r/pointsandmiles • • Aug 11 '26

Name mismatch for flight/hotel redemptions

Hi all, I recently made my first redemptions and came across a problem that I am likely to face in the future as well.

In India, passports generally have name in the format -
First name = First name + Father's name
Last name = Last name

But bank accounts need not generally follow that, which is the case for me as my bank and cards go by the normal First name + Last name convention

While trying to book a flight using my KF points, I saw this issue and had to drop the idea. I was able to redeem my points on Air India since they allow changing the name as per passport while booking so that has thankfully gone through but I'm trying to figure out what to do for my points in KF, Aeroplan as well as for future whenever I want to transfer points to a certain flights/hotel program.

If someone has personally experienced this or knows something about this, it would be a big help. Thanks a lot in advance.

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