Seemingly Random Titles or Prefixes
When you add an authorized user to a JP Morgan Chase credit account, naturally they want to know that person’s name, and you have the option for adding a Title (also sometimes called a Prefix).
Here’s the list of titles available, as of a few days ago:
- 1 LT
- 1ST LT
- 1ST TLT
- 2D LT
- 2DLT
- 2LT
- ADM
- BG
- BGEN
- BRIG GEN
- CAPT
- CDR
- CPT
- DR
- ENS
- FR
- GEN
- HON
- LCDR
- LT COL
- LT GEN
- LTC
- LTCOL
- LTG
- LTJC
- MAJ
- MAJ GEN
- MG
- MISS
- MR
- MRS
- PROF
- RADM
- REV
- SR
- THE HON
- THE REV
- VADM
There are quite a lot of military titles in that list, and that’s heartening to see, even though some of them are redundant (is there a difference between LT COL and LTCOL?) and some are missing (where’s regular old Colonel?).
I couldn’t help noticing that there’s no Ms. option. I’ve been told since my Sesame Street days that some women prefer to be called “Ms.”, and it’s always valid whether a woman is married or not. Plus, it’s fun to say.
Take some time this week to check your application’s prefixes and suffixes, and make sure they haven’t gotten too noisy. Then set yourself a reminder to check them regularly. Every three months ought to be sufficient.
