How should I place my passport names in ANA’s fields when making a new international booking?

Use the field labels on the travel document, not assumptions about which of your names people normally call a middle name. ANA provides different entry instructions depending on whether the passport actually has a separate middle-name field. Resolve an unusual format before paying.

What this answer depends on

  • ANA new international reservation name entry; no issued-ticket correction or immigration determination.
  • When the passport has no middle-name field, ANA places those names in the First (Given) name field; the Middle name field is used when the passport separately labels it.
  • Titles are not entered as first or last names, and ANA directs travelers to omit names shown in parentheses in its specified examples.
  • ANA asks travelers to contact it when either the first or last name is absent or when their case does not fit its examples.
  • Two passengers can both describe themselves as having a middle name while their passports label the names differently. Their reservation fields therefore need not be populated the same way. The document’s structure is more useful than a general rule such as “always put the second name in Middle.”
  • These are ANA’s published input instructions. An agency may use a different form, so give it the passport’s field structure and ask how that will appear in the reservation. Do not assume that identically named input boxes in two systems use identical formatting.

Important exceptions

  • ANA’s examples allow different treatments of spaces in different contexts; this article does not impose a universal punctuation rule. It also does not assess immigration eligibility or explain how to correct an already issued ticket. Consult the full examples for suffixes, transliteration and long names.

What to do next

  1. Open the travel document you intend to use and identify the surname, given-name and any separately labeled middle-name fields. Do not begin from a nickname or an old account profile.

  2. Match those document fields to ANA’s published examples. Treat a title, parenthesized name and ordinary given name as different cases.

  3. Review every traveler’s entry before payment. When the website cannot represent the documented name, pause rather than inventing a placeholder to get through checkout.

  4. Ask ANA how to enter an unsupported format, then retain the entry instructions and purchase confirmation. This avoids turning a preventable input question into a later ticket-correction issue.

  5. Have the document’s name fields and the new-booking form available. Share sensitive document details only through the airline’s or authorized seller’s appropriate secure channel, not in a public discussion.

  6. Assistance is appropriate before purchase for a single-name passport, an unsupported character or a name that cannot fit the form. Explain the exact field problem instead of shortening the name on your own.

More booking questions

Should I use the Middle name box whenever I have more than one given name?

Not automatically. ANA ties that box to a separate middle-name field on the passport.

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Does this tell me how to change a name after ticketing?

No. This guide is limited to entering the correct passenger data before the first purchase.

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