ID for TSA at airport: Problem with middle initial on ID and full middle name on ticket?

[Anonymous]

A foreign national household member will be getting a new ID before flying that will have a middle initial in the name, and not a full middle name. We have a domestic ticket for her using the full middle name.

This TSA article from 2009 says it should be the same -- ID and ticket, but that in the "near term" they are flexible on middle initials versus full names on IDs and tickets.

Can anyone tell me if this is a concern today?

[Anonymous]

Ask TSA on Twitter. Or get a name change done to the ticket. It's minor so they may do it without fee.

[Anonymous]

Bump.

[Anonymous]

This happened to my husband. He had no problem flying out of the US, but he did get a close questioning in Spain before the flight back. This was 3 years ago, so they could be more strict now. Can’t you just call the airline and have them change the middle name on the ticket?

[Anonymous]

Just allow extra time. If you can get through TSA without ID, and you can, you can do this.

[Anonymous]

It's never been a problem for me, but I have very unusual first and last names that may distract from the middle.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's never been a problem for me, but I have very unusual first and last names that may distract from the middle.

LOL. I'm not so lucky.

[Anonymous]

If you booked through a travel agent, they should be able to make a minor name change without a fee. I used American Express and they worked with Delta/Air France to get the change done for free. When I tried on my own, AF told me something utterly outrageous, hundreds of dollars, to add one letter to DH's first name.