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Sadly the dream of passport-less travel in the EU is slowly being eroded by airlines demanding passports for photo ID. Although I'm a UK citizen I don't own a U
by teh_klev 13y ago
Sadly the dream of passport-less travel in the EU is slowly being eroded by airlines demanding passports for photo ID. Although I'm a UK citizen I don't own a UK password, I refuse to pay for one when I have no desire to travel outside the EU (there's also political reasons, but I won't go into that here).
Anyway, there are some destinations I can't fly to within the UK without a passport because certain operators such as Ryan Air will only accept a passport as photo ID, which is pretty dumb. FlyBe used to have this policy but I see they've recently relented and will now even let you board with just your senior citizen bus pass :)
- viraptor 13y ago> certain operators such as Ryan Air will only accept a passport as photo ID Is this some special case? I always fly with my national id rather than a passport and yes, I fly ryanair. Never had a problem with that.
- maccard 13y agoNot really. They don't accept drivers licenses, so if you're flying from Ireland, your only option is a passport.
- teh_klev 13y agoRyan Air will accept national identity cards, except that the UK doesn't have a national identity card scheme. Also Ryan Air don't consider UK driver licenses a valid ID, even for UK citizens travelling WITHIN the UK.