Missing Middle Name on Ticket...
Sep 29, 2009 | 2:02 pm
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About middle names...
I don't know the answer to your question.
Just want to say middle names is not customary in every culture. I hate it so much when my hyphenated Chinese given name gets "divorced" and the system forces me a middle name (i.e. my partial given name) that I never have. Citi even asked me what my middle initial was in one occasion. When I told the CSR that I didn't have one but their system "created" one for me. The CSR insisted I had to give it to him before we could proceed.
As for OP's worry, I've read enough threads on FT to know that tickets with no middle name shouldn't be a problem.
Just want to say middle names is not customary in every culture. I hate it so much when my hyphenated Chinese given name gets "divorced" and the system forces me a middle name (i.e. my partial given name) that I never have. Citi even asked me what my middle initial was in one occasion. When I told the CSR that I didn't have one but their system "created" one for me. The CSR insisted I had to give it to him before we could proceed.
As for OP's worry, I've read enough threads on FT to know that tickets with no middle name shouldn't be a problem.
Sep 29, 2009 | 4:48 pm
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I felt deprived when I was younger that my parents did not give me a middle name, but not anymore..... 
Sep 29, 2009 | 5:18 pm
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"Bin Laden" would be the closest thing to a surname equivalent if going with how he and his family usually booked their tickets if flying commercially. It would show up as "Binladen" quite often.
His middle name equivalent -- and there are at least 2-4 of those -- almost never got used in the 1970s-1990s when it came to his travel.
"Bin Laden" would be the closest thing to a surname equivalent if going with how he and his family usually booked their tickets if flying commercially. It would show up as "Binladen" quite often.
His middle name equivalent -- and there are at least 2-4 of those -- almost never got used in the 1970s-1990s when it came to his travel.
The main concern will always be: is my name correct on the ticket and will I get mileage credit. Sometimes the tech system does not recognize if name if not spelled out in full.
Mileage credit: that's the ticket.
Sep 30, 2009 | 1:53 am
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That's gotten ordinarily without much trouble -- missing mileage credit and/or making sure the correct account number is in the correct field at time of booking and check-in should make that a non-issue for most all customers in the situation of the OP.
Oct 1, 2009 | 1:27 am
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Thanks for the reassurance everyone! Just wondering:
When I booked my ticket (I purchased online), I don't recall them asking for any government ID# or anything to identify me, just a name and credit card. How do airlines know it's me that booked the ticket? I do remember when I was younger all they did was swipe my passport and they found my ticket (even though I didn't give them the passport # before). Also I remember in e-checkin swiping the credit card I used and then located my booking, but that makes more sense...
When I booked my ticket (I purchased online), I don't recall them asking for any government ID# or anything to identify me, just a name and credit card. How do airlines know it's me that booked the ticket? I do remember when I was younger all they did was swipe my passport and they found my ticket (even though I didn't give them the passport # before). Also I remember in e-checkin swiping the credit card I used and then located my booking, but that makes more sense...
Oct 1, 2009 | 12:17 pm
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Thanks for the reassurance everyone! Just wondering:
When I booked my ticket (I purchased online), I don't recall them asking for any government ID# or anything to identify me, just a name and credit card. How do airlines know it's me that booked the ticket? I do remember when I was younger all they did was swipe my passport and they found my ticket (even though I didn't give them the passport # before). Also I remember in e-checkin swiping the credit card I used and then located my booking, but that makes more sense...
When I booked my ticket (I purchased online), I don't recall them asking for any government ID# or anything to identify me, just a name and credit card. How do airlines know it's me that booked the ticket? I do remember when I was younger all they did was swipe my passport and they found my ticket (even though I didn't give them the passport # before). Also I remember in e-checkin swiping the credit card I used and then located my booking, but that makes more sense...