Can my 16 year old daughter fly alone with no ID?
May 29, 2015, 8:53 am
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Tell her to 'dress down', ie, nothing remotely sexy or attractive.
May 29, 2015, 9:29 am
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My daughter has not had any problems up to age 17 when flying alone without an ID. Sometimes the TSA ID check clerk has ased "what's your birthday?", "what's your age", or ask to speak her name (sometimes a combination)...other times they've said nothing.
May 29, 2015, 5:49 pm
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The TSA does not require ID for those under 18. End of story.
And, my under 18 kids have gone through TSA easily without ID without adult accompaniment. They just tell the ID checker they are under 18.
And, my under 18 kids have gone through TSA easily without ID without adult accompaniment. They just tell the ID checker they are under 18.
May 29, 2015, 5:56 pm
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That may be the end of the story as far as the TSA is concerned, but the passenger still has to satisfy whatever requirements each individual airline (Allegiant and Southwest, in this case) has for 16-year-olds. As noted upthread, Allegiant requires a birth certificate.
Originally Posted by BigFlyer
The TSA does not require ID for those under 18. End of story.
And, my under 18 kids have gone through TSA easily without ID without adult accompaniment. They just tell the ID checker they are under 18.
And, my under 18 kids have gone through TSA easily without ID without adult accompaniment. They just tell the ID checker they are under 18.
May 29, 2015, 6:02 pm
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In addition to airline requirements, I'd also worry about how a sixteen year old can prove to TSA that she's under eighteen if she has no ID with an age or birthdate.
May 29, 2015, 6:08 pm
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A lot of back-and-forth when OP can get his kid a state ID and be done with the issue for all time. Who needs the hassle?
May 29, 2015, 6:11 pm
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Exactly, although I'd be tempted to just get her a passport since at 16, she's likely to get a driver's license soon, which would make the state nondriver ID redundant.
May 29, 2015, 6:11 pm
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At least in my daughter's many experiences, they sometimes ask her birthday or name, I guess to try and trip her up? But nothing more - and even then it didn't always happen.
May 29, 2015, 6:13 pm
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You can worry, but needlessly so. As a couple of us have posted above, and others in the TSS forums from actual experience, TSA doesn't ask for ID to prove you're under 18 (some airlines may have their own company requirements). Otherwise they would simply require ID in the first place, as why bother? As illogical as the TSA is, they aren't that bad.
At least in my daughter's many experiences, they sometimes ask her birthday or name, I guess to try and trip her up? But nothing more - and even then it didn't always happen.
At least in my daughter's many experiences, they sometimes ask her birthday or name, I guess to try and trip her up? But nothing more - and even then it didn't always happen.
May 29, 2015, 6:14 pm
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An expedited passport might be possible.
ETA: Whoops, I'd remembered the OP as from Albuquerque, not Albany....
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May 29, 2015, 6:16 pm
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That's what I would try, but the expedited service might require documents showing planned international travel within the next two weeks.
May 29, 2015, 6:26 pm
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May 29, 2015, 8:16 pm
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May 30, 2015, 10:01 am
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Does she not have her NY state learner's permit yet? If she does that should work fine.