Originally Posted by jackplum
I agree with jims66.
I was denied boarding on a Contintental flight to Mexico because my ticket was issued under a nickname and did not match my passport. Luckily, my law enforcement ID was in the same name and they allowed me to board but since then I have made sure that all of my tickets are issued in the same format as my passport.
Maybe some people are lucky.
I was told that travel agents will be required soon to put in a passenger's reservation the full name including full middle names, nationality, passport numner, expiration date, date of issue, gender, birth place, home address.
Air France already requires this now when an agent attempts to issue one of their tickets. A prompt appears asking for this info.
Therefore, one had better be prepared to change all one's frequent flyer accounts to to the name as it will be required on a ticket or you may not receive your miles.