Small discrepancies between the name on a ticket and a passenger’s driver’s license or passport used to be shrugged off by airlines and airport screeners. But under the Transportation Security Administration’s Secure Flight program, the name on a ticket and on an ID must match exactly. If they don’t, you could be delayed or prevented from flying.
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One month earlier than planned, the Transportation Security Agency (TSA) has taken over the administration of the the Secure Flight program from the airlines. All passengers on flights “within or bound for the United States are now being checked against government watch lists.”
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For the past couple weeks, it’s been impossible for travel agents and many airline systems to issue tickets without at least a passenger’s gender and birthday. The system doesn’t require a middle name. In theory, the name is supposed to be added to the system if one exists.
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If airline passengers are feeling hassled by the never-ending stream of airline hidden fees that are driving up their travel costs for the holidays and planes that are more crowded than ever, they now have another boogieman, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) making holiday travel more of a hassle.
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The latest rule is the new part of TSA’s Secure Flight Program — It requires, no later than November 1, 2010, for all travelers to have their birth dates and legal names entered in the reservation. It sounds simple but may cost consumers a bundle.
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Paul Leyh, TSA Director Secure Flight Program, claimed that all U.S. airlines will be enrolled in Secure Flight within a month and that all foreign carriers will be working in the program by the end of 2010.
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It’s “Secure Flight.” And if you haven’t heard of it yet, you will. The question is just how much havoc this rule change wreaks while they fine tune it.
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The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced Tuesday that it has implemented the Secure Flight program. Developed by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the program “shifts pre-departure watch list matching responsibilities from individual aircraft operators to TSA and carries out a key recommendation of the 9/11 Commission.”
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