Just booked a flight for someone with no internet access and when the boarding pass printed off it showed Ms rather than Mrs. I doubt she has ever used Ms and the passport will show Mrs - will this be OK with easyjet or should I contact them asap to have it changed?
Indeed, won't be a problem.
Just as an aside, as it has changed now but for many years it was the case that if you registered with BA the titles available included: Viscount, Bishop, Archbishop, Squadron Leader, Baron, Prince, Duke, His Holiness, Emperor, etc. Where as if you registered with virgin atlantic they just asked: male or female? (Virgin have since added titles....)
Just as an aside, as it has changed now but for many years it was the case that if you registered with BA the titles available included: Viscount, Bishop, Archbishop, Squadron Leader, Baron, Prince, Duke, His Holiness, Emperor, etc. Where as if you registered with virgin atlantic they just asked: male or female? (Virgin have since added titles....)
The UK is fairly unique in Europe in still having separate titles for married and unmarried women - most of the rest of Europe abolished that distinction decades ago, and rightly so. (Why should there be a Frulein when there is no Herrlein?). I'm sure I've been to airline booking web sites where there was only one choice of title for women, either Mrs or Ms.
So... very much a non-issue!!!
So... very much a non-issue!!!
Please continue this discussion in its new home, the Budget European Airlines forum.
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So... very much a non-issue!!!
the correct default usage is indeed Ms in any situation. Originally Posted by Aviatrix
The UK is fairly unique in Europe in still having separate titles for married and unmarried women - most of the rest of Europe abolished that distinction decades ago, and rightly so. (Why should there be a Frulein when there is no Herrlein?). I'm sure I've been to airline booking web sites where there was only one choice of title for women, either Mrs or Ms.So... very much a non-issue!!!
In a business context it would be discrimination to ask between Miss or Mrs. But a customer may pick one as a personal preference.
Most younger people, male or female, don't use any honorific. Even doctors have a tendency not to use Dr. beyond work or by using more defined post-nominal letters.
The usage is by older generations, if someone has always used Miss or Mrs, they may prefer to keep using it. But, the historic usage was [stupidly] to call the woman by her husband's name e.g. Mrs John Smith!
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Just as an aside, as it has changed now but for many years it was the case that if you registered with BA the titles available included: Viscount, Bishop, Archbishop, Squadron Leader, Baron, Prince, Duke, His Holiness, Emperor, etc. Where as if you registered with virgin atlantic they just asked: male or female? (Virgin have since added titles....)
Maybe it's time I got a new title and became a duke? Originally Posted by David-A
Indeed, won't be a problem.Just as an aside, as it has changed now but for many years it was the case that if you registered with BA the titles available included: Viscount, Bishop, Archbishop, Squadron Leader, Baron, Prince, Duke, His Holiness, Emperor, etc. Where as if you registered with virgin atlantic they just asked: male or female? (Virgin have since added titles....)
