i202 Fall 2009 School of Information, UC Berkeley

The  NY Times just ran an article about the federal initiative called Secure Flight - which requires the name on your ID needs to match your airplane ticket - and the problems that can arise when you use several versions of your own name.

I was aware of the initiave, but I didn't realize that you'll also have to provide your date of birth and your gender when you make a reservation! You think the security people are going to try and verify gender?

I've never had a problem with my name not matching my ticket - although I once flew to Michigan using someone else's ticket (I was 15 - they didn't ask for ID). Has anyone else dealt with this yet?

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/20/business/20road.html?ref=travel