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4 of us are booked to Munich in September but one might not be able to go. Is a name change possible and how do I do it and is there a fee.
Have the new passenger fill out the form here: https://www.ukdeedpolloffice.org/adult-deed-poll/
Not possible to change names (unless it’s due to something like marriage, divorce or adoption)
I can’t beat @titaniumostrich’s suggestion, but if it’s an avios booking I think BA can take passengers off a booking and refund the avios (plus any remaining cash after the £35 change fee is charged).
Except there is the cost of a new passport in the new name and then reissuing it again when they revert back to their “old” name.
And yes if it’s avios the PNR can be split and then cancelled.
Though that can happen with cash flights too but the refund will be a very limited amount.
Have the new passenger fill out the form here: https://www.ukdeedpolloffice.org/adult-deed-poll/
Scam website charging you for something you can do yourself at no cost.
Have the new passenger fill out the form here: https://www.ukdeedpolloffice.org/adult-deed-poll/
Scam website, charging you £25 to do something you can do yourself for free.
“The UK Deed Poll Office is not a government agency. Our function is purely as a document provider for the self-declaration of an unenrolled deed poll.”
https://www.gov.uk/change-name-deed-poll/make-an-adult-deed-poll
I don’t think it was a serious suggestion …
I don’t think it was a serious suggestion …
I do apologize for the jest (slow day at work, mainly self inflicted). OP asked if there was a fee, so I had to find a one-man-band that charged one ;p.
But now that some are taking it seriously: say it was an intercontinental cash fare in J. Say SAS to Toronto from Oslo currently running a nice little sale at £1275. And one of our friends decides they have something better to do.
Approximately £150 for a deed poll & passport, twice to change it all back. Find someone to take their place (apply the right kind of pressure). Wouldn’t that just be the greatest story to tell afterwards?
You could actually just keep the 2 identities, there’s no law against it in this country unless you use one of them to do something illegal. You might not be allowed to have 2 UK passports in different names, however, I don’t know how they look at that!
You might not be allowed to have 2 UK passports in different names
I think James Bond and Jason Bourne manage to do that though that’s just in the movies.
Seriously though, I think that OP was actually asking if you can change a ticket to substitute one person with with another rather than lose the ticket issued in the name of the passenger who may not be able to travel.
Unfortunately the answer to that question is negative, no it can’t be done.
You could actually just keep the 2 identities, there’s no law against it in this country unless you use one of them to do something illegal. You might not be allowed to have 2 UK passports in different names, however, I don’t know how they look at that!
If HMPO even thinks you have a passport from another country in a different name, they will refuse to issue a new UK passport until you change the name in the other passport, prove you don’t have the other passport and can’t get it back, or satisfy them with an explanation of why the name can’t be changed and why you can’t change your UK name to match the other passport.
That wouldn’t be 2 UK passports though. But plenty of people do have passports from different countries with different names, due to the naming conventions or alphabets of the other country.
That wouldn’t be 2 UK passports though. But plenty of people do have passports from different countries with different names, due to the naming conventions or alphabets of the other country.
Yes, my mother has dual nationality by birth. In one passport she’s known by her maiden name only and in the other with both names and a hyphen. Never had a problem with this. Although they are both “Western European” countries, so I guess there is some kind of inter-agency data sharing system in place?
And indeed, as you stated in some countries a musical chairs of maiden names takes place, such as in Spain.
But there is a huge difference between people having two passports for example because of dual nationality or business reasons and someone getting one to essentially conduct fraud against an airline.
A deed poll isn’t something to do on a whim and HMPO guidance is you need to provide evidence that you are actually using the new name. You also need to surrender your old passport so it can be cancelled.
And changing your name and then changing it back again in a short space of time is likely to generate some red flags. HMPO isn’t some isolated arm of the Home Office it is plugged into the police, Border Force and the security services some of which will have letters and numbers we have even heard of.
That wouldn’t be 2 UK passports though. But plenty of people do have passports from different countries with different names, due to the naming conventions or alphabets of the other country.
What I was trying to say is if HMPO doesn’t even allow UK passports to be issued in a different name to another country’s passport, why would they be prepared to issue 2 UK passports in different names unless it was requested on government business.
In my first post I did flag this as a reason why it probably wouldn’t be feasible to have 2 U.K. passports in different names, I’m not arguing with you.
But I, like @titaniumostrich’s mum, have 2 passports in technically different names due to the conventions of the individual countries. Both are aware of the other passport, and neither has raised any objection.
You don’t actually need to use deed poll to change your name though, at least in this country. You can be known as whatever you like, as in when women use both their maiden and married names in different arenas.
You can indeed be known by any name but that doesn’t mean you can have a passport in both of them.
And yes especially women can be known by their maiden name in some spheres and their married in others – especially if they have made a name for themselves in their profession before getting married. But again you won’t be able to get official documents in both names.
We could put all these theories to the test. But only if they throw in lifetime Platinum Hawk status (and written confirmation they won’t change the T&C’s on us).
Interesting, however I spend all my money on travel (and books) so I doubt I’d meet the criteria!
Thank you for holding back, let’s not.
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