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

"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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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 12 2018, @08:35AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 12 2018, @08:35AM (#678755)

    Chinese regularly have two words for their first name. Spelt with a space between. "Loud gazer" for example.

  • (Score: 1) by Ethanol-fueled on Saturday May 12 2018, @10:28AM

    by Ethanol-fueled (2792) on Saturday May 12 2018, @10:28AM (#678768) Homepage

    Mexicans often have two words for their last name. For example, "Miguel Martinez-Gonzalez."