Made a stupid mistake

Doco said:
Sorry its not the last letter - My surname ends in herty and i typed hrty
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You might be able to get away with this as E is next to R on the keyboard.

Take bank cards and driving licence and wing it, they will be on it as qwerty is universal. ;)
 
I would't worry about it and turn up at the airport anyway. Just get there early, surely they'll understand if it's just one letter off.

Just don't admit fault initially. "Oh, I just noticed, there's one letter missing in my name on my booking... :confused:". Hopefully they assume it was their system. If you admit fault, they might get funny, blame you and tell you to go away.
 
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I once travelled to the US and the airline had an error with my name - when I went through immigration I didn't come up on the advance passsenger system, so I got pulled to one side and questioned - it was all fine though, they did their checks, corrected it and sent me on my way

If I were you I'd just go and play dumb - provided your actual travel documents are correct it shouldn't be a problem - I also assume you've filled out the ESTA because that, and your passport will be what the US side will be most interested in
 
Yup, as above, in terms of getting in to the US, they won't care what your ticket says, as long as you have ESTA and passport you'll be fine.

The only issue I can see you potentially running in to is checking in, when they put your name from your passport (or scan it) into the PC to print the boarding pass. I honestly don't see how it's going to be an issue just being one letter out.

Maybe a better approach would be to get to the airport a couple of hours early (as in an extra 2 on top of when you're supposed to be there, so 4-5 hours before flying), find your airline and explain that you have noticed your name is slightly wrong on your booking and see if they can change it.
 
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I had a pain in the arse with this

My dad's middle name had two letters swapped, after calling them abotu 1000 times they still didn't change it

So we left it and they didn't say anything about it
 
chances are they will not care it is close enough
I recently had my first name and middle name together they did not care or even ask.

When checking in they seemed more interested in asking me questions about what I did for a living, how long it took me to get the airport and who my manger was I assume this is to see if it matches up with some info on there screen.
 
Emoji in the title what is this.

Also - it'll look really great at US security when they see you changed your name to match a ticket, I'm sure.
 
I think this sort of situation is absolutely ****ing ridiculous - THIS HAPPENS IN LIFE - why can't companies understand this and not be ****s about it - sure changing entire names is one thing, but a typo............I don't know why companies are so sodding ridiculous.
 
When I establish my reich I will be reading off names of people to pardon as they are lined up against the wall, I will get every name slightly wrong but the people will be pardoned anyway because it is obvious what was meant.

The people responsible for the "nuh-uh a typo'd name is a different passenger, pay an admin fee" policy will not have their names read out.
 
How pathetic in this stage in the 21st century that misspelling your name cam cause an issue.
When are we gonna start NFCing new borns and adding gps chips so we can be fully free to serve our overlords?
I'm sick of living like this
 
I've done this before too... Called Expedia and they did nothing. Called BA and they sorted it on the phone instantly.
I am phenomenally good at coming across humble and slightly stupid so YMMV...
 
Chances are they won't even notice. My ex did similar with her first name and on the way out nobody said anything and on the way back the girl (just before boarding the plane) that noticed it just laughed. That was the first time she realised what she did though, if she had spotted it before like you she would be panicking like you. :)
 
I literally did this exact same procedure myself last month. First some background info, I have a nickname, every single person (except my mother) calls me by my nickname and has done for 30 years. Its actually got to the point now where if you call out to me using my actual first name it doesnt even register with me.

I've booked loads of holidays on Expedia and have always booked them using my proper first name, anyway this time around , not sure if I was tired or just not thinking, I booked the flight using my nickname as my first name (my passport has my actual forename on it). I didnt realise the mistake until several weeks later when I was looking at my flight itinerary on expedia. I phoned them up, they contacted the airline and was told cant change the name. Expedia said all I could do was cancel the ticket, expedia would refund the ticket cost and I could rebook. So I cancelled, Expedia refunded the 700 quid for the ticket (even though it was a non-refundable ticket) and I rebooked a few days later.

Has been an important lesson though because its made me realise that its probably time to get my forename changed legally to my nickname to prevent accidents like that happening again
 
I left JFK last Saturday with no middle name on my boarding card, they either noticed and said nothing or didn't have a clue and I went on my way.
 
Just go... if anyone asks, just say there must have been an error in the booking system.

They'll only make a fuss if it's a totally different name - one character is not a problem. Take your drivers license too so that you have a second form of ID.

I've had something similar happen... they mis-spelled my surname (which is a regular occurrence) on a last minute work booking and no one at any of the airports batted an eyelid.

EDIT: Actually... they changed it as I was checking in and gave me a new boarding card on the way out.
 
I would brass my case but I am stunned by the intransigence (is that GD word) of the airlines, what the hell is the big deal?
 
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