2ferfun Posted May 24, 2012 #1 Share Posted May 24, 2012 So, we leave in 8 days for Seattle. Looking over our documents, I noticed something weird about our names. We booked our flights through Hotwire, which means we are flying out on Alaska Airlines and returning on Delta. When I log in to the airline websites I noticed that both have attached our middle initial to our first name. So, if my name is Mark Scott Smith it is showing on my airline reservation as Marks Smith. Same thing for DW. Is this going to be an issue when trying to board or will the airlines know whats up? Any advice or experience anyone can share would be much appreciated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northender Posted May 24, 2012 #2 Share Posted May 24, 2012 So, we leave in 8 days for Seattle. Looking over our documents, I noticed something weird about our names. We booked our flights through Hotwire, which means we are flying out on Alaska Airlines and returning on Delta. When I log in to the airline websites I noticed that both have attached our middle initial to our first name. So, if my name is Mark Scott Smith it is showing on my airline reservation as Marks Smith. Same thing for DW. Is this going to be an issue when trying to board or will the airlines know whats up? Any advice or experience anyone can share would be much appreciated! I booked direct thru United and our names look exactly like yours on their website.:eek: And when I printed the itin it looks like Mark S Mr Smith.:eek::eek: Once you check in at the airline and have your boarding pass and ID to go thru security, all should be fine.:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Princess Patches Posted May 24, 2012 #3 Share Posted May 24, 2012 I would call the airline and see if you can get it corrected. The name on your ticket should exactly match the ID you present on check-in. If they do not match, you could have a problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericosmith Posted May 24, 2012 #4 Share Posted May 24, 2012 Shoot, I've never seen it any other way. Mine is always attached. Pay it no attention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
First Time 2008 Posted May 24, 2012 #5 Share Posted May 24, 2012 No big deal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilter n Cruiser Posted May 24, 2012 #6 Share Posted May 24, 2012 Shoot, I've never seen it any other way. Mine is always attached. Pay it no attention. Same thing for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PRWeezer Posted May 24, 2012 #7 Share Posted May 24, 2012 Agree it's not a big deal. Mine has printed with the first initial of my middle name attached to my first name, or the first few letters. I've never had a problem. This was all on the same airline. If the sequence were out of order (Scott Mark Smith) it might be worth calling about. But I wouldn't stress on a letter or two that look to be in the wrong place if they're in the right order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PennyAgain Posted May 24, 2012 #8 Share Posted May 24, 2012 When the airlines were required to add more details on names many names got pushed together with no spaces. Mine reads FirstNameMiddleName Space Maiden Initial and then a space and last name on American. Delta prints out my full Maiden name. Alaska puts my first name (no middle name) and Maiden name and last name. No problems at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ducklite Posted May 24, 2012 #9 Share Posted May 24, 2012 My legal name is First Middle Initial Maiden-Married My passport spells out my middle name. My license drops the hyphen. My plane tickets are all First MaidenMarried without the middle initial, middle name, or hyphen. I flew over 100K miles with 40 or so flight/TSA check-in's last year and not one of them had any problem with it. Same thing the year before and the year before that, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2ferfun Posted May 24, 2012 Author #10 Share Posted May 24, 2012 Thanks for all the good advice! Knowing that other people have had the same situation and not had any problems relieves my concern. Now I just have to stop trying to make the clock speed up!!!:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Pilot Posted May 27, 2012 #11 Share Posted May 27, 2012 No big deal. As long as your name is not misspelled. What happens is the system runs the name you have inputted but only has enough room for the first letter of your middle name. Saber is the computer systems most airlines use. Sent from my iPad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iancal Posted May 31, 2012 #12 Share Posted May 31, 2012 It happened to us on a United ticket-international flight. Called United. No issue whatsoever. They did not bother changing it. No one said a thing to us any leg of the trips. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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