Originally Posted by
dlinsider
Dumb question but since they were denied in DFW is it possible they had no valid U.S Identification to board their AA flight??....As all adults in the U.S are required to have valid government issd I.D. to board domestic flights and could it be that their expired HKG passports were not valid documents to travel within the U.S?
You do NOT need a U.S. ID to board a domestic flight. You need to be able to establish your identity to make it through the TSA checkpoint. This can be done without photo identification by answering additional questions at the screening checkpoint.
From the TSA's own website:
http://www.tsa.gov/traveler-information/acceptable-ids