catsilversword wrote:When did it change? Must be fairly recent!
The new 'secure flight' system was fully implemented from yesterday (1st November)
From
the TSA Secure Flight requires airlines to collect a passenger’s full name (as it appears on government-issued ID), date of birth, gender and Redress Number (if applicable). ...
For airlines, November 1, 2010, marks the end of the year-long grace period to clear out their systems of older reservations made before Secure Flight requirements took effect in October 2009. After November 1, 2010, Secure Flight will not conduct watch list matching or approve the issuance of a boarding pass by an airline if complete passenger data is not submitted.
Most of the data will be collected during the booking process so e.g. Expedia now asks for middle names (not noticeed that previously)