Does salutation matter?
Sep 29, 2009 | 11:26 am
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I got a salutation on my United Airlines account, hence tickets and boarding passes include it. I sent them an email, long time ago, never got them to change that from my account.
On the other hand, nobody ever asked me anything about it. Passport doesn't have it.
On the other hand, nobody ever asked me anything about it. Passport doesn't have it.
Sep 29, 2009 | 11:31 am
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Sorry to be pedantic, but you mean "honorific", not "salutation". "Mr.", "Ms.", "Mrs.", "Miss", "Dr.", "Prof.", etc. are all honorifics. There's no salutation on a ticket unless for some reason it says "Dear Mr. Smith".
Sep 29, 2009 | 11:44 am
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Also, in my case it is in Spanish, I don't remember adding that to my UA account, but whatever. I'd like to have it deleted, because it looks weird, it is "SRA" meaning "MRS" in Spanish. I'm a single woman, never married and I'd like to have it deleted, because it looks like this:
SMITH SRA LAURA on tickets and boarding passes.
My name on my passport is (this is an example, not my real name): LAURA ANDREA SMITH. Well, I think first and last name and photo are enough proof of identity in my case, and it is not really important, otherwise airlines would take care of that (as I said I sent UA an email -because I cannot change it from my account- but they didn't change it either).
SMITH SRA LAURA on tickets and boarding passes.
My name on my passport is (this is an example, not my real name): LAURA ANDREA SMITH. Well, I think first and last name and photo are enough proof of identity in my case, and it is not really important, otherwise airlines would take care of that (as I said I sent UA an email -because I cannot change it from my account- but they didn't change it either).
Last edited by starlanet; Sep 29, 2009 at 11:51 am
Sep 29, 2009 | 11:47 am
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Thank you for the correction.
Regards,
David
Sep 29, 2009 | 11:48 am
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Thanks for pointing that out. I think it looks weird, in my case at least.
Sep 29, 2009 | 11:55 am
#8
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I am not Ms.
Honorifics:
I am so dazzled when filling out a form abroad--Europe or India etc--and there is a choice of honorifics...Dr, Professor, Lady, Rev, Sir, Miss, Mr. and so forth. It's tempting to borrow one.
I am not happy, however, that in US often the choice is between Mr and Ms.
It's all very politically correct as Ms is supposed to cover all honorifics for women. The only problem: I don't use Ms and never will. It sounds horrible...Mizzzz-erable...for starters. And it's a made-up abbreviation from somewhere in the sixties when someone had the 'great' idea of avoiding the distinction between Miss and Mrs.
I don't use any honorific at all. If there's a 'choice' on a firm, I ignore it.
Sep 29, 2009 | 12:19 pm
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Sep 29, 2009 | 1:14 pm
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The list of dozens and dozens of options provided during BA Executive Club signup was literally a textbook case of bad web usability. It's improved somewhat now that they list the most common honorifics at the top, although the list still includes such gems as Air Commodore, His Majesty, Datuk Seri, and Embajadora.
Sep 29, 2009 | 2:24 pm
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Sep 29, 2009 | 5:13 pm
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honorifics--up for grabs
The list of dozens and dozens of options provided during BA Executive Club signup was literally a textbook case of bad web usability. It's improved somewhat now that they list the most common honorifics at the top, although the list still includes such gems as Air Commodore, His Majesty, Datuk Seri, and Embajadora.
love it...so much more interesting than the dreadful 'Ms.' (mizzzzz--so ghastly) they try to foist on women.
Sep 30, 2009 | 12:48 am
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The list of dozens and dozens of options provided during BA Executive Club signup was literally a textbook case of bad web usability. It's improved somewhat now that they list the most common honorifics at the top, although the list still includes such gems as Air Commodore, His Majesty, Datuk Seri, and Embajadora.
Sep 30, 2009 | 9:26 pm
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The list of dozens and dozens of options provided during BA Executive Club signup was literally a textbook case of bad web usability. It's improved somewhat now that they list the most common honorifics at the top, although the list still includes such gems as Air Commodore, His Majesty, Datuk Seri, and Embajadora.