Help! First name only on ticket
Jan 29, 2017 | 7:02 am
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Jan 2017
Posts: 1
Help! First name only on ticket
Hi all,
I have read a lot about only using your first name and leaving your middle name is okay. But I contacted Emirates and they said the ticket has to reflect the passport exactly. The booking agent only asked for one firstname. For example first names on passport are 'Johanna Marie', then only use Johanna. My dads name is Ba Van with a space in between, so I only used 'Ba'. In Vietnamese its actually one name, but it has a space in between. Can he get problems of the missing name: 'Van'? He is flying from Dsseldorf to Dubai and then to Vietnam.
Please help me. I am so worried he has to pay a new ticket and feel very responsible.
Greets
I have read a lot about only using your first name and leaving your middle name is okay. But I contacted Emirates and they said the ticket has to reflect the passport exactly. The booking agent only asked for one firstname. For example first names on passport are 'Johanna Marie', then only use Johanna. My dads name is Ba Van with a space in between, so I only used 'Ba'. In Vietnamese its actually one name, but it has a space in between. Can he get problems of the missing name: 'Van'? He is flying from Dsseldorf to Dubai and then to Vietnam.
Please help me. I am so worried he has to pay a new ticket and feel very responsible.
Greets
Jan 29, 2017 | 7:47 am
#2
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Cape Town
Programs: BA Exec Gold , Qatar Priviledge Club Plat
Posts: 1,581
Hi,
This is something i would rather get sorted out before you get to the airport , i recommended contacting EK now via the call centre and get it all resolved. Im sure there is no charge for changing the name ( may be wrong) , but if it was a EK booking agent that messed it up then I'm sure you would not get charged ....
The main thing is your name on the ticket is the exact same as your passport !
Fear not it will all work out
This is something i would rather get sorted out before you get to the airport , i recommended contacting EK now via the call centre and get it all resolved. Im sure there is no charge for changing the name ( may be wrong) , but if it was a EK booking agent that messed it up then I'm sure you would not get charged ....
The main thing is your name on the ticket is the exact same as your passport !
Fear not it will all work out
Jan 29, 2017 | 8:18 am
#3
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Economy, mostly :(
Programs: Skywards Gold
Posts: 7,791
Hi,
This is something i would rather get sorted out before you get to the airport , i recommended contacting EK now via the call centre and get it all resolved. Im sure there is no charge for changing the name ( may be wrong) , but if it was a EK booking agent that messed it up then I'm sure you would not get charged ....
The main thing is your name on the ticket is the exact same as your passport !
Fear not it will all work out
This is something i would rather get sorted out before you get to the airport , i recommended contacting EK now via the call centre and get it all resolved. Im sure there is no charge for changing the name ( may be wrong) , but if it was a EK booking agent that messed it up then I'm sure you would not get charged ....
The main thing is your name on the ticket is the exact same as your passport !
Fear not it will all work out
