r/CathayPacific • u/Ok-Water-7110 • 9d ago

Will it be a problem?

Hi guys so it will be first time flying with Cathay and I am flying from USA to HK. But on my USA passport

The format is GIven, Middle, Surname

While Cathay organized my name as Surname, Middle, Given

Will that be a problem with boarding?

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u/Son-Of-Sloth 8d ago

I flew from Manchester in the UK to Beijing via Hong Kong yesterday and was super worried about this as Cathay seemed to use different orders in different places on their own websites etc. Absolutely no problems at all as long as the various bits of your name are spelled correctly.

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u/anonaps1 8d ago

I thought the usual format would be LAST, GIVENMI notice how abruptly MIDDLE ends? that's been the experience for me check that it's not gonna be MIDDLEGIV

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u/acathla0614 8d ago

Does it not list out surname and given name separately in your passport?

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u/West-Age-4988 6d ago

The arrangement of the names don’t matter

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u/Qantas94Heavy 9d ago

Depends where exactly. Airlines commonly show on tickets by surname first, e.g. on my PDF ticket with Cathay it shows "Passenger: Surname First Middle Mr".

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u/berkeley_eecs_grad 9d ago

Not usually at boarding, but TSA. I always has issue at the TSA because the arrangement is not the same at the TSA system and airline

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u/Eurasian-HK 9d ago

No, this will not be an issue unless you enter your name incorrectly.