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The passport is a physically-robust booklet, while the drivers license is a comparatively fragile card. I can put the printed boarding pass in the passport, so

The passport is a physically-robust booklet, while the drivers license is a comparatively fragile card. I can put the printed boarding pass in the passport, so it's easy to present to the TSA agent. As to how often I travel, I barely got to 10 nights on my highest-status hotel loyalty program, so I guess that means I travel some, but not lots.

mehrdadn 7y ago
Confused what the robustness of the passport has to do with this. I wasn't suggesting the physical flexibility of a passport makes it harder to carry it around or something. People generally just don't carry around passports for domestic travel in their own countries... people already have other IDs, this increases the chance you'll lose your passport, etc. for zero benefit.
- alasdair_ 7y ago
  >People generally just don't carry around passports for domestic travel in their own countries I certainly did in the UK, as well as to prove my age in a bar etc. Lots and lots of people "in their own countries" don't have a driver's license because public transport is enough.
  - mehrdadn 7y ago
    Surely you realize the UK is well-known to take an unusual approach to ID issuance (or should I say lack thereof)?
  - vinay427 7y ago
    This has nothing to do with public transport. People here in Switzerland often carry ID cards or residence cards, and this seems common in many European countries similar to drivers licenses in the US and Canada. You also don't need to know how to drive to get a valid state ID in most states, as far as I know.
    - Symbiote 7y ago
      Britain and Denmark are the only EU countries that don't issue identity cards. Britain has a proof of age card, but 10 years ago it wasn't recognized very well: http://www.pass-scheme.org.uk/ http://www.pass-scheme.org.uk/
jandrese 7y ago
Do you break your Driver's License frequently? Mine is a tough laminated card. I've never had a situation where I thought it was going to be damaged.

mehrdadn 7y ago

Confused what the robustness of the passport has to do with this. I wasn't suggesting the physical flexibility of a passport makes it harder to carry it around or something. People generally just don't carry around passports for domestic travel in their own countries... people already have other IDs, this increases the chance you'll lose your passport, etc. for zero benefit.

alasdair_ 7y ago
>People generally just don't carry around passports for domestic travel in their own countries I certainly did in the UK, as well as to prove my age in a bar etc. Lots and lots of people "in their own countries" don't have a driver's license because public transport is enough.
- mehrdadn 7y ago
  Surely you realize the UK is well-known to take an unusual approach to ID issuance (or should I say lack thereof)?
- vinay427 7y ago
  This has nothing to do with public transport. People here in Switzerland often carry ID cards or residence cards, and this seems common in many European countries similar to drivers licenses in the US and Canada. You also don't need to know how to drive to get a valid state ID in most states, as far as I know.
  - Symbiote 7y ago
    Britain and Denmark are the only EU countries that don't issue identity cards. Britain has a proof of age card, but 10 years ago it wasn't recognized very well: http://www.pass-scheme.org.uk/ http://www.pass-scheme.org.uk/

jandrese 7y ago

Do you break your Driver's License frequently? Mine is a tough laminated card. I've never had a situation where I thought it was going to be damaged.