Seen this discussed in the past with varied perspectives, but wanted to see if there are any recent experiences with an award ticket on CX booked through Alaska that doesn't include the passenger's middle name. It didn't populate when I called up the res on the CX site. Didn't think much of it until I stumbled across old posts about the middle name issue. Never something I've worried about on other airlines, but I didn't want to inadvertently mess up my first go-round on CX ...