Originally Posted by
FuriousJoe
Ok thanks all. It's very disappointing to have to spend £205 of my holiday savings on updating my name. I don't mind paying the £100 cancellation fee but to have to buy a new ticket at the current price which is £105 is just robbery. I really don't understand why they can't just let that part go!?
If you had booked this with a travel agent, he/she would have verified or be savvy enough to ask you if that's your full name when they take your passport info. (At least I would)
But no, the above cannot be changed because basically YOU made the error and you just have to own up to it if you want it changed to your correct name.
The other way is to simply just show up at the airport and feign ignorance IF they mention that your passport and reservation does not match. And then pay the change fee there and then if they refuse to let you board. They *may* be able to let you get away with it, but you won't know till you fly on that day.
I've booked my tickets on airlines without my middle names and at the airport, the check in agent (SQ) sometimes just amends the booking themselves to my full name. It may not happen with QR but at least that is the chance you have to take if you want to save that hundred or so quid.