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Out of curiosity, why not just omit the apostrophe for airline reservations then? I understand wanting your full, real name in many circumstances, but who cares

Out of curiosity, why not just omit the apostrophe for airline reservations then? I understand wanting your full, real name in many circumstances, but who cares about what the boarding pass says as long as you get to fly? I doubt the people checking ID would care about the missing apostrophe.

jobigoud 7y ago
But ID checking is also done electronically at some checkpoints. If your ticket doesn't match your passport, your Visa, your Visa waiver, etc. you are going to be in trouble. That being said last time I went to the US the person booking the ticket swapped my first name and last name. Only the person at the baggage dropoff noticed it, and after much deliberation they suggested to leave it that way. I went through with no issues apart from not being able to register the mileage.
couchand 7y ago
Practically speaking, that makes sense. Philosophically, it's abhorrent. Blaming the user is bad behavior in general. Expecting a person to alter their name to confirm to a poor software implementation is just wrong.
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- ilammy 7y ago
  Well, people with names that are not written with Latin script are coerced into whatever Latin transliteration their government uses when issuing passports. Bonus points for altering the transliteration rules from time to time.
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adanto6840 7y ago
I often did do this when I used to fly more often domestically, but it tends to cause other issues -- the primary one being a "frequent-flyer/mileage account name mismatch" which means that I have to undertake some manual process to collect my miles. I've lost out on countless 'airline miles' as a result via forgetting to do the manual process within N days after the trip. Similarly, automated check-in kiosks are then usually unable to find the reservation via credit-card or passport scan -- meaning you're back to looking up the reservation code, and even that often fails, as if the apostrophe just flat-out causes issues with the query/lookup or something. It can be very frustrating, and I'm increasingly often impressed (and vocalize the same) when I spell my name and the agent enters it correctly AND the system flawlessly handles it, too! The DMV systems in my state are one such example where I used to have issues but, in recent years, the problem appears to have been wholly addressed/handled.
- raverbashing 7y ago
  Update your name in the mileage program to take the apostrophe out. They might be able to do it
reaperducer 7y ago
He shouldn't have to. He is a human being. Computers were made to serve us, not the other way around.

jobigoud 7y ago

But ID checking is also done electronically at some checkpoints. If your ticket doesn't match your passport, your Visa, your Visa waiver, etc. you are going to be in trouble. That being said last time I went to the US the person booking the ticket swapped my first name and last name. Only the person at the baggage dropoff noticed it, and after much deliberation they suggested to leave it that way. I went through with no issues apart from not being able to register the mileage.

couchand 7y ago

Practically speaking, that makes sense. Philosophically, it's abhorrent. Blaming the user is bad behavior in general. Expecting a person to alter their name to confirm to a poor software implementation is just wrong.

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ilammy 7y ago
Well, people with names that are not written with Latin script are coerced into whatever Latin transliteration their government uses when issuing passports. Bonus points for altering the transliteration rules from time to time.
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adanto6840 7y ago

I often did do this when I used to fly more often domestically, but it tends to cause other issues -- the primary one being a "frequent-flyer/mileage account name mismatch" which means that I have to undertake some manual process to collect my miles. I've lost out on countless 'airline miles' as a result via forgetting to do the manual process within N days after the trip. Similarly, automated check-in kiosks are then usually unable to find the reservation via credit-card or passport scan -- meaning you're back to looking up the reservation code, and even that often fails, as if the apostrophe just flat-out causes issues with the query/lookup or something. It can be very frustrating, and I'm increasingly often impressed (and vocalize the same) when I spell my name and the agent enters it correctly AND the system flawlessly handles it, too! The DMV systems in my state are one such example where I used to have issues but, in recent years, the problem appears to have been wholly addressed/handled.

raverbashing 7y ago
Update your name in the mileage program to take the apostrophe out. They might be able to do it

reaperducer 7y ago

He shouldn't have to. He is a human being. Computers were made to serve us, not the other way around.