I did a very silly thing. When I booked my plane tixs from US to Vietnam, I forgot to add my husband’s middle name in the tix. The passport has his middle name but the tix doesn’t. I tried calling to add his middle name but the airline is requesting me to cancel and re- purchase the tixs again – I declined bc that would be sooo expensive. We are supposed to be leaving in a wk! So my question is, would my husband have trouble getting to the flight. Everything is correct but just not his middle name. I already feel dumb for my mistake so plz be kind 🙏
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This is what I know. If flying own country’s flight, usually without middle name is ok. But if fly other countries’s flight middle name is needed.
It is a problem , we did the same and every time we had togo to service counter to fix that, and we paid too. Extra everytine
I never add middle names to any of my flight tickets, despite middle names being on passports. As long as First name & Last name are correct & match passport + ticket it shouldn’t be an issue
Travel Consultant here, No it’s not mandatory to have your middle name on air tickets even if it’s on your passport
Some airlines charge a small fee for name correction since they have to reissue the ticket.
It’s not IATA rules but I had issue with internal flight in Vietnam
I’m leaving this week so will find out soon. The whole family don’t have middle name added.
Most airlines don’t care about a middle name but on the visa it matters. When I checked into my flights it gave an error because the visa didn’t match my boarding pass name but when I got to the airport everything was fine. Like others said just make sure your passport and visa match exactly.
You can probably change it at the airport.My girlfriend had to do that.They had her name backwards.
I did the same thing on a ticket purchased on an app..I received the same answer as you ….absolutely no changes to name on ticket. I went to the airline counter( not check in )at the airport and they corrected it for me for $20…Good luck!!