Happened to me and my son. Our family flew to Australia then tried to continue on to Indonesia. My son was denied boarding for Indonesia in SYD for exactly the same reason. Some countries have no PP validity/visa requirements, some have 1 month, and some have 3 months and some have 6 months PP validity requirement. I felt like an idiot but I didn't try to blame anyone else: it was MY fault. I lost 6 tickets from AU to ID (couldn't just leave a 15 year old in AU). Big $$ hit for me, but lesson learned.
BTW it turned out to be a great extra week in SYD so when you have lemons; make lemonade.
Originally Posted by
2y4life
I understand what you are saying but why did they let her board on the first place? Why not deny her upon the first flight? Why let a passenger, with basically an invalid passport, board an international flight?
And thanks, I do appreciate everyone taking their time to respond.