But omitting a middle name and getting the first name wrong are quite different. In fact, many airlines automatically exclude your middle name on the ticket if you book after logging in on your FFP number. With QR for instance, if you are a registered Privilege Club member named Name Middle Surname, they automatically generate your ticket as SURNAME/NAME, and there is no way for you to add a middle name. Security personnel just look at SURNAME/NAME anyway, there is no requirement for your second or third names to be present.