Name on Passport vs. on booking

Friends of mine booked tickets with ryanair but forgot that on the
US-Passport of the wife, there is still only the maiden name. They had
some problems when coming here with nwa, but showing the marriage
certificate solved those problems.
Will ryanair accept the same combination of Passport, marriage
certificate and california state ID, or should they rather book new
tickets for her (as they are probably cheaper at this point than a 25
EUR name-change fee?
By the way anyone has the Ireland Call center number handy?

cheers, michael

Someone had a similar problem and posted about it to this group.
(Undoubtedly findable via Google)
His wife had to pay a huge walkup fare at the Ryanair desk (I think 169 GBP
by memory).
So - probably cheapest to book the name that matches the passport, rather
than end up in that situation.

Traveler

"Michael Thiele" wrote in message
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Friends of mine booked tickets with ryanair but forgot that on the
US-Passport of the wife, there is still only the maiden name. They had
some problems when coming here with nwa, but showing the marriage
certificate solved those problems.
Will ryanair accept the same combination of Passport, marriage
certificate and california state ID, or should they rather book new
tickets for her (as they are probably cheaper at this point than a 25
EUR name-change fee?
By the way anyone has the Ireland Call center number handy?

cheers, michael

Traveler schrieb:

Someone had a similar problem and posted about it to this group.
(Undoubtedly findable via Google)
His wife had to pay a huge walkup fare at the Ryanair desk (I think 169 GBP
by memory).
So - probably cheapest to book the name that matches the passport, rather
than end up in that situation.


thanks, will they accept any foreign a driver's licence (California) for
inner-UK flights?

"Michael Thiele" wrote in message
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Traveler schrieb:

Someone had a similar problem and posted about it to this group.
(Undoubtedly findable via Google)
His wife had to pay a huge walkup fare at the Ryanair desk (I think 169
GBP
by memory).
So - probably cheapest to book the name that matches the passport,
rather
than end up in that situation.


thanks, will they accept any foreign a driver's licence (California) for
inner-UK flights?

Taken from the Ryanair website:

"The only acceptable forms of photo-ID on Ryanair flights a
* A valid passport
* A valid National Identity Card issued by a European Economic Area (EEA)
country (Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece,
Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway,
Portugal, Spain, Sweden, UK (plus Switzerland). Please note that not all EEA
countries issue National Identity Cards.
* A valid driving licence with photo (is only acceptable on UK domestic
flights and UK-Republic of Ireland-UK routes only)

N.B. Children under 16 years (including infants) travelling with an adult
are required to have photo-ID when travelling on flights between European
Economic Area (EEA) countries (excluding UK domestic flights and UK-Republic
of Ireland-UK routes and German children under 10 using a valid Government
issued Kinderausweis travel document). Acceptable photo-ID for children
under 16 a a valid passport or inclusion on the passport of the parent
with whom they are travelling; or a valid National Identity Card issued by
an EEA country. Only children under 16 travelling with an adult on UK
domestic flights or UK-Republic of Ireland-UK routes may travel without
photo-ID.

Expired forms of photo-ID will not be accepted for any flight. Failure to
present valid photo-ID matching the names on your reservation will result in
your being refused check-in without refund."

Nigel.

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Hilary wrote:

Friends of mine booked tickets with ryanair but forgot that on the
US-Passport of the wife, there is still only the maiden name. They had
some problems when coming here with nwa, but showing the marriage
certificate solved those problems.
Will ryanair accept the same combination of Passport, marriage
certificate and california state ID, or should they rather book new
tickets for her (as they are probably cheaper at this point than a 25
EUR name-change fee?

This being Ryanair I'd say either get the passport changed (will probably
want to do this soon anyway) or rebook the ticket. She can always have
her passport amended to show an "also known as" name if she wants to keep
using her maiden name.

Hilary


if she wants to retain her maiden name, she need do nothing at all --
the appalling 'also known as' is no longer required

30 years ago the US government required a woman to use 'her married
name' on a passport -- and use AKA [as in alias Billie the Kidd like
some criminal or sleeze] if she wished to retain her maiden name -- not
true now

Jenn wrote:

if she wants to retain her maiden name, she need do nothing at all --
the appalling 'also known as' is no longer required

30 years ago the US government required a woman to use 'her married
name' on a passport -- and use AKA [as in alias Billie the Kidd like
some criminal or sleeze] if she wished to retain her maiden name -- not
true now

How would they know if she got married? There is no legal requirement in
any state to change your name after marriage.

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mtravelkay wrote:

Jenn wrote:

if she wants to retain her maiden name, she need do nothing at all --
the appalling 'also known as' is no longer required

30 years ago the US government required a woman to use 'her married
name' on a passport -- and use AKA [as in alias Billie the Kidd like
some criminal or sleeze] if she wished to retain her maiden name -- not
true now

How would they know if she got married? There is no legal requirement in
any state to change your name after marriage.



now there isn't -- that was not always true.

if they know -- and producing the name of the husband as a person to
notify in case of an accident was enough to trigger the requirement 30
years ago -- if they know, then it is required

Jenn wrote:


How would they know if she got married? There is no legal requirement in
any state to change your name after marriage.

now there isn't -- that was not always true.


I doubt it was true in 1974.

Hilary schrieb:
Friends of mine booked tickets with ryanair but forgot that on the
US-Passport of the wife, there is still only the maiden name. They had
some problems when coming here with nwa, but showing the marriage
certificate solved those problems.
Will ryanair accept the same combination of Passport, marriage
certificate and california state ID, or should they rather book new
tickets for her (as they are probably cheaper at this point than a 25
EUR name-change fee?

This being Ryanair I'd say either get the passport changed (will probably
want to do this soon anyway) or rebook the ticket. She can always have
her passport amended to show an "also known as" name if she wants to keep
using her maiden name.


if she wants to retain her maiden name, she need do nothing at all --
the appalling 'also known as' is no longer required


Some people use one name for business and the other socially, and the aka
prevents the sort of situation the OP asked about. As long as both names
are in the passport, it doesn't matter which one goes on the ticket. This
applies to maiden names, religious names, nicknames, whatever. You don't
have to be female and married to use it. I don't care about the politics
of it - this is just another option than some don't think about.

And Ryanair, like *most* airlines, require *something* in the passport to
match the ticket. Sure, some may accept a copy of the marriage
certificate but you can never guarantee it.

since they wanted to go to hamburg today anyway, they will stop by at
the US consulate and have them put in an amendment (form DS19 can be
found online and the consulate should be able to write sth on the last
page of the passport acc. to US passport services.
thanks for your help!!
michael

Friends of mine booked tickets with ryanair but forgot that on the
US-Passport of the wife, there is still only the maiden name. They had
some problems when coming here with nwa, but showing the marriage
certificate solved those problems.
Will ryanair accept the same combination of Passport, marriage
certificate and california state ID, or should they rather book new
tickets for her (as they are probably cheaper at this point than a 25
EUR name-change fee?
By the way anyone has the Ireland Call center number handy?


You can be sure of one thing. Ryanair will use any excuse to extort money
out of you at the gate so rebook now while you can still get a good fare. (I
think it is GBP25 per sector so GBP50 for a return)