For the past 2 years since getting married Ive used my married name for personal/family life & continued to use my original surname for all work activities. My logic was that (pretentious as it sounds) I have a professional identity I dont want to loose. Old Name is destinctive enough that past colleagues can find me easily & work oppurtunities sometimes come up from someone spotting my name in among an email chain and that sort of thing as its a fairly small industry. The side effect of this is my work credit card shows a diffrent name to my drivers license.
Tried to pick up a (work booked) hire car yesterday. Went armed with both parts of drivers license, proof of adress and cc as requested by hire company but the administrator at the hire company gave me the full 'computer says no'. Policy apparently dictates card name must match license name. Only exeption would be if I brought my marriage certificate along. Asked what would happen if work admin booked on a diffrent card. Computer aparentley would still say no.
Gave up and walked round the corner to hire company #2 who had no problem at all with card being in a different name to license, and were apologetic they only had tiny cars left...
So AIBU to have a 'work name' and a 'family name'? Passport btw shows married name with a note stating this person may also travel as Ms Old Surname