Originally Posted by
oliver2002
When you checkin, the airline captures your passport information either by copying the data manually or by reading your passport. If the data doesn't match the application/visa, the system may tell them right then to deny your boarding. Alternatively once you arrive the BoI agent will read your passport using a machine reader and it will return an error because the system won't find your visa as the numbers don't match. Good luck.
Thanks. Usually the airline reps will just check the visa to see if you have it. The $75 question is threefold: (1) whether Air Asia staff glancing at my ETA printout will notice the error, (2) whether Air Asia staff will input the ETA e-visa number and if their computers are linked to Indian immigration computers to alert them of a mismatch, and (3) if I land in Chennai and Indian immigration officer notice the discrepancy (which they almost certainly would) will they hold me overnight and send me back to Malaysia or just let me in.