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Old May 15, 2015, 11:28 am
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Originally Posted by dvs7310
In this case, it may not matter at all. Putting any middle name on tickets seems completely discretionary, though US carriers try to say you have to, from much real world experience, you definitely don't. I would love to take my middle name back off of my United profile as it's created far more problems by being there than there would ever be by it not being there.

In your situation, first and last name only which presumably would match would suffice taking away any unneeded stress. You don't need any middle names on your significant other's ticket.
Indeed. Unless dealing with a rather common name, I find there more benefit to leave out the middle name(s) than to include them. That said, when the names are there on government ID and using DHS Trusted Traveler programs, excluding middle names can sometimes result in issues.
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