Originally Posted by
wpcoe
I can see airline agents "overlooking" a mis-matched name and checking in and issuing boarding passes, but what about Immigrations repercussions? Don't airlines auto-generate passenger manifests off the PNR data? If Mr. Robert Jonathan Smith checks in as Robert Jonathan Jonathan, fine, but what happens when Robert Jonathan Smith walks up and the Immigrations officer is expecting Robert Jonathan Jonathan?
APIS data must be correct, but it's stored separately from the name on the ticket and verified at check-in so it can easily be corrected even if the name on the ticket is wrong.