On Wednesday 04 January 2006 12:52, Andreas Schuldei wrote: > * Petter Reinholdtsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-01-04 10:50:41]: > > [Andreas Schuldei] > > > > > Please send me your passport number and your name *EXACTLY* as they > > > appear in your passport. otherwise you might have problems to > > > retrive your eticket at the airport. > > > > Wow, that was a new one. I've never seen a ticket office requiring > > passport number before. For privacy reasons, I prefer not to share > > that number with the ticket office. Why is it not enough with name > > and address? > > it is year old standard policy by airlines to require these two details of > information for ticket pickup at airports. wasn't the case for me last may
> you seem to overreact.
I definately disagree here "Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty." --
Wendell Phillips(1811-1884)
and besides the privacy concerns there's the litle fact that as a European
Citizen you don't need a passport to travel inside of Europe. I know I
don't currently have one as my last one expired a couple of years ago.
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Cheers, cobaco (aka Bart Cornelis)
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