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

We have a thread discussing similar issues experienced by dual US/EU citizens:

Seems to me he is really asking about dealing with Ryan Air's policy of consistency in documents rather than the typical "which passport to use when."

Exactly, my question is different. It's not about the passport to enter the country.

In that case, please follow this thread as it moves to the Rayanair forum.

TWA884
Travel Safety/Security co-moderator

Just show them what they want . Why make life difficult for yourself when you mention that "for some destinations it seems the most comfortable options at times"?

If they need an extra document to show your right to enter any destination then you will have that with you too.