my wife still carries her passport, which has her maiden name, but has been endorsed on the back page to show her new last name. ticket counter personnel knows about 50% of the time, to look at the back page before questioning about why the name doesn't match. the personnel at the gate looks at the passport picture page, sees that it matches my wifes face, but nobody questions why the name on the boarding pass matches? i'm always temptied to inform them of their faliure to catch a simple mismatch on name vs. i.d., but i haven't had the courage yet...