passport name

When travelling with Air Canada your ticket MUST have your full name as shown on your passport.

The TSA Secure Flight Program says that, when buying airline tickets, you must provide your full name as it appears in your passport.

It may not appear on your ticket, but when you bought the ticket you should have been required to provide this information to the airline which will provide it seperately to the TSA.

This is the wrong place to ask that question. Check with the airline or the TSA or both.

It's moving toward having your ticket match your ID exactly. As far as I know they aren't requiring it yet, but check to make sure.

Hopefully the airline won't charge you if you need to change to your full name on the ticket.

Have a great trip!

TSA says a LOT. Actions... ehh...

The truth is that they don't have scanners at LOTS of the check in areas that can even scan your ticket and SEE if your name with the airline matches the ID.

However, call the airline, have them put your name on the reservation. Takes just a few minutes and will make the TSA happy if they check.

Not to mention, you CAN get on a plane in the US WITHOUT an ID. Yes, it will be a pain, but... LOL! Thousands Standing Around assuming terrorists only fly under KNOWN names :(

Just to clarify Carol's point. You cannot fly without some type/form of identification. Obviously a gov't issued, PICTURE ID is best. As long as you have other id -- credit cards, insurance cards, etc. you can fly. You will be subjected to a lot of hassle, nearly strip searched, etc. Some of the TSA "officers" will have a lot fun at your expense showing the power they have over you. But that is the price you pay if you lose your driver's license.

It also depends on your airline. Not all airlines are required, as of yet, to demand full names.

That said, TSA has recently hinted that they won't make that big a deal of middle names as long as the first and last match EXACTLY. So if your passport says PATRICE, your ticket can't say PATTY.

When I renew my passport later this year, I'm going to have them remove my middle name from it. It will make things easier. (I called and they said a middle name is not required on your passport and they could remove it with just a simple request.)

If you haven't already, you will soon have to supply date of birth and your sex.

Sadly, whether or not you pass muster will be up to the individual screener doing the checking. And that's the real scary part.

Frank, I hate to say this but....

You can fly without ANY photo ID! I did it when my purse was stolen in Los Angeles. You cannot fly internationally of course, but I got on my flight. My only ID was a business card LOL!

Now, they will search EVERYTHING you own to "prove" that you aren't a terrorist, but... I got home! So if you have to do this ARRIVE VERY EARLY!

I have seen it happen at other airports. It helps if someone is willing to vouch for you, but eventually the TSA will let you on the plane.

One of the reasons I use a TA for my tickets is name spelling problems.My agent spelled my wifes name wrong.I told her to change it to get it correct and she said they might charge.I informed her that was her problem.I gave her the correct names and spelling on paper so she made the mistake and corrected it.Why travel with a problem that might cause a problem when it can easily be corrected.

Carol - that may have been true in the past, but there are some new rules coming in that are going to make that much more difficult in the future.

In the past, the standard was "poof of identification". Technically, a passport wasn't even required, if you could prove who you are via some other means. Most airlines required it anyway - even if it wasn't 100% enforced.

It's getting more strict though. I've seen a mother and son whose Passports got stolen while on the plane have to sit in "cells" in the TSA office, and wait for 6 hours for her husband to get off work, check his messages and verify they are who they said they are.

Post 9/11. I wouldn't risk it.

Chris...were those people arriving on an international flight? If so, they were not in TSA's office...they were with U.S. immigration. That would have happened pre-9/11 or post-9/11.

Coming off of a domestic flight, you don't have to show ID. So no reason for TSA to hold you. In fact, TSA can't hold you anyway. They have no law enforcement powers. If they see something illegal, they have to call over a LEO. The only power they have is to deny you entry into the secure area.

According to the TSA, you can fly domestically without an ID. It's going to be a big hassle, TSA is going have to verify who you are, and if they can't, you don't get on the plane.

But they do no have cells nor can they "hold" you. At any point, you can stop their searching, say you don't want to fly and walk away. The only one who can then stop you is a LEO.

However, with their smurf blue uniforms, and their embroidered badges, they want you to think they're important and powerful. Sadly, lots of people fall for it.

Frank, "Coming off of a domestic flight, you don't have to show ID. So no reason for TSA to hold you." I think you pretty much answered your own question there, didn't you? Yes, I did use TSA instead of immigration. Good catch.

RE the TSA: Whether it's the TSA's BDO making a call to an LEO to hold you, or the LEO who they call who holds you, does it really make a practical difference to your travel day? And yes, they do hold folks in 'interview rooms' and cells.

Bottom line - just try to have your travel documents match up as much as possible and not lose them! =)

I agree with you....have good ID with you to make your time with TSA as painless as possible.

What I just wanted to point out was what TSA can and cannot do. So many travelers believe that TSA has more powers than it really has.

They have the right to search you and your belongings to make sure you are not carrying anything that would be detrimental to the flight. However, they don't have the right to ask you questions about your trip, where you are going, why you are going, how much money you have on you, or why you have money on you.

Agreed.