Taking a child on a UK ryanair flght - no ID?

jimmycrackcorm

Hi

I'm taking my 5 year old to the UK next weekend on a Ryanair flight. According to their website I shouldn't need photo-id fro him on flights between the UK and Ireland. Can anyone confirm this or how does it work -i.e. I can turn up at the check-in desk with my passport and a child with no id?

It just seems a bit strange to be able to take a child out of the country without any id...

According to their site it says:
"Photo-ID for children under 16 years is not required for:

* Children travelling with an adult between the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland or domestic flights within either the United Kingdom or Ireland "

Victor

Bring a birth cert if you want. Are both parents travelling?

You can get a passport for a child if you want, but I think its limited in duration.

jimmycrackcorm

Victor wrote: »

Bring a birth cert if you want. Are both parents travelling?

You can get a passport for a child if you want, but I think its limited in duration.

But I presume I don't actually need id for my child in any case?

Random

How do you prove he's under 16 without ID / birth cert? I guess they could be awkward about this ...

jimmycrackcorm

random wrote: »

How do you prove he's under 16 without ID / birth cert? I guess they could be awkward about this ...

Umm ... he's only 5.

It's odd that they won't allow an out of date passport or licence as id but will checkin a chuld with no id.

munchkin_utd

from ryanair website

Photo-ID for children under 16 years is not required for:

* Children travelling with an adult between the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland or domestic flights within either the United Kingdom or Ireland

source http://www.ryanair.com/site/EN/faqs.php?sect=pid&quest=photoid

godtabh

Victor wrote: »

You can get a passport for a child if you want, but I think its limited in duration.

3 years

ga2re2t

Many airport and airline security rules are just down-right weird sometimes. For example, I can't bring a 150 ml toothpaste tube, but I can bring two 100 ml tubes!
Not needing any ID for a child under 16 is probably a rule that actually makes sense. I mean, you can take a child on trains and in cars across borders in Europe without any need for ID, but for some reason they need one for a plane.

However, it can do no harm to bring some form of ID such as a birth cert or a Dublin bus ID card (if they still issue them?).
Also, and I'm sorry for being pessimistic, a form of ID may come in handy if ever you need to bring your child to a doctor or to a hospital and wish to avoid excessive medical fees.

From http://www.ehic.ie/othereu.htm#uk
You don't need a European Health Insurance Card, E111 or Temporary Replacement Certificate to get necessary healthcare while on a temporary visit to the UK. It is enough to show proof that you are ordinarily resident in Ireland - in practice, this means a driving licence, passport or similar document.

Our man in Havana

Question is an IRL provisional licence accepted by Ryanair for travel to the UK?
Their site only mentions driving licence. I know that they can very sticky on such matters.

godtabh

Bond-007 wrote: »

Question is an IRL provisional licence accepted by Ryanair for travel to the UK?
Their site only mentions driving licence. I know that they can very sticky on such matters.

Dont think the accept these. I think it says on the tickets a full licence is needed

A valid driving licence with photo is acceptable photo ID for travel on domestic flights within the UK and domestic flights within the Republic of Ireland.

Not much help

Random

jimmycrackcorm wrote: »

Umm ... he's only 5.

It's odd that they won't allow an out of date passport or licence as id but will checkin a chuld with no id.

My bad .. misread ..

Victor

jimmycrackcorm wrote: »

It's odd that they won't allow an out of date passport or licence as id but will checkin a chuld with no id.

How many planes have been hijacked by under 18s?

If you are under 16, I suspect you are only allowed travel accompanied, so there is little risk of tickets being sold on.

parsi

ISTR that PhotoID is not required if the child is already on the passport of the accompanying traveller. This has been the case for us on many trips to/from UK and Europe

Up to a few years (actual number might be 4 or 5) kids could go on their parents passports but then the requirement came that they have their own passports. As a result there is an overlap period where some kids are still validly on their parents passports.

Richard

parsi wrote: »

ISTR that PhotoID is not required if the child is already on the passport of the accompanying traveller. This has been the case for us on many trips to/from UK and Europe

Up to a few years (actual number might be 4 or 5) kids could go on their parents passports but then the requirement came that they have their own passports. As a result there is an overlap period where some kids are still validly on their parents passports.

Don't forget that you used to be able to go on flights between the UK and ROI without any id. This was about 8 years ago. And you don't need any id to cross the Irish border.

Our man in Havana

But people started selling their tickets in the buy and sell. The airlines realised that they could make more money by stopping this practice of re-selling tickets by insisting on ID. Some airlines took the id requirements to the extreme in their quest to make money.