Name shortened on ticket
 

Not strictly a BA question - but I have a booking on the FLR mistake fare - incorporating sectors on CX as well as EY and AZ.

However I accidentally put my shortened name on the ticket (e.g. Fred rather than Frederick when my passport says the latter).

Will this be a problem to travel?

Extremely unlikely, I'd say, as you clearly are who you say you are. I certainly wouldn't be calling up to try and get it changed if the circumstances are as you describe them ...

Indeed, I certainly would not be calling up to get a mistake fare re-ticketed with a different name. You don't want that sort of attention.

I have travelled on many tickets for "Tim" rather than "Timothy" as on passport. Always been OK on BA. On AA to the US, I was once unable to check in online because of this, but check in at the airport was fine.

Depends on your route. If it's through some American airports, like Chicago, then it will be a problem.

Can't you re-enter APIS information anyway?

Doesn't touch the US. From FLR to SYD via HKG and AUH.

Just wondering if EY, AZ or CX are likely to have pedantic gate agents?

As it's now clear you need advice on specific airlines that are not BA, let's move this to somewhere more helpful for you ...

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The APIS does not need to match the ticket info. Most GAs normally see LNAME/First_Initial when scanning your BP, so unless something goes super haywire, you shouldn't have problems.

My passport has my full middle name. I have not purchased a plane ticket within memory that had more than my middle initial. (I've purchased a whole lot of plane tickets in that period.) I have never, ever had a problem for that reason.