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I just received a response from TSA. In short, I should be fine as long as I arrive early and can provide at least two supporting documents; birth certificate, SS Card, Credit card, bank statement ect.
Good! I would think your City of Austin employee ID with picture should help. Glad to know that you won't have to suffer because of DMV slowness.
I would just show them my DL, say nothing, and hope they won't notice. Most people would scan "Andrw" as "Andrew".
If TSA balks, show them other evidence of who you are even though they may not have pics: Andrew's CC, Andrew's work ID, Andrew's SS card, etc.
best thing to do. If noticed just tell them, a new one is coming.
I would still go back to the DMV and have them correct it on the spot. I know in some states they mail your license instead of giving you one on the spot like other states, but here they at least give you a temporary license in the meantime. Do they do that there? They must have to give you something showing it's applied for. I would go deal with the DMV instead of the TSA.
Last edited by CGab; 11-17-2016 at 08:46 PM..
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So should I not even show them my ID and claim I forgot it?
From the TSA website;
"Forgot Your ID?
In the event you arrive at the airport without valid identification, because it is lost or at home, you may still be allowed to fly. The TSA officer may ask you to complete a form to include your name and current address, and may ask additional questions to confirm your identity. If your identity is confirmed, you will be allowed to enter the screening checkpoint. You may be subject to additional screening.
You will not be allowed to fly if your identity cannot be confirmed, you chose to not provide proper identification or you decline to cooperate with the identity verification process.
TSA recommends you to arrive at least two hours in advance of your flight time to allow ample time for security screening and boarding the aircraft."
What a lot of people don't know is that once you have a boarding pass, your information has already cleared TSA, and the computers probably normalize your name even if it was slightly misspelled. TSA's agents know this. This is why you can get a boarding pass that shows TSA Pre without ever having enrolled. And because of differences in the way that your boarding pass is printed by the airlines, there can already be small differences from your ID (missing initial, etc.). Very small differences should not affect travel.
For example, until recently--possibly still today--some airlines (AA, WN, probably others) printed hyphenated last names differently. If your name was Andrew Smith-Williams, the name would come out either SMITHWILLIAMS or SMITH WILLIAMS, depending on airline. DL and US--maybe others--used to have a system where your first name and middle initial would print as FIRSTM. So if your name was Andrew L Smith-Williams, you could end up with a boarding pass that looked like ANDREWL SMITHWILLIAMS. Obviously this would not match your ID, right? I was never questioned about this discrepancy in a million miles.
That's why I say, call the airline and try to change the name if they will do it for nothing. If not, Just go to the airport early, give TSA your ID that shows your recent picture and has your name spelled with one less letter that they won't notice, and you will probably be through in minutes. Even if the TSA agent does notice, which is unlikely, they may ignore it anyway based on your photo and appearance.
I would still go back to the DMV and have them correct it on the spot. I know in some states they mail your license instead of giving you one on the spot like other states, but here they at least give you a temporary license in the meantime. Do they do that there? They must have to give you something showing it's applied for. I would go deal with the DMV instead of the TSA.
They give you a paper license but I don't know how useful that would be
Go to Texas DMV and just ask a person can you help me. Show them you tried to handle this but you are running out of time. Someone can heap the issue is getting them to help. Ask for a supervisor and at some point ask then if they were you what would they do?
Just act humble and in need. Can you help me works with the right people. If they say no thank them profusely and say you know they did there best. If anything can be done they will try.
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