No more name Change- 7 best ways to handle

Welcome back!! Hope you have made a note of all the key items that needs to be included in your family medical kit during Airline Travel.

Have you ever had an experience where in you have entered wrong name in the booking and the ticket got issued with incorrect name. Today, I would cover few scenarios of incorrect name entered in the Airline booking system and the procedures to rectify the same.

1. Ticket issued on the credit Card Holder: Its one of the common mistake where in while making the booking on-line the ticket gets issued under the name of the payee and not the traveller. Best is to call the Airline and get the changes at once. Few Airlines allow the name change free of charge in-case the call is made between the 72hours of the issuance of the ticket.
2. 2-3 Characters change in the name: Almost all the major Airlines allow 2-3 characters change in the last name. So in case your last name is Jackson and the ticket is issued under the name of Jokson then the Airline should allow the change up to 3 characters. Airline might charge you with some local service fee.
3. First name to last name: It does not matter if the ticket displays your last name as first and vice-a-verse on the ticket. There is no need to change the same.
4. Married name or Maiden name: Many of us still have our passport under maiden name however if the ticket is still issued with the married name then the simple way is just to call the Airline and ask them to change the name in the system. However if they are not willing to change it due policy then just carry your marriage certificate to the airport and show it to the duty manager or at the check-in desk. There should be no problem while travelling
5. No body swap Allowed: None of the airline allows the body swap i.e Jones/Nicolas can never be changed to Sam/Jack Mr.
6. Fare rules Restrictions: Few of the airlines have restricted fare rules that does not allow the name change at all not even 2-3 characters. In this case either put the ticket for refund or use the same value for future travel.
7. Title Change: At times the ticket gets issued under different title like Fox/Jane Ms incorrectly issued under the name of Fox/Jane Mr, There no need to panic, just let the Airline know.

Best way to handle the name change during Airline Travel is to create the booking carefully and re-check the spelling, last name, title before you press the "Enter" button on your keyboard.

Let me know in-case you have any further queries with regards to name change and Airline Travel.

Happy Journey!!