Originally Posted by
roberino
OK, but what does “see passport” mean here? Is someone cross-checking the passport number and detailed personal information, or just a “yeah you’re Fred Smith, that’ll do”?
Depends on if it’s see passport to check in and then get a boarding pass and/or boarding pass stamped for international docs ok, or if it’s at the boarding gate to simply check that the passenger boarding the flight has a passport with the same names as on the boarding pass. In the case of the latter, that’s not a show stopper. In the case of the former, it can mean a show-stopper, asking for trouble or both a show stopper and asking for trouble since it’s more detailed personal information.