Last week I posted on a Swedish woman currently doing battle with a UK-based travel agency who screwed-up her name on her plane tickets.
While this case does not appear to be the woman’s fault, travel columnist and blogger Christopher Elliott says that plenty of travelers make the mistake of putting the wrong name on their ticket booking, or at least a name that does not match what is on their passport – like if I book a flight for Jeff White, despite my passport saying ‘Jeffrey’.
That mistake tops his list of the five most common ticket errors travelers make. The others:
- Booking on the wrong airline
- Reversing departure point and destination
- Getting the dates of travel wrong
- Choosing a ticket that is too restrictive
As always, Elliott provides practical advice about how to avoid these simple mistakes, which turn out to be anything but simple to fix after you’ve made them.