Is it necessary to use the Middle name in the Booking?
Jan 12, 2017, 11:58 am
#16
Join Date: Jan 2017
Posts: 3
The excerpt below is from AA guidelines to travel agents on APIS. The bolding and underlying is theirs and not mine:
NOTE: The middle name or middle initial is not required in the name field of the reservation for ticketing or upgrading purposes. GDS functionalities differ and may not support the middle name or middle initial. Check with your GDS Help Desk for clarification on Name Field requirements.
Q: When I make a reservation do I include the middle name/middle initial for the passenger’s itinerary and ticket?
A: Name field in the PNR - only requires the FULL NAME – meaning the Full “Last name and the Full First name”. The middle name or initial is not required in the Name Field of the PNR. The name that has to match exactly to the Gov’t ID they are presenting is the Last name and the First Name only.
First and Last name only as it appears on the government issued ID that the passenger will use while traveling. Do not add a prefix, middle name or suffix.
Do not change the PNR name field to add a middle name. The PNR name should contain the last name and first name as it appears on the customer's government issued ID. In many cases the PNR name and SFPD field will be different since many passengers have a middle name.
The personal data that is in your reservation meets the TSA requirements for your travel dates. There is no need to make any changes to your name as it appears on your reservation. Your middle name will be collected, along with your gender and date of birth, to add your Secure Flight Passenger Data at time of purchase
The name field requirements are separate from the SFPD or APIS requirement. The middle name/middle initial is required for SFPD or APIS to match the valid Gov’t ID the passenger is presenting to the TSA at security check point.
Please do not use a suffix in the name field of the PNR or for the SFPD/APIS information.
NOTE: The middle name or middle initial is not required in the name field of the reservation for ticketing or upgrading purposes. GDS functionalities differ and may not support the middle name or middle initial. Check with your GDS Help Desk for clarification on Name Field requirements.
Q: When I make a reservation do I include the middle name/middle initial for the passenger’s itinerary and ticket?
A: Name field in the PNR - only requires the FULL NAME – meaning the Full “Last name and the Full First name”. The middle name or initial is not required in the Name Field of the PNR. The name that has to match exactly to the Gov’t ID they are presenting is the Last name and the First Name only.
First and Last name only as it appears on the government issued ID that the passenger will use while traveling. Do not add a prefix, middle name or suffix.
Do not change the PNR name field to add a middle name. The PNR name should contain the last name and first name as it appears on the customer's government issued ID. In many cases the PNR name and SFPD field will be different since many passengers have a middle name.
The personal data that is in your reservation meets the TSA requirements for your travel dates. There is no need to make any changes to your name as it appears on your reservation. Your middle name will be collected, along with your gender and date of birth, to add your Secure Flight Passenger Data at time of purchase
The name field requirements are separate from the SFPD or APIS requirement. The middle name/middle initial is required for SFPD or APIS to match the valid Gov’t ID the passenger is presenting to the TSA at security check point.
Please do not use a suffix in the name field of the PNR or for the SFPD/APIS information.
Lot of times even if you enter the name properly with a space , they mash together the name and its still ok.
My Given Name aka First name is : Robert Nick on the passport
Last Name is : Munro on the passport.
But the airline ticket will show as Robertnick Munro and I never have any issues.
Even if I put a space between Robert and Nick, they combine it together and make it Robertnick, and I have no issue travelling.
Sometimes they even include my gender Mr. As part of the name and there are no issues. So the name will show as Robertnickmr instead of Mr Robert Nick
, but no iisues in travelling.
Jan 12, 2017, 12:04 pm
#17
Join Date: Sep 2016
Location: San Francisco, CA
Programs: Flying Blue Platinum, JetBlue Mosaic, Hyatt Globalist, Alaska MVP Gold.
Posts: 1,962
For airline ticketing, just use your first (on passport) name and last name. I have three first names and have never had an issue using just the first in hundreds and hundreds of flights.
For immigration purposes, however, it's a different story - as is outlined in the guidelines above, use all your information that is on your passport (i.e. for me all three names).
For immigration purposes, however, it's a different story - as is outlined in the guidelines above, use all your information that is on your passport (i.e. for me all three names).
