Name Changes on Ticket
Jan 12, 2006 | 8:09 am
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Name Changes on Ticket
Hi,
Just been on the phone to the customer help desk and to be fair they haven't filled me with confidence. Booked flights to Palma in July for May 2006 before the birth of my child and didn't know the sex or name of the impending bundle of joy so booked it under Baby. Their response was just to turn up and it should be ok. they took a note of his name but should i be worried that i won't have a ticket for him with his name on it?
Does anyone have any experience of this? I am going to be at Heathrow tomorrow should i speak to someone at the bmi desk?
Cheers,
Paul.
Just been on the phone to the customer help desk and to be fair they haven't filled me with confidence. Booked flights to Palma in July for May 2006 before the birth of my child and didn't know the sex or name of the impending bundle of joy so booked it under Baby. Their response was just to turn up and it should be ok. they took a note of his name but should i be worried that i won't have a ticket for him with his name on it?
Does anyone have any experience of this? I am going to be at Heathrow tomorrow should i speak to someone at the bmi desk?
Cheers,
Paul.
Jan 12, 2006 | 8:16 am
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Originally Posted by paulyd
Hi,
Booked flights to Palma in July for May 2006 before the birth of my child and didn't know the sex or name of the impending bundle of joy so booked it under Baby.
Booked flights to Palma in July for May 2006 before the birth of my child and didn't know the sex or name of the impending bundle of joy so booked it under Baby.
Jan 12, 2006 | 8:43 am
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I thought this was a joke too. Congratulations by the way.
As long as you have a passport with Baby's real name on it, I should think that wass the most important thing. If worried, I'd ask CS at LHR to write something, including bab's name, in to the PNR - that should be sufficient.
Congratulations by the way.As long as you have a passport with Baby's real name on it, I should think that wass the most important thing. If worried, I'd ask CS at LHR to write something, including bab's name, in to the PNR - that should be sufficient.
Jan 12, 2006 | 12:00 pm
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Originally Posted by paulyd
Hi,
Booked flights to Palma in July for May 2006 before the birth of my child and didn't know the sex or name of the impending bundle of joy so booked it under Baby.
Booked flights to Palma in July for May 2006 before the birth of my child and didn't know the sex or name of the impending bundle of joy so booked it under Baby.
Jan 12, 2006 | 1:00 pm
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Congratulations ^
And also ask the CSR to give you a printout of the PNR info with those details.
Oh and maybe on boarding the FA will say to your little one: Welcome to bmi-Baby.
Originally Posted by GoldCircle
As long as you have a passport with Baby's real name on it, I should think that wass the most important thing. If worried, I'd ask CS at LHR to write something, including bab's name, in to the PNR - that should be sufficient.
Oh and maybe on boarding the FA will say to your little one: Welcome to bmi-Baby.
Jan 13, 2006 | 1:53 am
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Originally Posted by AJLondon
Congratulations ^
And also ask the CSR to give you a printout of the PNR info with those details.
Oh and maybe on boarding the FA will say to your little one: Welcome to bmi-Baby.
And also ask the CSR to give you a printout of the PNR info with those details.
Oh and maybe on boarding the FA will say to your little one: Welcome to bmi-Baby.
thanks for the help. and to be fair so were the fares
Jan 13, 2006 | 3:02 pm
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Originally Posted by ShamRoc
And congratulations from me too!
BTW can anyone tell me why a name cannot be changed on a ticket? If I cannot use a ticket I cannot transfer it but have to cancel.
BTW can anyone tell me why a name cannot be changed on a ticket? If I cannot use a ticket I cannot transfer it but have to cancel.
Jan 16, 2006 | 1:32 am
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Originally Posted by paulyd
Hi,
Just been on the phone to the customer help desk and to be fair they haven't filled me with confidence. Booked flights to Palma in July for May 2006 before the birth of my child and didn't know the sex or name of the impending bundle of joy so booked it under Baby. Their response was just to turn up and it should be ok. they took a note of his name but should i be worried that i won't have a ticket for him with his name on it?
Does anyone have any experience of this? I am going to be at Heathrow tomorrow should i speak to someone at the bmi desk?
Cheers,
Paul.
Just been on the phone to the customer help desk and to be fair they haven't filled me with confidence. Booked flights to Palma in July for May 2006 before the birth of my child and didn't know the sex or name of the impending bundle of joy so booked it under Baby. Their response was just to turn up and it should be ok. they took a note of his name but should i be worried that i won't have a ticket for him with his name on it?
Does anyone have any experience of this? I am going to be at Heathrow tomorrow should i speak to someone at the bmi desk?
Cheers,
Paul.
Hi,
Please ring the reservations line back up at your earliest when you no the name of your new arrival, they will need to print you a new ticket off with the babies name on it, this can be done at the airport but the details will need to be put into the booking first.
Julie
Feb 9, 2006 | 11:47 am
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if uve booked it under the name of baby its alright
u cud simply call up the reservations line after the birth of ur baby (congratulations by the way) and give them the name of ur baby should be fine
u cud simply call up the reservations line after the birth of ur baby (congratulations by the way) and give them the name of ur baby should be fine