Name error

Dear all,

I recently received a status match back to UA, and as such want to start accruing miles in my account. The only activity on that for the last couple years has been the odd few Avis miles to keep it active.

Anyway, freshly armed with my new gold status, I logged in today - to find that the letters "ma" have been added at the end of my surname.

I am a bit concerned to book a ticket, as clearly my ID won't match that random addition.

Having looked at the possibility of altering the name on the account, the UA website seems to require faxing/mailing several proofs of ID. This is fine, but for the fact I need to travel next week and I'm not sure the change to the correct name will be done in time.

Any suggestions?

thanks