Wrong name on plane tickets

Soupy · 23 Aug 2010 at 15:26

Shouldn't be a problem, I always book as Jim even though my passport says James and I've been to Australia, USA and all over Europe many times without a hitch, in fact nobody has ever even questioned it !

CoxyBoy123 · 23 Aug 2010 at 15:26

I had a friend organise a holiday and cocked up,

put me down as Joe, on my passport is Joseph, easy jet didnt mind and changed this but he did it with another friend.
He put her's as Lottie instead of Charlotte, she had to pay £50

Combat squirrel · 23 Aug 2010 at 15:29

Change it, my normal name was on my ticket and my passport had my middle name on also they didnt let me fly (jet airwars), had to cough up £600 for another ticket.

reefoid · 23 Aug 2010 at 15:47

There was someone on Radio 4 a couple of weeks ago. Her ticket only had her initial on it, Easyjet wouldn't let her board until she paid £50 to change it. So she paid, and they gave her the exact same ticket back!!!

redeye_uk · 23 Aug 2010 at 16:24

My brother in law was refused his flight because his ticket said 'Chris' and his passport said 'Christopher'.

R.O.S.S.I · 23 Aug 2010 at 16:34

My friends flown all over the world using Tom instead of Thomas on his passport. No problems there.

In fact i'm pretty sure that when I went to Ibiza my tickets said Dan instead of Daniel.

redeye_uk · 23 Aug 2010 at 16:35

I would have thought its common sense when booking something like a plane ticket to use your full name?