Originally Posted by
bocastephen
Why? it has no real bearing on anything - there is no database they will check and say "you booked the ticket with the wrong birth year, you're not flying". Air Canada will handle check-in and they will do their own docs-check at that time.
Because I have this belief that it is wrong to lie. So I got it worked out by working with United. That would be my recommendation if you run into the same thing. Escalate if necessary.