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A few months ago I showed up for a flight and found out my ticket was accidentally booked with the wrong gender when I put my id in the scanner at security. The
by yummypaint 5y ago
A few months ago I showed up for a flight and found out my ticket was accidentally booked with the wrong gender when I put my id in the scanner at security. The solution was to dash back down to the airline counter, have the attendant scribble something on the boarding pass, then run back to security who let me through. No further verifications or anything, just a waste of 3 peoples time. Specifying gender serves no security or verification purpose whatsoever. Why are airlines even asking for this info?
- wpietri 5y agoExactly. A friend in college, who looked stereotypically female, accidentally ended up with "M" on her driver's license. She never had a problem using it; people just thought it was funny. It's absurd to think that if the photos and other identity markers match, some TSA agent is going to insist that you drop trou so he can decide whether you're sufficiently manly to use your own ID.
- pjerem 5y agoEven if photos don't match, tbh. Pictures on IDs are generally years/decades old. I'm sure that anyone can sit in a plane with someone else (non biometric) ID without any issue at all. Hell, my son is literally 2 months old on its ID photo and this thing is valid for 10 years !
- tablespoon 5y ago> Hell, my son is literally 2 months old on its ID photo and this thing is valid for 10 years ! Really? I thought child passports were only valid for 5.
- pjerem 5y agoI’m talking about the national ID cards (in France) which are good enough to fly anywhere in Europe. iirc, you are right for passports, and anyway they are biometric mostly everywhere.