SAS name on ticket
Apr 23, 2018, 7:17 am
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SAS name on ticket
The "given name" written on the passport includes two names (e.g. "X Y"), but I only gave the first one ("X") when buying the ticket.
Will that be an issue and should I try to change it?
If so, does someone have a contact email for SAS name changes?
Thanks!
Will that be an issue and should I try to change it?
If so, does someone have a contact email for SAS name changes?
Thanks!
Apr 23, 2018, 7:50 am
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I never use my middle name to book a ticket but give my full details at check-in with the passport details. Never had any issues with SAS.
Apr 23, 2018, 8:52 am
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I never use my middle name and it has never been an issue.
Your question has been asked numerous times in here (in various threads) and the reply is always: it makes no difference/it is not going to be an issue at check-in. So there is absolutely no reason to worry about it.
Your question has been asked numerous times in here (in various threads) and the reply is always: it makes no difference/it is not going to be an issue at check-in. So there is absolutely no reason to worry about it.
Apr 23, 2018, 12:26 pm
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maybe a follow up question: If one has two first names and two surnames (separated by a space) like "John Peter Smith Miller", and is usually referred to as "John Smith", would that work too? I.e. booking with John Smith even though the passport states all 4 names?
Apr 23, 2018, 12:52 pm
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I've only used my first and last name when booking tickets, and that has been fine, even to high security countries such as Israel.
I've also made several flights with SAS and other airlines with my kids when I only booked the ticket under middle and last name, i.e. instead of writing "Neil Alden Armstrong" as spelled in the passport, I've booked them as "Alden Armstrong," and I've never even had questions asked. (Not that any of my kids are actually named Neil Armstrong, but they're sometimes in orbit when I'm telling them to brush their teeth and go to bed.)
I've also made several flights with SAS and other airlines with my kids when I only booked the ticket under middle and last name, i.e. instead of writing "Neil Alden Armstrong" as spelled in the passport, I've booked them as "Alden Armstrong," and I've never even had questions asked. (Not that any of my kids are actually named Neil Armstrong, but they're sometimes in orbit when I'm telling them to brush their teeth and go to bed.)
Apr 23, 2018, 1:50 pm
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By Scandinavian standards (at least Danish) there is ONE surname only. All other names are considered given names. (basically there is no middle name). But in your example, it MIGHT be a problem, since THE surname is Miller.
Apr 23, 2018, 3:05 pm
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Sweden has more categories of names than simply given names + one surname only.
Apr 23, 2019, 5:22 am
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Resurrecting this thread - hoping for a non-issue confirmation.
Booked a domestic flight OSL-BGO, but inadvertently as LASTNAME FIRSTNAME instead of FIRSTNAME LASTNAME. Only figured this out after Manage my booking failedt to accept my Booking reference until entering my FIRSTNAME. It's well beyond 24hrs since making the booking. Travel isn't until August 2019.
Both names are correctly spelt as in the passport, just "backwards," (after a booking frenzy with various airlines' websites).
Thanks all!
Booked a domestic flight OSL-BGO, but inadvertently as LASTNAME FIRSTNAME instead of FIRSTNAME LASTNAME. Only figured this out after Manage my booking failedt to accept my Booking reference until entering my FIRSTNAME. It's well beyond 24hrs since making the booking. Travel isn't until August 2019.
Both names are correctly spelt as in the passport, just "backwards," (after a booking frenzy with various airlines' websites).
Thanks all!
Apr 23, 2019, 5:30 am
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Resurrecting this thread - hoping for a non-issue confirmation.
Booked a domestic flight OSL-BGO, but inadvertently as LASTNAME FIRSTNAME instead of FIRSTNAME LASTNAME. Only figured this out after Manage my booking failedt to accept my Booking reference until entering my FIRSTNAME. It's well beyond 24hrs since making the booking. Travel isn't until August 2019.
Both names are correctly spelt as in the passport, just "backwards," (after a booking frenzy with various airlines' websites).
Thanks all!
Booked a domestic flight OSL-BGO, but inadvertently as LASTNAME FIRSTNAME instead of FIRSTNAME LASTNAME. Only figured this out after Manage my booking failedt to accept my Booking reference until entering my FIRSTNAME. It's well beyond 24hrs since making the booking. Travel isn't until August 2019.
Both names are correctly spelt as in the passport, just "backwards," (after a booking frenzy with various airlines' websites).
Thanks all!
My biggest problem from such situations even on international flights where the US passports are checked: getting airline frequent flyer program-related benefits/credit. For the elite status benefits, having your frequent flyer card to show helps with some of them; for the mileage credit, requesting missing mileage credit usually works.
Enjoy your trip.
Apr 23, 2019, 5:39 am
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Thank you!
OSL-BGO had no passport/ID check IME; and even if they do if checking in bags, a name order being backwards may not even be noticed or cause an issue as long as your booking reference is used using the name from the last name field as per the ticketed booking.
My biggest problem from such situations even on international flights where the US passports are checked: getting airline frequent flyer program-related benefits/credit. For the elite status benefits, having your frequent flyer card to show helps with some of them; for the mileage credit, requesting missing mileage credit usually works.
Enjoy your trip.
My biggest problem from such situations even on international flights where the US passports are checked: getting airline frequent flyer program-related benefits/credit. For the elite status benefits, having your frequent flyer card to show helps with some of them; for the mileage credit, requesting missing mileage credit usually works.
Enjoy your trip.
Thanks so much! I thought so much. I can always retro credit the SK flight to NZ Airpoints later.
My biggest giggle would be if I was to run late and have to be paged to board the flight at Gardermoen...
"Will passenger FIRSTNAME please proceed immediately to gate for boarding" LOL
Apr 23, 2019, 5:46 am
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Thanks so much! I thought so much. I can always retro credit the SK flight to NZ Airpoints later.
My biggest giggle would be if I was to run late and have to be paged to board the flight at Gardermoen...
"Will passenger FIRSTNAME please proceed immediately to gate for boarding" LOL
My biggest giggle would be if I was to run late and have to be paged to board the flight at Gardermoen...
"Will passenger FIRSTNAME please proceed immediately to gate for boarding" LOL
Apr 23, 2019, 9:13 am
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It happened to me at least once on an IRROPs ticket that was wrongly issued. I think SK re-booked me to LO (but can't be sure, whether it wasn't the other way). They could not get my status benefits to work. The check in agent discovered but did not even blink -- somehow worked around my luggage allowance. I think I had given up getting FFP credits for that flight though. On a domestic flight in Norway you're not gonna have any issues, I think.