spelled my name wrong
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Posted on: Wed, 04/06/2008 - 22:35
So I bought tickets from wizzair and after I confirmed it all I noticed that my name is spelled wrong. I put 2 i’s in my last name instead of 1. Is that going to be a problem? It will be spelled differently on my passport but it was bought with my credit card and bought at the same time as my boys tickets and their names are spelled correctly…will they take that into consideration?
Frankly, I don’t forsee a problem. My name is misspelt on a few occassions and showing my ID and passport, i had no issues.
Even as recently in 2007, i was flying in Zoom and they had misspelt my wife’s last name and we were never even questioned on it.
I am sure there will always be cases of a problem but that might be a very low percentage unless you are from the Middle East.
If you have the ability to get it fixed, I would do it. I recently got married and, not thinking, put my wife’s married name on a ticket for a flight to the Netherlands in March with her passport having her maiden name. We called the airline and they told us to bring our marriage certificate which was scrutinized each time.
That being said, your case is a bit different because it’s merely a spelling error. So, I wouldn’t be too concerned, but if you can change the ticket easily, do it for nothing else than peace of mind.
Eurotrip Editor
I’ve heard that up to 3 minor mistakes are OK. I have no idea if such rule exists and what counts as a mistake, but I’m sure 1 i versus 2 i ‘s aint going to be noticed.
In fact, thanks to the Russian government the last name in my passport is now spelled very differently from how it is spelled on US driver’s license, on all the credit cards, and on all FF cards. So when I fly internationally I usually have my name written on a ticket differently then in the passport, but it has never been a big issue.