Passport name must match airline ticket

[RiverRat]

Two hours of my time ... because the original ticket was handled by someone in a third world country who didn't speak english. Not likely to use that airline again.

Nice......don't you just love it? Hey it's all about offshoring jobs and saving money so that executives can make even more money and the rest of us have to suffer through this crap. :shakehead

 

[diver 85]

In the past, Wayne, we've gotten thru custom's etc with middle initials that did not exactly match up(ex. my wife goes by a nickname that's naturally not the same as either one of her 2 given names & that can be confusing ).......Now days, who knows...I would make a call or 2, start with your airline, they should be able to help....$100 to change that??, I would think not...But, just MHO though....btw, I see you're in Lafayette..I'm from Bunkie originally, moved to DeRidder in '80.....In fact, we're heading to Cozumel March 7th -11th....looking forward to it....Good luck........Joe

 

[ggunn]

I....btw, I see you're in Lafayette..I'm from Bunkie originally, moved to DeRidder in '80.....In fact, we're heading to Cozumel March 7th -11th....looking forward to it....Good luck........Joe

DeRidder? Small world. I've been in Austin since '81, but I was born and raised in Lake Charles.

 

[waynel]

Thanks diver 85. As someone said earlier, the airline will ask for your drivers license to get through screening, the passport is for customs to look at the picture and look at the person in front of them to see if it matchs, so I don't see a problem. Also, it's good have another local on this site. I was wondering if I was the only diver in LA who found this site....GORDON! You are more of a home boy than I thought. I was raised in Lake Charles! I'm a '73 LaGrange Gator grad. Fellas, we have got to try and do some diving together!

 

[DandyDon]

I don't think this is exactly correct.

Thanks diver 85. As someone said earlier, the airline will ask for your drivers license to get through screening, the passport is for customs to look at the picture and look at the person in front of them to see if it matchs, so I don't see a problem. Also, it's good have another local on this site. I was wondering if I was the only diver in LA who found this site....GORDON! You are more of a home boy than I thought. I was raised in Lake Charles! I'm a '73 LaGrange Gator grad. Fellas, we have got to try and do some diving together!

The airlines I've flown internationally seem to want to see the documents you'll need to reenter before they'll take you out of the US. In the past, this was often a Birth Certificate & Picture Driver's License, but now is a passport - so I think the airline will want to see the passport.

The bad news is that they may not ask for it until the connecting flight that takes you our of the US. It'd be a bummer to fly to Houston, then discover that you forgot it. :shakehead

 

[DivePartner1]

I don't think this is exactly correct.

The airlines I've flown internationally seem to want to see the documents you'll need to reenter before they'll take you out of the US. In the past, this was often a Birth Certificate & Picture Driver's License, but now is a passport - so I think the airline will want to see the passport.

The bad news is that they may not ask for it until the connecting flight that takes you our of the US. It'd be a bummer to fly to Houston, then discover that you forgot it. :shakehead

Good point. In many countries you can be denied entry if your passport will expire in 30 days.

Adding to this, if you are traveling with a child but without the other parent, be ready to produce a notarized and recently dated affidavit from the other parent authorizing you to travel out of the country wiht the child. Include a contact number. I have been on dive trips where asingle parent and child combinations have been stranded in mid-travel until the paper work could be created.

 

[DandyDon]

Good point. In many countries you can be denied entry if your passport will expire in 30 days.

Adding to this, if you are traveling with a child but without the other parent, be ready to produce a notarized and recently dated affidavit from the other parent authorizing you to travel out of the country wiht the child. Include a contact number. I have been on dive trips where asingle parent and child combinations have been stranded in mid-travel until the paper work could be created.

Some are six months! And yeah, traveling with a child, need to ensure you are totally prepared. Glad that's changed. I had an issue in that area 20 yrs ago. :light:

 

[garyfotodiver]

My daughter just spent one week in London, UK. Her passport has her middle name, her ticket does not.

NO problems.

 

[Cacia]

slightly on topic.

Kids flying into Canada need a notorized note from the other parent (If divorced)

Yet my kids fly all over the world with friend's parents...no problems anywhere. But their dad had trouble taking them to Vancouver....those Canadians.

I guess every place makes its own rules.

---oh, I see you all already touched on this. TSA recently has been causing my kids problems on the Honolulu NY flight. They did not want to "release" my 13 yr old son to his grandmother. Then they though about being stuck with him, and changed their mind. It is really on a whim, what they decide to do. They have been flying this non-stop for six years alone..and this month was a problem. ?? go figure.

When my daughter was 8..she would fly, we would sign her in as an unaccompanied minor. Then when we would go to pick her up...she always seemed to be in baggage claim. I'd say "where is ..the airline lady?" and she always shrugged and said "I don't know". So, now that they are teenagers, TSA is getting concerned. Seriously, not once when she was little did I ever show ID picking her up. She may have been trying to give them the slip though. No one ever called "uh...did you get your child?"

 

[waynel]

Thanks, and more thanks Gary. I started this thread and althought I was pretty confident from many of the replies here, You had the most recent experience and was exactly the situation my wife and I were concerned about. Can't thank you enough for posting. I now 100% believe that passport is to ID the face of the traveler and has nothing to do with the ticket. Can you imagine the public relations nightmare an airline would have denying someone to board because the middle initial on the ticket didn't match the middle initial on the passport? Airlines are going broke, they can't afford to turn away passengers over one letter in the alphabet.