From: annie (pinkfest@pinkmyst.com)
Date: Wed Jun 03 2009 - 10:48:37 CDT
Well, the obvious answer if you're concerned about this is to
book your Pinkfest air before any regulations you're concerned
about take effect. :)
I booked last week and was not asked anything else other than
what they usually ask for.
> In phase two, effective in mid-August, passengers will also be
> required to list their birthday and gender when booking.
IANAL, but the way I understand these regulations, they ALLOW
the airline to maintain an internal list of birthdates and/or
gender in order to compare more precisely against watch lists.
For example, if you are Edward "Ted" Kennedy and you want to
book air for Pinkfest, your birthday would show them that you
are not the Edward "Ted" Kennedy on the watch list.
> (I wonder what transgender travelers will be asked to do.)
Again, IANAL, but the way I understand things, the additional
information is to compare you with the persons on various
watch lists. I've always understood that if the ID matches
the ticket and the face matches the ID photo, that's all that
is required. I assume then that what they will look for is for
all written information to match, meaning what's in the
airline's records for the booking needs to match what's on the
ID.
It's been about 10 years now since the infamous "Sarah affair",
and I haven't heard in recent years of anyone who was denied
boarding because the dress and presentation did not match the
gender on the ID. As long as the photo on the ID and the face
match, that seems to do it.
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