Originally Posted by
txmikedc
My concern was that sometimes SW use the middle name and sometimes they don't. I wasn't sure what the GE list was compared against, i.e., should I leave the middle name field blank if my letters from GE don't use my middle name even if I entered it into the middle name field. I guess people are saying that even though the field says, "middle name", some individuals must put a middle initial or leave it blank rather than typing in their middle name.
Everything should match up to avoid any potential hassles. If your full middle name was used to obtain GE, then you should include your full middle name on your airline reservations. Unfortunately, you have no control how the airline submits that information, but on the other hand, they submit that information to the TSA with headers, ie, first name = <first name>, etc.
It's fairly routine for different documents to use different formats, ie, "last name, first name, middle initial" or "first name middle name last name."
Personally, I think you're overthinking this.