The travel documents details you have entered are not valid for this flight
Dec 14, 2018, 11:55 am
#16
Join Date: Nov 2012
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Has anyone had experience of checkin with BA for travel for South Africa and validity of passport being less than 6 months, have searched on web and supposed to be 1 month on passport but some customs officers in SA insist on more than 6 months, just realised I'm travelingl early January and passport expires in May 2019
Any advise appreciated
Any advise appreciated
Dec 14, 2018, 1:15 pm
#17
Join Date: Jul 2007
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Has anyone had experience of checkin with BA for travel for South Africa and validity of passport being less than 6 months, have searched on web and supposed to be 1 month on passport but some customs officers in SA insist on more than 6 months, just realised I'm travelingl early January and passport expires in May 2019
Any advise appreciated
Any advise appreciated
Dec 14, 2018, 1:42 pm
#18
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this is the page being referred to above
https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-ad...y-requirements
note also the 2 clean pages requirement as well
BA check in staff will rely on what an IATA tool called timatic says about passport validity
https://www.iatatravelcentre.com/pas...quirements.htm
https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-ad...y-requirements
note also the 2 clean pages requirement as well
BA check in staff will rely on what an IATA tool called timatic says about passport validity
https://www.iatatravelcentre.com/pas...quirements.htm
Dec 14, 2018, 2:30 pm
#19
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The UK government's information is not relevant. This is a matter for the South Africans. IATA's TIMATIC database is available through a number of free channels and you would be best advised to complete the database form with your exact details and, presuming that your passport and passport pages are correct, keep a hard copy printout with you. It is what the check in agent will see on his screen, but it's helpful to have the entries to double check.
https://www.united.com/web/en-US/app...aspx?i=TIMATIC
https://www.united.com/web/en-US/app...aspx?i=TIMATIC
Apr 17, 2019, 4:55 am
#20
Join Date: Mar 2007
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I'm getting the same message when checking in for LHR-CDG for a flight tomorrow. I've entered all my advanced passenger info -- UK passport, 9 years til it expires. Any ideas why the system says "The travel document details you have entered are not valid for this flight"?
It's not like we've BREXITed yet! Never seen this before with any carrier. I did fly BA in october last year, so they have seen this passport before.
It's not like we've BREXITed yet! Never seen this before with any carrier. I did fly BA in october last year, so they have seen this passport before.
Apr 17, 2019, 5:27 am
#21
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Might be a daft question, have you checked your details for accuracy - so easy to mistype the data? If so, then the following response posted by the OP in relation to their situation might provide a reason:
Jun 18, 2019, 8:46 am
#22
Join Date: Dec 2010
Posts: 87
I'm getting the same message when checking in for LHR-CDG for a flight tomorrow. I've entered all my advanced passenger info -- UK passport, 9 years til it expires. Any ideas why the system says "The travel document details you have entered are not valid for this flight"?
It's not like we've BREXITed yet! Never seen this before with any carrier. I did fly BA in october last year, so they have seen this passport before.
It's not like we've BREXITed yet! Never seen this before with any carrier. I did fly BA in october last year, so they have seen this passport before.
Re-entered my details twice now, same message. Flew to OSL in April, with BA. I'll give BA a call next.