Lack of middle name.

[Toothfairy]

I booked on Singapore Airlines for the first time and it asked for first and last names.
Once I got the tickets I couldn't add our middle names as per our passports.
When we check in they can enter our passport full names.
Is there a problem with having no middle name on our tickets?

 

[Hvr]

No problem at all.

It's a fairly frequent query here and virtually all of us have flown using tickets without a middle name.

Happy travelling.

 

[RooFlyer]

Welcome to posting on AFF @Toothfairy . As HVR said, it’s not a problem at all.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

I booked on Singapore Airlines for the first time and it asked for first and last names.
Once I got the tickets I couldn't add our middle names as per our passports.
When we check in they can enter our passport full names.
Is there a problem with having no middle name on our tickets?

Shouldn’t be an issue, as other have pointed out.

I wouldn’t confuse the check in process by asking them to add your middle name.

When your passport is scanned as part of checkin the details including your full name are uploaded directly from the passport and sent to relevant authorities in Australia and at your destination/transit. This means they will have your middle name.

Asking checkin to change the booking might lead to confusion, and not wanting to check you in until you have sorted it out with the airline. Trying to sort it out with the airline is likely to lead to hassle, and may involve them wanting to cancel your existing ticket and issue a new one… which can be pricey.

 

[dajop]

Yes, not a problem, only problem I've ever had with middle names is around getting frequent flyer program numbers to "stick".

For future reference for you or anyone else who stumbles across the thread, if you want to avoid this particular niggle, all you need to do is enter "First Middle" into the "First Name" field

 

[mrs.dr.ron]

Then there is a few of us, who were never given a middle name, and so on some forms and documents I am Mrs ..... no middle name ........ !!

 

[VKVS]

I booked on Singapore Airlines for the first time and it asked for first and last names.
Once I got the tickets I couldn't add our middle names as per our passports.
When we check in they can enter our passport full names.
Is there a problem with having no middle name on our tickets?

Hi @Toothfairy, Can you confirm if you had a problem? We are due to fly both Singapore Airlines and Scoot next week (international flights) and my partner made the booking without our middle names (because there wasn't a 'middle name' field). I always use middle names for intl flights by including it as a second name, as everything says must match the passport name exactly, so am a bit concerned. I also rang SIN and the customer service operator confirmed they use all names exactly as provided in the passport so my middle name 'should' be included in the booking. When I mentioned that online lots of people have no issue he had nothing to say, just reiterated their policy. Obviously it costs $$$$ to change the name. It seems like a massive waste of money when no one else seems to have a problem though!! :/ I would love to know how you went. TIA!

 

[straitman]

I ran into this problem recently with our Vietnam Visas. It asked for first name and last name/surname. Knowing how pedantic they can be I put in exactly what they asked for and they were rejected. They wanted names as per passports and anything else was not acceptable even though it's not what that actually asked for.

 

[yachty]

I ran into this problem recently with our Vietnam Visas. It asked for first name and last name/surname. Knowing how pedantic they can be I put in exactly what they asked for and they were rejected. They wanted names as per passports and anything else was not acceptable even though it's not what that actually asked for.

Visas are a different matter, they do need to match your passport exactly (even if the instructions are unclear haha).

I always use middle names for intl flights by including it as a second name, as everything says must match the passport name exactly, so am a bit concerned. I also rang SIN and the customer service operator confirmed they use all names exactly as provided in the passport so my middle name 'should' be included in the booking.

Not the OP, but contact centre staff will always parrot this back to you as it is the policy (for first and last names...). I've flown SQ and TR many, many (many many many) times over the years and never include my middle names in my bookings. Same for many other airlines around the world. As others have said, it's not an issue. Don't worry about it.

(I fully expect everyone to continue worrying about it, people who ask this question never seem satisfied by the assurance that it doesn't matter lol)

 

[straitman]

Visas are a different matter, they do need to match your passport exactly (even if the instructions are unclear haha).

I thought so also however Vietnam rejected them as they were not exactly as per the passport. I simply added our middle names and they were approved.

 

[aaa99]

Sorry to pull up an old thread...

I accidentally put my surname into both my middle name and last name fields while booking a SQ flight ticket using Velocity points. Will this cause trouble at check in?

 

[Cynicor]

Almost certainly. I’d be onto them to see if they can correct asap

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Almost certainly. I’d be onto them to see if they can correct asap

Oh, I was gonna say the complete opposite! It’s clearly a field population error, not the identity of the passenger.

Calling might require cancellation, and no award seats being available?

 

[aaa99]

Yep, velocity wants me to cancel and rebook paying $60 in cancellation fees

 

[Cynicor]

Oh, I was gonna say the complete opposite! It’s clearly a field population error, not the identity of the passenger.

Calling might require cancellation, and no award seats being available?

If it’s on the ticket, the name doesn’t match, I’m not sure how much the check in agent will be able to override.

 

[clifford]

If it’s on the ticket, the name doesn’t match, I’m not sure how much the check in agent will be able to override.

They all can, but it's whether they will or not. You should assume not.

For example my wife and her friend were travelling SYD-SIN on Scoot and her friend discovered that she had entered her maiden name instead of her current married name. So she asked the agent very nicely if they would change the name for the reason mentioned, and he was happy to oblige.

My wife thinks that this may have partly been because he thought they were a couple, and he may have been rather sympathetic.

My wife's friend then had to try the same thing a bit later with a Qantas check in agent, and the answer was a stern niet, so she was made to buy another ticket.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Yes, that’s that’s a name change rather than just an obvious duplication

They all can, but it's whether they will or not. You should assume not.

For example my wife and her friend were travelling SYD-SIN on Scoot and her friend discovered that she had entered her maiden name instead of her current married name. So she asked the agent very nicely if they would change the name for the reason mentioned, and he was happy to oblige.

My wife thinks that this may have partly been because he thought they were a couple, and he may have been rather sympathetic.

My wife's friend then had to try the same thing a bit later with a Qantas check in agent, and the answer was a stern niet, so she was made to buy another ticket.

Yes, but that’s a completely different name on the ticket. As opposed to a very obvious duplication.

 

[FlyHighAnte]

I've got a similar scenario that I've been given conflicting info on. Booked MEL>KL for June with Qantas points via Malaysian Air. The booking has neither mine or my wifes middle names, but first + last name is spot on.

Qantas advised they couldn't change it due to being a classic rewards booking, and that it might flag an issue with MAS. Called MAS, they told me as long as first + last names match, then it's all good. Also asked their online chat, and they told me the middle name has to be on the booking. Confused. Most info I've seen seems to tell me we'll be fine and that it's a non-issue.

 

[Cynicor]

You'll be fine.

 

[Ansett Nostalgic]

No problem at all.

It's a fairly frequent query here and virtually all of us have flown using tickets without a middle name.

Happy travelling.

Correct. The only time this has ever been raised with me has been by Vietnam Airlines, who let me fly but just told me to ensure I add all names to my ticket when booking on the next occasion.