Help - middle name worry
Jun 4, 2022, 4:34 am
#1
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Help - middle name worry
Hi when I booked my fault on an online cheap flight site I didn't include my middle name yet it's shown on my passport, will this be a problem when I check in at Heathrow? I am flying to Cambodia with Thai Airlines
Jun 4, 2022, 7:27 pm
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Should be fine. Apparently airline systems only technically require First name and Last Name. As above, unless flying a nasty Low Cost carrier that might get unreasonably fussy, you should be fine. Enjoy the trip. Cheers, TK
Jun 5, 2022, 1:18 am
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I have a middle name in my passport but NEVER used it for flight tickets and I flew hundreds of times with TG during last 30 years and NEVER EVER had any issue
Jun 5, 2022, 4:28 am
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Neither have I. Saying ‘nasty LCC’ probably overstates things. There are a few reports of negative experiences, but not many.
As we have all said, it’ll be fine.
But since you asked …
”Ashley Collins was at Pearson International Airport to catch her flight to Iceland on WOW Air on Sunday, Toronto's "City News" reported. Upon arriving at the ticket counter, she was told she could not get on the flight since her boarding pass didn’t match her passport.The one thing that was missing was her middle name. That’s it. "Once we got to the front, the lady said to her supervisor, 'It’s another one,'" Collins told "City News." "She handed me my passport and ... I was denied boarding the flight."
https://www.businessinsider.com/why-...-ticket-2018-4
As we have all said, it’ll be fine.
But since you asked …
”Ashley Collins was at Pearson International Airport to catch her flight to Iceland on WOW Air on Sunday, Toronto's "City News" reported. Upon arriving at the ticket counter, she was told she could not get on the flight since her boarding pass didn’t match her passport.The one thing that was missing was her middle name. That’s it. "Once we got to the front, the lady said to her supervisor, 'It’s another one,'" Collins told "City News." "She handed me my passport and ... I was denied boarding the flight."
https://www.businessinsider.com/why-...-ticket-2018-4
Jun 5, 2022, 4:44 am
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Jun 5, 2022, 5:44 am
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For Thai Airways should be OK, as others have written. I have done more than 3,000 flights of which more than 1,500 have been on Thai Airways and 99% on major airlines. my full name is always on my membership, but my middle name is never on the ticket.
I think that there are Thais, Indians and others whose second name is not on the ticket in full due to limited number of characters.
Not sure about LCC Thai Airlines.
I think that there are Thais, Indians and others whose second name is not on the ticket in full due to limited number of characters.
Not sure about LCC Thai Airlines.
Jun 5, 2022, 6:22 am
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That’s an error that shouldn’t be overlooked. The place where a full match should be is in the name registered with FFPs and the name in tickets. I don’t know how TG allows it but most if not all other carriers do not. Therefore, both my tickets and registered name with FFPs do not include my middle name.
Last edited by flyerby; Jun 6, 2022 at 6:42 am
Jun 6, 2022, 3:16 am
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