Yep. My airline tickets have a space instead of a hyphen, because reasons. Okay, hmm.
Then I’m on the train, and it had free WiFi. Oh cool. You need to register. Okay. Name, phone number, email address. Cool. Send me code via SMS. Gotcha. Please enter credit card details. What? For a free service? Hmmm, I guess it’s for hard-core ID verification.
Okay.
Card number. Tick.
Secret code whatsit. Tick.
Expiry date. Tick
First name on card. Tick
Surname on card. Tick.
“entry contains invalid characters” eh? What, the HYPHEN is invalid? Yep, it is.
So, hyphen replaced by: space, underscore, nothing (so my name is one long word instead of two short ones) all are bounced by the credit card company.
No free wifi for you. Enjoy the Tuscan scenery.