Originally Posted by
fandi
Hello,
His grandparents already booked the flights overseas for next year trip in February. Now my son will travel with them. I haven't called the airline to add him to the trip but the seats are still available (I don't know how limited the seats are).
Same day passport agency in Los Angeles asks for the flight ticket before we get line in front of their office. Can I just book the flight now with a random passport number and then apply a US passport for him either regular or expedited ones? And then call the airline to update with the correct passport number.
I hate to do that but because the Passport office asks for the ticket first. And the airline asks for passport number first before letting me book the ticket.
Thanks.
What I've seen done is getting the flights to be booked under the name of the child as it will be in the passport and to either get the birth-year loaded wrong (so as to make it seem like the child is old enough to be an adult or unaccompanied minor) or to book the travel/ticket over the phone with the correct birthdate in full. There is no general requirement to have the child's passport/passport details in order to book an international flight. I usually make such bookings without entering in any passport info into the booking. It's ok for the ticketed child's booking to be in its own booking reference locator.
It's possible to use a refundable ticket to present for applying for expedited passport service. Actually, it's the only thing I use when seeking expedited passport service in the US for US passport issuance.