---
title: "Create Traveler"
method: POST
path: "/travelers/"
tags: ["travelers"]
---

# Create Traveler

`POST /travelers/`

Create a new traveler.

## Request body

- CreateTravelerRequest — Request to create a traveler.
  - `first_name` string, required
  - `middle_name` string, nullable
  - `last_name` string, required
  - `date_of_birth` string, date, nullable
  - `gender` 'M' | 'F' — Gender for airline ticketing.
  - `email` string, nullable
  - `phone` string, nullable
  - `address_line_1` string, nullable
  - `address_line_2` string, nullable
  - `city` string, nullable
  - `state` string, nullable
  - `postal_code` string, nullable
  - `address_country` string, nullable
  - `known_traveler_number` string, nullable
  - `redress_number` string, nullable
  - `citizenship` string, nullable
  - `passports` Passport[]
    - `country` string, required
    - `number` string, required
    - `expiry` string, date, nullable
  - `loyalty_memberships` LoyaltyMembership[]
    - `program_id` string, required
    - `number` string, required

## Response `201`

Successful Response

- TravelerResponse — Traveler response with combined name.
  - `id` string, uuid, required
  - `name` string, required
  - `first_name` string, required
  - `middle_name` string, nullable
  - `last_name` string, required
  - `date_of_birth` string, nullable
  - `gender` 'M' | 'F' — Gender for airline ticketing.
  - `email` string, nullable
  - `phone` string, nullable
  - `address_line_1` string, nullable
  - `address_line_2` string, nullable
  - `city` string, nullable
  - `state` string, nullable
  - `postal_code` string, nullable
  - `address_country` string, nullable
  - `known_traveler_number` string, nullable
  - `redress_number` string, nullable
  - `citizenship` string, nullable
  - `citizenship_source` 'explicit' | 'passport' | 'imported' | 'unknown' — How a citizenship value entered the system.
  - `citizenship_confirmed_at` string, nullable
  - `loyalty_memberships` LoyaltyMembership[]
    - `program_id` string, required
    - `number` string, required
  - `is_account_holder` boolean, required

## Other responses

- `422` — Validation Error

## Changes

> 16 revisions in range; 1 not diffed.

- **2026-09-18** `a3e985bf842c` — 1 warning
  - removed the optional property `passports` from the response with the `201` status

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/helloaxel/apis/client-api-gateway/changes/travelers/post.md)

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