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Old Aug 31, 2018 | 1:04 pm
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Originally Posted by rwong48
Just get the Skypass part updated/fixed. It takes a few minutes once you're at the airport - not sure otherwise.
You probably noticed that the award ticket forces you to use the Skypass name, so try to avoid locking yourself into the "wrong" name if possible.
Thanks again for this info. In view of this advice and other useful comments here, my thinking is:

1. I shouldn't and can't try to add my missing middle name on my SkyPass account and the ticket for my upcoming award trip, as this could invalidate the ticket.
2. I should wait to add the middle name to my SkyPass account until after I finish all of the four flights on this trip, so as to avoid the risk of invalidating any of those flights or other hassles.
3. This means I may have to jump through a bit of a hoop for each of those flights (unless as others have noted, Korean doesn't care about missing middle names), but these are manageable.

Does all this make sense? Any other advice? Thanks.
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