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Old Mar 5, 2006 | 2:40 pm
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Originally Posted by lewinr
But the agent at AF said that does not apply to tickets to the US because of TSA and/or Homeland Security require them to transmit the names of passengers ahead of time. So we would be denied boarding if my wife's name in the passport did not match the name they transmitted (from the reservation).
When it comes to API/APIS data, airlines have to transmit names and other required info as they appear in the travel document (e.g. passport), not as they appear in the PNR.
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