I can give you an authoritative answer to this one because I flew Ryanair from Stansted to Dublin last week with an expired passport. I hadn't noticed that my passport was one week out of date - neither did the check-in lady to whom I showed it, neither did the Security check just before airside. Only as I handed my boarding card to the stewardess did she take a closer look and balked. 'You do know your passport has expired?'
Luckily, they DO accept drivers licenses, even, in my case, provisional licenses (I really must get round to taking a test) - and she was perfectly happy about it. As were Dublin check-in staff and security on the reverse journey. So no, you don't need a passport to fly Ryanair from UK to ROI. Weirdly, on the way back, after disembarking at Stansted, and before customs/passport control, an officious looking woman was inspecting _boarding_ cards. She was backed up by half a dozen serious looking men, so she meant business. I have no idea what that was about, but luckily I'd kept mine. It's not beyond possibility that I'd have thrown mine away at some point, as I'd never thought I'd have to produce one AFTER a flight. Any ideas? PHILLIP BARNETT SERVER MANAGER 200 GRAY'S INN ROAD LONDON WC1X 8XZ UNITED KINGDOM T +44 (0)20 7430 4474 F E [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW.ITN.CO.UK P Please consider the environment. Do you really need to print this email? -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Renaud Martinet Sent: 24 June 2008 18:29 To: Martijn van Oosterhout Cc: [email protected]; Nick Whitelegg Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] SOTM weekend accommodation? They surely do accept european ID cards as I always used that at the immigration in Heathrow coming from France and going up to Scotland. In fact you could go through immigration in London only with your thick French accent, happened to me like 3 years ago. It was just after the bombings in London and I had lost all my IDs some time ago. Hopefully they were not too picky and let me board my flight to Aberdeen. I guess it's just a matter of really looking like who you're pretending to be :) Renaud. On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 11:26 AM, Martijn van Oosterhout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 8:54 AM, Renaud Martinet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Probably any European ID proving your nationality would do but better >> to check. Usually they give advice when you book the flight. > > AIUI within the EU you only need to carry *some* kind of (probably > official looking) photo identification, it doesn't have to be a > passport (though that has the advantage of being recognised everywhere > in the world). Between schengen countries you're not required to show > it at the border. > > If you arrive at a londen airport it even says that ID cards are > acceptable for EU citizens. > > Have a nice day, > -- > Martijn van Oosterhout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://svana.org/kleptog/ > _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk Please Note: Any views or opinions are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Independent Television News Limited unless specifically stated. This email and any files attached are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which they are addressed. If you have received this email in error, please notify [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that to ensure regulatory compliance and for the protection of our clients and business, we may monitor and read messages sent to and from our systems. Thank You. _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk
