Photo-identity for kids in Indian airports
#1
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Join Date: Aug 2007
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Photo-identity for kids in Indian airports
Short version : Kids do not require proof of identity to access Indian airports / flights
Long version: DW & I left our kids passports at home on a recent trip from BLR to BOM. By the time we realized the oversight, it was too late to go back to fetch it, so we were on tenterhooks. The first security guy (CISF) at the airport entrance waved us through after looking at the adults' passports. At the check-in counter, we asked the CSR, who said that passports (or other proof of identity) are not required for kids on domestic flights.
Long version: DW & I left our kids passports at home on a recent trip from BLR to BOM. By the time we realized the oversight, it was too late to go back to fetch it, so we were on tenterhooks. The first security guy (CISF) at the airport entrance waved us through after looking at the adults' passports. At the check-in counter, we asked the CSR, who said that passports (or other proof of identity) are not required for kids on domestic flights.
#2
Join Date: May 2005
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Short version : Kids do not require proof of identity to access Indian airports / flights
Long version: DW & I left our kids passports at home on a recent trip from BLR to BOM. By the time we realized the oversight, it was too late to go back to fetch it, so we were on tenterhooks. The first security guy (CISF) at the airport entrance waved us through after looking at the adults' passports. At the check-in counter, we asked the CSR, who said that passports (or other proof of identity) are not required for kids on domestic flights.
Long version: DW & I left our kids passports at home on a recent trip from BLR to BOM. By the time we realized the oversight, it was too late to go back to fetch it, so we were on tenterhooks. The first security guy (CISF) at the airport entrance waved us through after looking at the adults' passports. At the check-in counter, we asked the CSR, who said that passports (or other proof of identity) are not required for kids on domestic flights.
#4
Join Date: Mar 2008
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Until very recently (june 20, 2008), even adults could fly without ID in the US:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/....id/index.html
I am not sure if the ID requirement changed.
Note that for years (at least a decade) airline and TSA employees claimed that ID were mandatory when they weren't, but flying without ID was (may still be) possible even if one had to argue a little bit.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/....id/index.html
I am not sure if the ID requirement changed.
Note that for years (at least a decade) airline and TSA employees claimed that ID were mandatory when they weren't, but flying without ID was (may still be) possible even if one had to argue a little bit.
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With the exception of international travel, the only reason why ID is required in the first place is for an airline to protect its revenue (so people won't resell unused tickets etc).
From a security point of view, all that is needed is a trough security screening.
From a security point of view, all that is needed is a trough security screening.
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In terms of domestic flights in India, I've never had a problem flying without showing ID although sometimes they would ask to see a photo ID if the ticket was paid for with a credit card online or over the phone directly through the airline.
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Just for the pax who booked the tickets online or for all pax? I may be travelling with some very elderly folk and I'm not sure they have "photo ID"
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Interesting. I just booked a few tix with IndiGo and they say to have photo ID for all pax, as well as the CC used to pay the tix. Maybe the photo ID requirement is just not uniformly enforced? Is this something that varies airline to airline or is there a centralized screening process like in the US?
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Interesting. I just booked a few tix with IndiGo and they say to have photo ID for all pax, as well as the CC used to pay the tix. Maybe the photo ID requirement is just not uniformly enforced? Is this something that varies airline to airline or is there a centralized screening process like in the US?
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Interesting. I just booked a few tix with IndiGo and they say to have photo ID for all pax, as well as the CC used to pay the tix. Maybe the photo ID requirement is just not uniformly enforced? Is this something that varies airline to airline or is there a centralized screening process like in the US?
Next time I run into the Home Minister, I will make sure to inform him of what I think about this stupid ID checking policy and the false impression that ID checking at airports is a valuable security check. ID is not security. The revised approach to ID checking at Indian airports that aligns domestic flight terminal entry procedures with international flight terminal entry was done because of a false belief in the value of ID checking as a security measure.