Good evening,

I've recently had problems when flying with Ryanair from the UK. Ryanair has a silly rule for documents. You're supposed to use the same documents for both outward and return flights. In order not to have any issue, I thought I would just check in at the airport so that I could use any document. However, on my return flight, I was asked to present the document I used to fly out of the UK.

It's really a silly rule as I use my UK passport to travel to the UK and my European passport to travel to the EU. I've been travelling for 25 years and no other airline has ever asked me to check-in with the same document I used on the outward flight. Even when flying to Asia (China and other countries), I used my EU passport, but then presented my UK passport to check-in for the return flight. Obviously, when leaving China, I presented the same passport I used to enter the country to the border officer, but I used my UK passport for check-in purposes as my flight was to the UK.

Ryanair rule makes no sense as I'm not necessarily obliged to carry both passports, and there is no law that obliges me to fly back using the same passport. Actually, at the check-in you present the passport that you'll use for the destination country.

Has anyone come across the same issue? I believe the solution would be to book the return flight separately, and that would solve the issue, or simply not fly with Ryanair. I really try to avoid Ryanair but for some destinations it seems the most comfortable options at times.

Many thanks