Global Entry OK if Ticket Omits my First Name?
Nov 21, 2012, 12:20 pm
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Global Entry OK if Ticket Omits my First Name?
Currently I have no problem using TSA checkpoints with tickets issued in my middle and last names only (Passport and DL show all three names, while all my frequent traveler accounts and credit cards omit the first name).
AA appears to have successfully signed me up for TSA Pre-Check automatically, as an EXP. I used it a couple of times at ORD last Sunday. Again, the airline ticket omitted my first name.
I haven't yet signed up for Global Entry. Will I have a problem at the Global Entry kiosks if airline tickets continue to omit my first name? I won't be adding the first name because it's inconsistent with all my frequent traveler accounts and credit cards.
Thanks.....
AA appears to have successfully signed me up for TSA Pre-Check automatically, as an EXP. I used it a couple of times at ORD last Sunday. Again, the airline ticket omitted my first name.
I haven't yet signed up for Global Entry. Will I have a problem at the Global Entry kiosks if airline tickets continue to omit my first name? I won't be adding the first name because it's inconsistent with all my frequent traveler accounts and credit cards.
Thanks.....
Nov 22, 2012, 9:41 am
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Currently I have no problem using TSA checkpoints with tickets issued in my middle and last names only (Passport and DL show all three names, while all my frequent traveler accounts and credit cards omit the first name).
AA appears to have successfully signed me up for TSA Pre-Check automatically, as an EXP. I used it a couple of times at ORD last Sunday. Again, the airline ticket omitted my first name.
I haven't yet signed up for Global Entry. Will I have a problem at the Global Entry kiosks if airline tickets continue to omit my first name? I won't be adding the first name because it's inconsistent with all my frequent traveler accounts and credit cards.
Thanks.....
AA appears to have successfully signed me up for TSA Pre-Check automatically, as an EXP. I used it a couple of times at ORD last Sunday. Again, the airline ticket omitted my first name.
I haven't yet signed up for Global Entry. Will I have a problem at the Global Entry kiosks if airline tickets continue to omit my first name? I won't be adding the first name because it's inconsistent with all my frequent traveler accounts and credit cards.
Thanks.....
In any case, GE still works if it can't find you on an arriving flight manifest. You just enter your flight info manually. Have had this happen once and never got an X.
Nov 23, 2012, 6:24 am
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Join Date: Apr 2010
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On UA, all you would have to do is to edit the passenger data to make sure it matches your passport/global entry application.
On AA, I think you can edit your profile and put in the correct name and GE number and it is automatically applied to all of your reservations.
On AA, I think you can edit your profile and put in the correct name and GE number and it is automatically applied to all of your reservations.
Nov 23, 2012, 2:58 pm
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These instructions apply to PreCheck. No name matching is required to use Global Entry. If the OP wanted to use his GE PASS ID for PreCheck, he would have to perform these steps.