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Oct 3, 2006 | 3:40 pm

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Originally Posted by Boddingtons

Can someone please elaborate a little on why a photograph is required to be taken when going through security on domestic flights, and not on International?

Why one and not the other?

Is this an immigration/customs issue or something?

Or is it something that's just done in MAN?

This is what I posted back in February re this practice in LGW:

Arriving at LGW yesterday from AMS I realised why they have to do this. If they didn't - given the way things are set up - arriving international pax could bypass immigration.

What you would do is arrive on your international flight having arranged to hold two 'onward' boarding cards: one for an international connection and another for a domestic. Then you would go through international connections (which deposits you back airside) using your international boarding card, and use your domestic one to get on a domestic flight, and never face passport control. The need for a barcode/photo to get to the domestic gate stops you doing this.

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