Passport To Belfast

[val391]

Does my 12 year old daughter require a passport to travel between Luton and Belfast? She is British and her father holds an Irish passport.

[hc4361]

Belfast is part of the UK so she doesn't need a passport to enter.
The airline may require photo id in the form of a passport. What airline are you travelling with?

[Kathyan]

She may need a passport for identity purposes.

[boxtops]

She'll need some sort of photo ID if she's flying - the airline will tell you what's acceptable.

[val391]

Thanks for your replies. Will check with the airline, but if she does need a passport does it not make a mockery of the ease of EEC borders, when in fact it is the UK?

[boxtops]

You still need photo ID to travel anywhere by plane, even within England.

[hc4361]

We need passports to board planes in the UK because we don't have mandatory id cards.

[twix123]

From the Easyjet travel information page:

"Children under the age of 16 travelling on domestic flights in the UK, France, Spain and Portugal are not required to provide identification if accompanied by an adult who can vouch for the child’s identity."

But if she is flying alone, your daughter will need acceptable photo id.

If she is travelling with another carrier, you need to check their particular requirements.

[twix123]

hc4361 - I often travel within the UK by Easyjet, and only have to show my UK driving licence as my photo id.

[Prudie]

Are you going with her? Check the airline Val, they do differ. Ryanair for example only accept passports as ID (and they don't let anyone fly unaccompanied under 16).

[ichkeria]

Ryanair should not be allowed to do that. Who do they think they are? Any form of photo id should be acceptable. Has anyone ever challenged them over it?

[friedgreentomato]

ickeria, Ryanair can choose what forms of proof of identity they wan, they are a private company.

[ichkeria]

Yes they can do lots of things, but I suspect that if it was challenged legally they would not have much of a defence