TSA Secure Flight Program

This topic is one that is good to bring up again with the phasing in of the TSA Secure Flight program and regulations.

With all the changes, it is best to know what is being required when you purchase airline tickets. I recently had clients who purchased international tickets to Europe. He doesn't use the first name that is on his passport but, instead goes by his middle name. Unfortunately, he purchased the tickets under his middle name and thought he could just include his first name in the area that the airline asks for date of birth, etc. This was a costly mistake since the airline and the TSA would not allow him to just add his first name that way. The tickets had to be changed for a "small fee".

http://www.independenttraveler.com/resources/article.cfm?AID=1049&category=13