Photo ID
Apr 16, 2018, 3:46 am
#1
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Photo ID
Hi, I am new to this and don't know if I'm in right place.
i have booked a BA domestic flight as a treat for my mother who has never flown. She has no passport or driving license. She does though have a council issued bus pass with her photo. Will this be enough ID if she also brings a utility bill etc. I am getting conflicting reports on what I need to do.
Any help would be appreciate.
Thanks
Rick
i have booked a BA domestic flight as a treat for my mother who has never flown. She has no passport or driving license. She does though have a council issued bus pass with her photo. Will this be enough ID if she also brings a utility bill etc. I am getting conflicting reports on what I need to do.
Any help would be appreciate.
Thanks
Rick
Apr 16, 2018, 3:49 am
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From the BA site:Identification on UK domestic flights
If you are flying solely within the UK, including Northern Ireland, you do not need a passport but we advise that you carry photographic identification with you when travelling, such as your passport or driving licence. This may be requested at certain points in your journey. Children under the age of 16 years do not require identification to travel within the UK.
Edit: Appreciate that wasn't an entirely helpful response! I'd call BA and ask them.
If you are flying solely within the UK, including Northern Ireland, you do not need a passport but we advise that you carry photographic identification with you when travelling, such as your passport or driving licence. This may be requested at certain points in your journey. Children under the age of 16 years do not require identification to travel within the UK.
Edit: Appreciate that wasn't an entirely helpful response! I'd call BA and ask them.
Apr 16, 2018, 4:01 am
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Apr 16, 2018, 4:04 am
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Thanks
Rick
Apr 16, 2018, 4:04 am
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If flying hand baggage only the reality is that you're very unlikely to be asked for photographic ID. I've done LHR - EDI / GLA more times that I wish to remember and I don't recall ever being asked for photo ID.
Apr 16, 2018, 4:06 am
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On domestic flights, you need no photo ID. You'll be photographed at the point you go through the boarding pass check, that is checked when you board.
I'd always assumed you did, was put right about that recently here, and have happily flown BP only in the UK since.
I'd always assumed you did, was put right about that recently here, and have happily flown BP only in the UK since.
Apr 16, 2018, 4:14 am
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Still best to keep something with you if possible. I ended up on a easyJet flight up to EDI from LGW one morning when then similarly time BA flight was cancelled. Wouldn't have been able to quickly book the U2 ticket if I didn't have my drivers license in my wallet as their photo ID requirements are both international and domestic.
Apr 16, 2018, 4:29 am
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And there was me thinking you were going to watch Bono et al!
Apr 16, 2018, 5:10 am
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There was the time about 6 months after 9/11 when I turned up at Boston airport to collect an incoming colleague without having bothered carrying standard photo ID. It was only my British Library card, discovered buried at the back of my wallet, that saved me from the full rubber glove treatment.
Apr 16, 2018, 5:41 am
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BA won’t require it, but the caveated advice by BA to have some relates to the police powers to request ID from anyone in an airport environment. Doesn’t happen often at all tho so probably not worth worrying about.
Apr 16, 2018, 6:30 am
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I think you have had all the right advice above, I'm sure it will be all fine, and all I can add is my greetings to you Rictimmy to both this forum and to Flyertalk. By all let us know afterwards what she thought of the experience. Welcome on board.
Apr 16, 2018, 8:14 am
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more support for the 'no ID' camp. I've flown many times with BA domestically and never used ID. although the police can ask for ID can you imagine the fallout from a United style police incident dragging a little old lady off a flight who's clutching her bus pass up for all to see?
You'll be fine, welcome and have a great day.
You'll be fine, welcome and have a great day.
Apr 16, 2018, 8:43 am
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Thank you
Thanks for all your help. BA were a little reluctant but after contacting them. They admitted photo ID is not mandatory but still carry something just in case. They were insistant that it needed to became passport or drivers licence. But once I explained that my mum has neither and other airlines except other forms of picture ID, they said she will be fine.
Thank you
Thank you