Originally Posted by
CDKing
I keep my passport on me even though i use GE card as ID. You never know when you will need to be rerouted via another country to get home. It happened to a few people I had met during Hurricane Sandy stranding. Well the options were offered but passports were not on them, so no go.
Bingo. A friend a few years back was offered IAD-NRT-HNL, due to all IAD-xxx-HNL options being sold out/canceled due to weather. They didn't carry a passport for domestic trips, so it meant having to spend a day or two in a hotel near IAD until space opened up.