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Old Feb 6, 2019 | 3:15 am
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Originally Posted by mnbp
Contact your airline and update your reservation's Secure Flight data to include your full name as matches your KTN.
Not generally required to get PreCheck to still come up when subject to eligible check-in for PreCheck selection.

For a GE member with the following kind of name arrangement on passport:

Given Name James Robert
Family/Surname Goldsmith

the passenger with the GE PASSID loaded in the reservations' KTN fields can get PreCheck approval even when the ticketed name and secure flight info is as follows:

Goldsmith / James
James / Goldsmith
Goldsmith / James R
Goldsmith/ James Robert

There are a rather substantial numbers of Americans whose passports' names are a bit different and/or in different sequence than on say their driving licenses and still always have gotten PreCheck on check-in for eligible flights despite the name fields not being "exact matches" in the eyes of some.

As long as the first name and last name are exact matches and the birthdate info matches up with the DHS collection, middle initial/name being left out doesn't generally matter.

Last edited by TWA884; Jul 18, 2019 at 1:59 pm Reason: Opinion/commentary not practical trusted traveler advice/information
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