My wife and I recently took a trip which you booked for us, leaving Norfolk, Virginia on September 16, and arriving in Athens, Greece, the following morning. Two weeks later we returned to Norfolk on a flight from Athens, originating (originally) on September 30. That return flight was cancelled, and we were booked on another flight the next day to return us to the U.S., and ultimately Norfolk. That cancellation was just one element of the confusion on our return trip. Please refer to your (Orbitz.com) Itinerary Number [protected] and a United Confirmation Code of CP6TKH for those arrangements. You will see, when you pull up this flight information, that you booked the tickets in the names of BALLAS/NICHOLAS CHRIS (correctly), and BALLASBALLASBALLAS/MARION NON (hugely incorrect). Nobody could possibly believe that my wife’s surname was a triple utterance of the correct last name. It seemed to pose no problem on the flight over, but a huge disconnect with the return flight, as the customs and security people could not reconcile this stuttering tumble of the same surname with what appears on my wife’s passport. As a product of this typographical error on your part, we were caused considerable delay, and made to feel fools by the bureaucrats (how many can I name, beginning with United, the customs and immigration officials, and not the least of which, but most irritatingly, the TSA in Newark, NJ) who presumed, in the name of security, to treat us like common criminals. My wife is 71 and I am 72. We have traveled extensively in our 50 years of marriage, and never have we experienced such rough-handed behavior. There was nobody who could be reasoned with at the security gates, and we were made to get out of line, and have our ticket re-issued with my wife’s correct name. All because of an Orbitz.com typographical error. I want to believe that your service is better than that. Please comment on what you see as fair recompensation for the troubles we were put to.
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