Let's start with the beginning.
It's all about safety.
To ensure that the person who arrives for boarding is indeed the expected passenger, the tickets are nominative.
That is to say that on the day of departure, the airline (but also the customs services) will compare the surname and first name mentioned on the traveler's ticket to their identity document or passport.
If they do not match, then boarding may be denied.
Case-by-case review.
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Let's take the example of the typing error again: a typo has slipped into the spelling of your surname or your first name.
What to do ?
Contact your airline's point of sale or customer service as soon as possible.
A priori, if you report them within 24 to 48 hours after the purchase, the correction should be free.
Sometimes, it even remains so until boarding, like
Air France
and
EasyJet
, which offer this modification on their site and on their respective applications.
At
Transavia
, it is also possible to make one free change per passenger (surname, first name or date of birth).
On the other hand, if you want to make more than one change (if several typos have slipped into your information for example), if you want to resell your ticket or change your travel companion, this is where things get complicated. .
What if there is a change of travel companion?
The addition may prove to be salty.
At EasyJet, each change will be charged €59.
At Transavia and at
Vueling
, it will take €50 per change plus the difference between the price of the original ticket and its price on the day of the changes.
At Air France and Air Caraïbes, it will be necessary to cancel the ticket outright to buy a new one at full price (the price of the flight having often increased in the meantime).
Unless, by chance, your ticket was cancelled.
In this case, you can just pay the difference between the two tickets.
In short, a real expensive headache that encourages us to be careful not to make any mistakes when booking.
WHAT ABOUT CHANGE OF CIVIL STATUS?
It's simple, when making your reservation, only use the name indicated on your identity document.
They are the ones who will be checked.
The ideal is to update your documents before the trip.
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