Using a fake name on booking?
 

I though it is illegal to use a fake name on your booking and it had to match your passport?

Isn't his real name somewhat fake anyway?

I'm sure "granny" will let them into the country.

I think that probably doesn't apply to the Royal family!

Don't quite a few A-listers travel under assumed names? I imagine Special Services sorts it all out.

They do, in terms of their booked reservations.

It's not illegal to have a booking in a fake name. In most circumstances it is illegal to travel on fake identities. But that's two separate things. A third aspect is that generally airlines are reluctant to change a booking from one name to another, particularly at the airport, however in certain circumstances they may be willing to do so.

Speaking from personal experience CWS? ;)

You don't have to be an "A-lister" to travel under a reservation or ticket in an alias. It happens routinely, for many different reasons.

When I worked for a well known security and protection company this would happen all the time, most travelling staff above a certain level travelled under an alias - and always if they were transporting something (Damien Hirst's 'For The Love Of God' was the one I was involved in)

How does this work in practice? Presumably the airline/hotel staff will see & know their real name?

Using a fake name on booking?
 

Imagine Qantas declining to check them in on the basis that their ticketed names were different from their passports!

The article says they used an alias which is not the same as a fake name.

And yes it would have been for security reasons and yes the airline would have been more than aware of who the real passengers were.

Given that they were invited to Australia by the Australian Government and the visit was also approved of by the UK Government I somehow think they knew all about this and were OK about it.

Stepping away from royals etc., how do ordinary celebs, or security staff such as darthlemsip do it?

Would they talk to BA about it, perhaps? :rolleyes:

To be honest, I'm not sure how it worked - everything on the booking was under the alias name, but I used my passport when going through security etc. I assume the company dealt directly with the airline, and there would be a flag in the system that security and gate personnel would understand

I was in the IT security side of things when I worked for them, so that's why they had me travel under an alias - knew vulnerabilities in their network etc - never actually did any transportation myself.