Id Travelling To Belfast

[cris r]

Hi my mother is travelling to Belfast next month. Her passport and run out she does not drive or have a bus pass. What Id would she need to travel. Thanks...

[Buenchico]

How is she travelling to Belfast? Different carriers have different rules!

[Psybbo]

Is she flying or going by boat?

[Buenchico]

e.g. easyJet's reqirements:
http://corporate.easyjet.com/latest-news-archive/news-year-2004/02-01-04-en.aspx?sc_lang=en

Stena Line have no formal requirements but advise that some form of ID is carried, with a utility bill sufficing:
http://www.stenaline.co.uk/FAQs/passports-and-visas/im-a-british-irish-citizen-do-i-need-a-passport-to-travel

[cris r]

Flybe xx

[Buenchico]

See 'Domestic Travel' here:
http://www.flybe.com/checkin/id-requirements.htm

[TonyV]

She will need valid passport if she is flying

[Prudie]

So has she got a pension book?

[Buenchico]

>>> She will need valid passport if she is flying

No she won't! The ONLY airline that requires a valid passport for domestic flights is Ryanair. All other airlines accept a wide range of ID, as illustrated by my link above.

[ichkeria]

"She will need valid passport if she is flying "

Not so. Certainly not with FlyBe, as the link makes clear

[TonyV]

Ok I stand corrected haven't looked at links but surely some photo I'd is required

[LCDMAN]

TonyAV - It's Belfast, so Domestic, different rules. Since when did you need a Passport to travel in your own Country....?

If that were the case then over 50% of Americans would be stuffed, considering how few of them actually have a Passport;

http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2010/02/17/how-many-americans-have-a-passport-2/

[TonyV]

Do you not need proof of identity to fly anymore then?

[Buenchico]

For LCDMAN:
Please note that TonyV and TonyAV are not the same!

For TonyV:
It's up to individual airlines to decide what types of ID they'll accept for domestic travel (or for international travel where a passport or national identity card isn't automatically required, such as between Schengen member countries).

For UK domestic travel (and for travel between the UK and Ireland, where an 'open border' policy operates for citizens of either country), Ryanair is the only airline which requires a passport or national identity card to be produced.

All other airlines accept EU photo-style driving licences and most accept other forms of photo-ID (such as student union cards or bus passes). Some airlines also accept non-photographic forms of ID, such as pension books (which easyJet accept).

[Peter Pedant]

Blimey when I went ( 1982) - I just sort of went

[Peter Pedant]

O and I had a fantastic time
and spent time at the Slieve Donard hotel in County Down which was even MORE wonderful

[TonyV]

Ok Chris I just carry passport as matter of course when I am traveling.Always helps getting through immigration