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Traveler Charged Extra Booking Fee for Having a Long Last Name

posted by mrpg on Saturday May 12 2018, @01:32AM   
from the sorry-surnames-must-have-between-8-and-10-letters dept.

realDonaldTrump writes:

"A Thai Airways passenger said he was charged a $94 fee at the airport for a name change because the online booking system would not let him type his full name.

The passenger, whose name was not shared, said when he went to purchase his ticket on the Thai Airways website, his full last name would not fit in the name field. The name field only allows 25 characters for surname. The passenger tried shortening his name on the website and was finally able to buy tickets for himself and his family, the Bangkok Post reported."

Traveler charged extra booking fee for having a long last name

I think that computers have complicated lives very greatly.

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Original Submission

• Obvious Question. Obvious Question. (Score: 3, Insightful) by Kilo110 on Saturday May 12 2018, @01:41AM (8 children)

  by Kilo110 (2853) on Saturday May 12 2018, @01:41AM (#678652)

  So what was his name?

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• Re:Obvious Question. Re:Obvious Question. (Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 12 2018, @01:59AM (2 children)

  by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 12 2018, @01:59AM (#678656)

  His name is MOHAMMED ALLAHLALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALA.

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  • Re:Obvious Question. Re:Obvious Question. (Score: 1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 12 2018, @02:21AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 12 2018, @02:21AM (#678667)

    Does mommy know you're on your phone past your bed time?

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    • Re:Obvious Question. (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 12 2018, @03:07AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 12 2018, @03:07AM (#678682)

      I'm watching mother-son incest porn right now.

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• Like one of these, maybe.. (Score: 2) by MostCynical on Saturday May 12 2018, @07:33AM

  by MostCynical (2589) on Saturday May 12 2018, @07:33AM (#678741) Journal

  https://groups.google.com/forum/?nomobile=true#!topic/rec.sport.cricket/JzrGskN2X1I [google.com]

  Where they came from:
  https://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DvyYGPYZoixA [youtube.com]

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• Re:Obvious Question. Re:Obvious Question. (Score: 2) by driverless on Saturday May 12 2018, @08:08AM (1 child)

  by driverless (4770) on Saturday May 12 2018, @08:08AM (#678748)

  So what was his name?

  บินการบินไทยจองตั๋วแล้วพนักงานตอนเช็คอินบอกให้ต้องแก้ไขชื่อใหม่ต้องเสียค่าธรรมเนียมได้แจ้งไปว่าระบบจองทางคอมมันบอกว่าชื่อยาวไปให้ลดตัวอักษรลง.

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  • Re:Obvious Question. (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 14 2018, @06:40AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 14 2018, @06:40AM (#679447)

    Is this a joke?

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• Re:Obvious Question. (Score: 2) by Megahard on Saturday May 12 2018, @03:25PM

  by Megahard (4782) on Saturday May 12 2018, @03:25PM (#678849)

  Johann Gambolputty de von Ausfern- schplenden- schlitter- crasscrenbon- fried- digger- dingle- dangle- dongle- dungle- burstein- von- knacker- thrasher- apple- banger- horowitz- ticolensic- grander- knotty- spelltinkle- grandlich- grumblemeyer- spelterwasser- kurstlich- himbleeisen- bahnwagen- gutenabend- bitte- ein- nürnburger- bratwustle- gerspurten- mitz- weimache- luber- hundsfut- gumberaber- shönedanker- kalbsfleisch- mittler- aucher von Hautkopft of Ulm

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• Re:Obvious Question. (Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 13 2018, @02:09PM

  by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 13 2018, @02:09PM (#679185)

  The passenger, whose name was not shared

  Because of its length?

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