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Flying, and the TSA
Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2018 8:41 pm
by GORDON
Catt, when you get home and settled I want to have a conversation about how if your plane ticket says FIRST NAME, MI, LAST NAME and your ID says FIRST, MIDDLE, LAST NAME, how they won't let you fly because the names don't match.
Then add the TSA pre-check into the mix.
I'm sort of paranoid since I haven't flown in so long and don't know if the stories are true.
Flying, and the TSA
Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2018 9:25 pm
by TheCatt
My tickets usuly say crap like
FISRTMIDDL LAST
Or
FIRSTMIDDLE LAST
But rarely ever say
FIRST MIDDLE LAST
But it's never been an issue
Flying, and the TSA
Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2018 9:27 pm
by GORDON
SOmeone told me it was an issue if your ticket is your middle initial, and your ID is your middle name.
Flying, and the TSA
Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2018 9:27 pm
by Troy
Never been an issue for me. Even in weird countries where they add your First and Middle name together. As long as the information is correct...
Flying, and the TSA
Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2018 9:42 pm
by GORDON
Not even through TSA precheck?
Flying, and the TSA
Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2018 11:24 pm
by TheCatt
Yeah. I've asked, in my experience, they don't care
Flying, and the TSA
Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2018 11:54 pm
by GORDON
Well that's one less thing to worry about.
Flying, and the TSA
Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2018 9:06 pm
by Leisher
Troy wrote: Never been an issue for me. Even in weird countries where they add your First and Middle name together. As long as the information is correct...
Ditto
Flying, and the TSA
Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2018 7:34 pm
by TheCatt
I just want to say that TSA precheck has been wonderful lately, especially the other day when we were flying with the kids.
Flying, and the TSA
Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2018 5:31 pm
by thibodeaux
SO you enrolled the whole fam in pre-check?
Flying, and the TSA
Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2018 6:08 pm
by TheCatt
thibodeaux wrote: SO you enrolled the whole fam in pre-check?
Nope.
One family member is in, everyone is in when flying together! (Actual results my vary) This does not apply to Global Entry, though. There you have to do it by person.
Flying, and the TSA
Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2018 6:46 pm
by GORDON
Everything was.cool...TSA was the easiest part of getting to the gate.
Flying, and the TSA
Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2018 7:37 pm
by thibodeaux
TheCatt wrote: thibodeaux wrote: SO you enrolled the whole fam in pre-check?
Nope.
One family member is in, everyone is in when flying together! (Actual results my vary) This does not apply to Global Entry, though. There you have to do it by person.
I did not know that! I will have to tell my travel agent.
Flying, and the TSA
Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2018 9:41 pm
by TheCatt
thibodeaux wrote: TheCatt wrote: thibodeaux wrote: SO you enrolled the whole fam in pre-check?
Nope.
One family member is in, everyone is in when flying together! (Actual results my vary) This does not apply to Global Entry, though. There you have to do it by person.
I did not know that! I will have to tell my travel agent.
Well, sadly, the official answer is
kids 12 and under with a parent who is precheck, but they included my wife when we all flew together.
Flying, and the TSA
Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2018 8:31 am
by thibodeaux
Aw. We have a teenager
Flying, and the TSA
Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2018 7:47 pm
by TheCatt
Slow fucking week in the travel lane. I thought there'd be extra traffic from holiday Monday. Exact opposite. No one in line at the TSA line this morning. Fastest time through security ever. Literally, no one. I gave them my boarding pass, then my bags, and was out.
Flying, and the TSA
Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2018 9:35 pm
by TheCatt
TSA, no line again on the way home.
But, my flight was oversold. They offered me and $800 Amazon gift card and I took it. Flying home tomorrow
Flying, and the TSA
Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2018 2:21 pm
by Leisher
TheCatt wrote: TSA, no line again on the way home.
But, my flight was oversold. They offered me and $800 Amazon gift card and I took it. Flying home tomorrow
I would have too.
Flying, and the TSA
Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2018 3:03 pm
by TheCatt
Leisher wrote: TheCatt wrote: TSA, no line again on the way home.
But, my flight was oversold. They offered me and $800 Amazon gift card and I took it. Flying home tomorrow
I would have too.
Right? I mean... I love my time... but $800 instead of a flight that would have gotten me home after midnight?
The only mistake I made is that I don't travel with toiletries when going to the Boston office (I have a set there to minimize crap in my bag). You can get a toothbrush at the hotel desk, but not contact solution. So I had to throw my contacts out (I have monthlies, so nbd), and wear glasses today.
Flying, and the TSA
Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2018 3:05 pm
by GORDON
Yeah we all knew you had monthlies.