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Jul 31, 2010 | 2:08 am

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Originally Posted by Goldiemom

Not sure what the big deal about not wanting to show your passport. If I'm flying internationally, I usually have it out because I have shown it to the check-in agent. I never show my DL anymore. In SMF if you show a passport, they use a loop magnifying glass to check if it is legit.

what jkhuggins said....

And my passport is the larger one and has extra pages added. I keep it in a leather passport jacket. Inevitably, I have to remove it form the leather jacket, which is contributing to the corners getting dogeared. Additionally, the nosey ID checkers feel that it is perfectly appropriate to flip through and look at EVERY single page of my passport (not just the page with my picture on it) and frankly doing that is NOT part of their job (and I actually wonder if they even know what they are looking at). How would you like to be standing in line behind me while the ID checker examines 78 pages of my passport??? That's why I use my DL. And I am sure that the people in line behind me appreciate that.

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