The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has implemented the Secure Flight program. Under Secure Flight, airlines gather a passenger's full name, date of birth and gender when making an airline reservation to determine if the passenger is a match to the No Fly or Selectee lists. By providing the additional elements of gender and date of birth, Secure Flight will more effectively help prevent misidentification of passengers who have names similar to individuals on the watch list.
For domestic flights, Secure Flight requires airlines to collect full name as of May 15, 2009, and date of birth and gender as of August 15, 2009. For international flights, full name, date of birth and gender must be collected as of October 31, 2009.
TSA has built some flexibility into the processes regarding passenger name accuracy for tickets purchased before May 15, 2009. For the near future, small differences between the passenger's ID and the passenger's reservation information — such as the use of a middle initial instead of a full middle name or no middle name/initial at all — should not cause a problem for the passenger.
Secure Flight does not require that the names on all of your IDs be identical. (I.E. Driver's license has only middle initial, but passport has full name.) Passengers should ensure, however, that the name used when making a reservation matches the ID that will be used when you check in.
If the name differs on your Midwest Miles account and the ID used on your tickets, please contact Midwest to update your account information.
Redress Number
The Department of Homeland Security’s Travel Redress Inquiry Program (DHS TRIP) is a single point of contact for individuals who have inquiries or seek resolution regarding difficulties they experienced during their travel screening at transportation hubs--like airports and train stations--or crossing U.S. borders, including:
- denied or delayed airline boarding
- denied or delayed entry into and exit from the U.S. at a port of entry or border checkpoint
- continuously referred to additional (secondary) screening
If you have applied for redress through DHS, a unique Redress Number will be assigned to you. For more information on the Redress process, go to
www.dhs.gov/trip.
Known Traveler
A known traveler number is a unique number assigned to "known travelers" for whom the DHS has already conducted a threat assessment and has determined do not pose a security threat.