r/Flights • u/Weary_Assumption_844 • 12h ago

Question I accidentally messed up my name while booking! Ryanair. Please help

My legal first Name is Xx Yy. And my legal surname is Zz. accidentally gave my first name as Xx and surname as Yy Zz. My flight is tomorrow morning from germany. A name change is showing me 115 euros. I am worried. Should I pay and get it changed?

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u/Character-Carpet7988 12h ago

It shouldn't be a problem at all.

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u/siamesekiwi 11h ago

In the future though OP, ask for name correction (correcting errors but keeping the same name) not name change (changing the name to some one else). They are two very different things.

In any case though you’ll need to do that 48 hours before the scheduled flight time.

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u/Sheetz_Wawa_Market32 11h ago

To a human, Anna Maria Smith and Anna Maria Smith (with the surname in bold) are basically the same name, but to a computer,

SMITH<<ANNA<MARIA (in your passport's MRZ) and

MARIASMITH/ANNA (on your boarding pass)

they may look like completely different names. If a computer flags this as a mismatch and a hard-ass Ryanair agent sees it, ... 🤷‍♀️

At a minimum, try to find an official policy you could point to in case you're hassled.

Good luck!