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Old Feb 15, 2009 | 9:22 pm
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Originally Posted by daniellam
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.
Precisely.

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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