't work for international, where the passport is necessary.
If you'll be staying in a hotel soon, especially if you have elite status, they tend to have fax machines, often self service and free in the lounge. Often too, the front desk will waive the few dollars that is charged for a domestic fax. YMMV.