Can I put my middle name on my passport but not on my ticket?
From a legal standpoint, the only rule in the U.S. is that the name on your booking must match the name on your passport, driver's license, or any other form of ID accepted by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA).
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Answer: As part of the TSA's Secure Flight Program, the names on airline tickets must match the name on passports. We recommend that you contact the airline you are traveling with to see if they can provide a solution for the name mismatch.
Please contact the airline you are flying with if they will allow boarding with the error. If they will not, you need to schedule an appointment to have the error corrected at a regional passport agency. In case you need an appointment, the number to call is 1-877-487-2778.
For security reasons, the first name and surname on your booking must match the names on your travel document(s). We do not require middle name or second/double-barrelled surnames for flights. For information on how to change a name on your booking, please visit our Name Change FAQs here.
If airline tickets could be transferred from one passenger to another, it would create a secondary market for tickets that would undermine the airline industry's entire business model, which is to discount advance-purchase fares bought by tourists and raise the price of a tickets typically bought by business travelers.
Name changes are allowed only for the entire trip, i.e., you cannot change the outbound or inbound flight only. The passenger name could be changed online up to 2 hours before the outbound flight's scheduled departure time.
If you do find your name is misspelled on your ticket, the easiest way to handle it is to bring the ticket to the attention of your airline. More often than not, they can easily change it for you. And depending on how your name is misspelled, a change might not even be necessary at all.
Middle names do not matter. The rule of thumb is that the name on the ticket has to match your name on your passport without regards to name order or capitalization.
No, we don't need your middle name(s) unless two people on the booking have identical first and last names. Please make sure all names are spelt exactly as they are on your passport.
Airline staff will need to check your passport either at the time of check-in or at your gate. To check in at a kiosk you will need one of the following: Confirmation number (usually sent via email if ticket is purchased online or through a travel agency)