Originally Posted by
1Aturnleft
Indonesia not being on the list of approved passports kind of makes this a moot subject. You should probably make the reservation in the name as described above but only once a visa has been approved.... keeping in mind an appointment at the Embassy will be necessary and it may take time with no guarantee a visa will be issued, you should consider either making fully refundable reservations or waiting until the visa has been granted before making a reservation. This advice is also made on the US CBP website.
For some reason I thought the ESTA and VWP were completely separate and everyone needed an ESTA. Schoolboy error. It should be pretty straight forward to get a visa from the Embassy here in London (but not making any booking until it is issued).