Is PNR private?

PNR data may also be shared with government agencies. Within the United States, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) retains PNR data. Each time a traveller books an itinerary, a PNR is created in the carrier's computer reservation system (CRS).



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CBP will keep PNR data secure and confidential, consistent with applicable U.S. law. Careful safeguards, including appropriate data security and access controls, will ensure that the PNR data is not used or accessed improperly.

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CBP and DHS officials responsible for identifying illicit travel and preventing and detecting terrorism and certain transnational crimes will have access to PNR data derived from flights to, from, or through the United States.

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U.S. law requires air carriers operating flights to, from, or through the United States to provide the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), with certain passenger reservation information, called Passenger Name Record (PNR) data.

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The PNR number may be found in your ticket itself. If more than one ticket is booked at the same time, they will all have the same PNR number. This number corresponds to bookings, not individual passengers.

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In accordance with the underlying statutory framework (49 USC Chapter 441) and as described in the applicable SORN, the information maintained in the aircraft record is available to the public upon request.

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Travel status of passenger (including confirmations and check-in status). Ticketing information, including ticket number, one way tickets and Automated Ticket Fare Quote (ATFQ) fields. Baggage information. Seat information, including seat number.

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And because we live in a time of codesharing agreements between different airlines, it's possible to use a PNR to log into five or more airline websites—at which point criminals usually carry out an attack with relative ease and gain access to additional personal information or fraudulently obtain flights for free.

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“Many airlines use only the data on the boarding pass, specifically the confirmation code and last name to allow full access to your online account. These can be abused to access your personal data that is stored by the airline.”

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Ghost Bookings means a Booking that is created in the Amadeus System for information purposes, stored in the PNR but it is never sent to the Provider. Ghost Bookings can be used for pricing only, not for ticketing.

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A PNR (passenger name record) is a unique identifier used by airlines to keep track of a passenger's itinerary, while a booking reference number (also known as a flight confirmation number, e-ticket number, or ticket number) is a unique identifier used by airlines to identify a specific ticket or booking.

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In accordance with the underlying statutory framework (49 USC Chapter 441) and as described in the applicable SORN, the information maintained in the aircraft record is available to the public upon request.

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You can find your PNR on your e-ticket in the relevant segment of your itinerary. Each part of your trip and each passenger can have a different PNR.

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It depends on your booking. If your booking is for the roundtrip in the same airline (in single booking), then your PNR will be the same for both outbound and inbound flights. If you book your trip with different airlines then you will have 2 different PNRs for each airline.

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If you have a PNR with multiple passengers and you need to rebook a separate itinerary for one or more of them, you can split the PNR. When you split a PNR: A separate PNR with the new information is created and is tagged as an ASSOCIATE PNR . The original PNR is tagged as a PARENT PNR .

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