Name change and travel

[jdaveh 58]

  My wife will be travelling back home to Ukraine for a visit with her mother and to take care of details after coming here. She would like to change her name while there on her Ukrainian passport. She will be flying home under her maiden name and coming back under our last name. How do I get the airlines to understand this. Getting lots of push back about not being able to change names on ticket. Their solution is to buy two one way tickets under each name. SOunds like a rip off scam when they put it like that. Anyone have any experience with this?

[Spmaria 11]

I booked my flights under my maiden name as it was in my valid travel passport and took the marriage license with me. Your wife will need that marriage license (certificate) with apostille to changed her documents in Ukraine anyway. Then i changed all my documents in Russia but I kept my old passport (they let you do that). So on the flight back I showed them my old passport to prove that the ticket was mine and showed them a new one as an ID. That's it. 

 

[jdaveh 58]

   Thank You )   It occurred to me as I was buying tickets and did not want to purchase without real life experience