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Aug 23, 2018, 4:21 pm

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FlyerWx

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Originally Posted by samwise6222

Not that I suggest it, but here's a way to do it - since you have two weeks until your flight.

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IF YOU ARE AN AMERICAN:

1) tomorrow at 8:30AM, go to your local court and file a name change petition. Some locations will be able to schedule you with a judge on the same day
2) on monday, publish your name change details on a local newspaper, and take that to the judge on Friday
3) go to your local passport agency and get a same day passport
4) send that over to AA to change your ticket to your new name
5) attach your travel hacker's FF details
6) free checked bag
7) profit

Good luck!

Haha

I know you are joking, but the same day passport and associated fees should be ~$200, compared to just coughing up $60 each way for a checked bag.

As it has already been mentioned, AA makes Basic Economy purchases fairly obvious, and you get what you pay for.

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