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[scubaski]

Hi All, I often buy my air well in advance, if you do the same you may be interested in the NEW TSA and HOMELAND SECURITY 72 hour rule for travel after NOV 1, 2010. If you bought air a couple months ago for travel after Nov 1 you need to update your travel documents page BEFORE 72 HOURS of your flight departure. See the American Airline link below for more details.



http://www.aa.com/i1...le=secureflight

[Landlocked Dive Nut]

The good news is that if you're booking through Orbitz, they are already asking for this info when booking your flight. I booked my flight for the March 2011 Bonaire trip recently and had to answer those questions. I don't know if other flight services are doing the same.

TSA FAQ's on this subject state that small differences between your boarding pass and your official ID (driver license or passport) - particularly when it comes to middle name vs middle initial vs nothing at all - should not hinder your boarding process. Guess that remains to be seen....

[secretsea18]

As that is only for American Airlines (the walk all the way across Texas airline ), here is the link to the TSA Secure Flight site for more general information about this "new enhancement" to improve "security" on our flights.

TSA Secure Flight website link.

[georoc01]

The good news is that if you're booking through Orbitz, they are already asking for this info when booking your flight. I booked my flight for the March 2011 Bonaire trip recently and had to answer those questions. I don't know if other flight services are doing the same.

TSA FAQ's on this subject state that small differences between your boarding pass and your official ID (driver license or passport) - particularly when it comes to middle name vs middle initial vs nothing at all - should not hinder your boarding process. Guess that remains to be seen....

Yeah, most sites do ask for it, but don't require it at booking. I expect that email reminders will be sent too. No airline wants to have to start losing customers because of this.

[WreckWench]

Hey Robin thank you for the info...but the link is now broken.

[scubaski]

Not sure what Robin linked, but here's the TSA Secure Flight program link:

http://www.tsa.gov/w...rs/secureflight

The 72 HOUR Rule is part of the program, finding the details require downloading about a 15 page PDF file. The AA link is a shorter version of info. I think the sentance to be proactive of is "To travel November 1, 2010, or later regardless of purchase date". So if you bought a ticket lets say in Jan. and show Thanksgiving day for a trip to offshore you may have a bumpy check in process with out 1st updating your frequent flyer account .

Edited by scubaski, 22 August 2010 - 01:34 PM.

[JimG]

Delta asked for this info when I booked my flight for DEMA in November, and would not let me complete the purchase until I provided it. Only problem is that I am Jim Jr, and of course there was no place to enter that info on the web form. I am going to be pissed if my boarding is delayed because my ID does not exactly match my boarding pass.

-JimG

[secretsea18]

As that is only for American Airlines (the walk all the way across Texas airline ), here is the link to the TSA Secure Flight site for more general information about this "new enhancement" to improve "security" on our flights.


Link: Secure Flight

Edited, but the system will not let me edit my own post?!

[scubaski]

Robin, Your link is now working!