FlyerTalk Forums - View Single Post - Has anyone else been checked in as another passenger?
Old Jan 17, 2019 | 8:45 pm
  #34  
TEDisgone
100k
20 Countries Visited
All eyes on you!
10 Years on Site
 
Join Date: Nov 2015
Location: PDX
Programs: AS Atmos Platinum, AC, AF/KL, AV, BA, VS | Hilton, Hyatt
Posts: 522
Yes, about 15 years ago on a LH flight from FRA to ORD and then UA to SEA. I got through passport control and was at the gate with about 15 minutes before boarding started and suddenly noticed that I was seated somewhere far from where I would have chosen. I then checked my connecting flight and not only was it in the middle way down the back, it was to New Orleans! I have a hyphenated last name so you'd think that would lessen the chances of a mix up but sure enough, instead of "ISGONE/TED" I was checked in as "ISHERE/THOMAS". The gate agent was confused at first and then saw the similarities in our names and printed out my boarding passes. I didn't ask if "Thomas" checked in as me but I suppose he must have because I'm not sure they would have checked me in so close to boarding.
TEDisgone is offline