Urgent Id issue for domestic flight.
May 11, 2015, 2:53 pm
#1
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Urgent Id issue for domestic flight.
Hi my parents have been on a coach holiday on the Isle of Skye however due to the weather all ferries are canceled.
I'm not 100% on the details but due to no ferries they need to go on a long (18 hour) coach ride to get back to main land then to Glasgow then a train from Glasgow home.
Due to my dads back issues he couldn't sit this long so they booked tickets on a flight from barrow?? To Glasgow this afternoon.
My mum has just realised she doesn't have any photo ID on her so I have emailed a pic of her passport and work security (which is a print out with a pic that she uses). She isn't sure these will be enough. She is flying with fly be.
The flight is at 10.30am and by that time if she can't get on the flight the coach will have gone leaving her stranded.
I could take her actual passport to my local airport before the flight to the fly be desk.
Does anyone know what will happen??
Thanks.
I'm not 100% on the details but due to no ferries they need to go on a long (18 hour) coach ride to get back to main land then to Glasgow then a train from Glasgow home.
Due to my dads back issues he couldn't sit this long so they booked tickets on a flight from barrow?? To Glasgow this afternoon.
My mum has just realised she doesn't have any photo ID on her so I have emailed a pic of her passport and work security (which is a print out with a pic that she uses). She isn't sure these will be enough. She is flying with fly be.
The flight is at 10.30am and by that time if she can't get on the flight the coach will have gone leaving her stranded.
I could take her actual passport to my local airport before the flight to the fly be desk.
Does anyone know what will happen??
Thanks.
May 11, 2015, 3:01 pm
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Urgent Id issue for domestic flight.
It sounds like your mum is flying from the Isle of BARRA - not Barrow (which is in Cumbria). Does she not have any of the following forms of ID?
http://www.flybe.com/checkin/id-requirements.htm
She will definitely need original ID. A photocopy of a passport isn't satisfactory ID for hopefully obvious reasons. Check if she has any of the other forms of ID on Flybe's list.
http://www.flybe.com/checkin/id-requirements.htm
She will definitely need original ID. A photocopy of a passport isn't satisfactory ID for hopefully obvious reasons. Check if she has any of the other forms of ID on Flybe's list.
Last edited by paul4040; May 11, 2015 at 3:30 pm
May 11, 2015, 3:21 pm
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Sorry for your trouble, Manda_jade1982
but as this is not really a topic for Budget Travel forum, I'm moving the thread to UK forum, where folks will probably be more knowledgeable about what to do about lack of ID.
Though I see that popoemt came with an excellent idea even before the move ^
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but as this is not really a topic for Budget Travel forum, I'm moving the thread to UK forum, where folks will probably be more knowledgeable about what to do about lack of ID.
Though I see that popoemt came with an excellent idea even before the move ^
~moderator
May 11, 2015, 3:26 pm
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Contact flybe. There is no government mandated requirement for ID for domestic travel - but it is used by the LCCs for revenue protection purposes, meaning they have a little more leeway.
Not sure how well Barra is covered for overnight delivery services, mind.
Not sure how well Barra is covered for overnight delivery services, mind.
May 11, 2015, 3:45 pm
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May 12, 2015, 12:52 am
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I hope they took that coach (slow as it is). If the ferries are off due to the wind, they have no way of reaching Barra. Given the plane lands / takes off on the beach at Barra, I'm not convinced it'll be comfortable for someone with back trouble.
May 12, 2015, 10:32 am
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Skye to Glasgow is 6 hours by coach, not 18, they could go to Inverness in half that time and either fly or take the sleeper train south.
As for Fed-Ex - if they can't get off the island due to weather, how is a delivery company going to get to the island?
May 14, 2015, 9:39 am
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18 hours from Skye to Glasgow??? Are they going via Birmingham???
And if there are no ferries, how are they going to get to Barra???
And if there are no ferries, how are they going to get to Barra???
Hi my parents have been on a coach holiday on the Isle of Skye however due to the weather all ferries are canceled.
I'm not 100% on the details but due to no ferries they need to go on a long (18 hour) coach ride to get back to main land then to Glasgow then a train from Glasgow home.
Due to my dads back issues he couldn't sit this long so they booked tickets on a flight from barrow?? To Glasgow this afternoon.
My mum has just realised she doesn't have any photo ID on her so I have emailed a pic of her passport and work security (which is a print out with a pic that she uses). She isn't sure these will be enough. She is flying with fly be.
The flight is at 10.30am and by that time if she can't get on the flight the coach will have gone leaving her stranded.
I could take her actual passport to my local airport before the flight to the fly be desk.
Does anyone know what will happen??
Thanks.
I'm not 100% on the details but due to no ferries they need to go on a long (18 hour) coach ride to get back to main land then to Glasgow then a train from Glasgow home.
Due to my dads back issues he couldn't sit this long so they booked tickets on a flight from barrow?? To Glasgow this afternoon.
My mum has just realised she doesn't have any photo ID on her so I have emailed a pic of her passport and work security (which is a print out with a pic that she uses). She isn't sure these will be enough. She is flying with fly be.
The flight is at 10.30am and by that time if she can't get on the flight the coach will have gone leaving her stranded.
I could take her actual passport to my local airport before the flight to the fly be desk.
Does anyone know what will happen??
Thanks.