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    #3992
    p15574
    Registered Users Posts: 753 ✭✭✭p15574


    syklops wrote: »
    :confused:

    Bag on back. Passport in left hand, phone in right hand... where was the struggle exactly?

    Bag doesn't have straps to put on back, and quite big too (at limits of size rules). Queue moving fast enough, and Ryanair staff checking boarding passes in three different locations in the queue, to determine bags to put in hold or something, so multiple accesses required. Much easier to just hold a piece of paper you don't mind dropping inside the passport. Obviously, if you can put the bag on your back its a lot easier.

    If you're abroad without access to a printer, though, I can see the benefit. Except for the fact that it's of no use if you're travelling with a family.


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    #3993
    Fred Swanson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,730 ✭✭✭✭Fred Swanson


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    Fred Swanson
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    #3995
    syklops
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,966 ✭✭✭✭syklops


    p15574 wrote: »
    Bag doesn't have straps to put on back, and quite big too (at limits of size rules). Queue moving fast enough, and Ryanair staff checking boarding passes in three different locations in the queue, to determine bags to put in hold or something, so multiple accesses required. Much easier to just hold a piece of paper you don't mind dropping inside the passport. Obviously, if you can put the bag on your back its a lot easier.

    Then why dont you make your life easier and get a bag that does go on your back or shoulder?
    Except for the fact that it's of no use if you're travelling with a family.

    Why not?
    Fred Swanson wrote: »
    And no use when foreign immigration officers refuse to accept anything other than a printed boarding pass.

    Immigration officers dont look at your boarding pass. They couldn't care less about your barding pass. They only care about your passort.


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    #3996
    ohnonotgmail
    Registered Users Posts: 40,258 ✭✭✭✭ohnonotgmail


    syklops wrote: »
    Immigration officers dont look at your boarding pass. They couldn't care less about your barding pass. They only care about your passort.

    Not true. I have had my boarding pass checked at several UK airports on arrival.


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    #3997
    mansize
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,521 ✭✭✭✭mansize


    Fred Swanson wrote: »
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    How do they identify as an Irish citizen?


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    #3998
    Fred Swanson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,730 ✭✭✭✭Fred Swanson


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    Fred Swanson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,730 ✭✭✭✭Fred Swanson


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    #4000
    syklops
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,966 ✭✭✭✭syklops


    ohnonotgmail wrote: »
    Not true. I have had my boarding pass checked at several UK airports on arrival.
    When leaving some countries they do inspect and stamp boarding passes.

    Never witnessed it. I'm not saying it doesn't happen, but I've never seen it. Never been asked for my boarding pass by anyone other than airline staff.


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    #4001
    ohnonotgmail
    Registered Users Posts: 40,258 ✭✭✭✭ohnonotgmail


    syklops wrote: »
    Never witnessed it. I'm not saying it doesn't happen, but I've never seen it. Never been asked for my boarding pass by anyone other than airline staff.


    whether you have witnessed it or not doesnt change the fact that it can and does happen.


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    #4002
    A Dub in Glasgo
    Registered Users Posts: 17,028 ✭✭✭✭A Dub in Glasgo


    syklops wrote: »
    Then why dont you make your life easier and get a bag that does go on your back or shoulder?

    He does make his life easier by printing his boarding pass and keeping his (presumably) wheeled trolley bag


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    #4003
    mansize
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,521 ✭✭✭✭mansize


    I have a wheel bag, satchel, passport and iPhone and find it simple


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    #4004
    p15574
    Registered Users Posts: 753 ✭✭✭p15574


    syklops wrote: »
    Then why dont you make your life easier and get a bag that does go on your back or shoulder?
    I couldn't be bothered to shell out for a new bag just to be able to use a Ryanair app when I can just print a page out. If it's supposed to make your life easier, why should you have to change your baggage?
    syklops wrote: »
    Why not?
    I didn't think you could hold boarding passes for multiple people on one phone - I could be wrong though.


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    #4005
    Grandpa Hassan
    Registered Users Posts: 1,945 ✭✭✭Grandpa Hassan


    p15574 wrote: »
    I didn't think you could hold boarding passes for multiple people on one phone - I could be wrong though.

    You can. I do it all the time for my wife and I, and have had 4 on one phone before. And if you use passbook you don't have to unlock the phone to bring them up.


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    #4006
    mansize
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,521 ✭✭✭✭mansize


    Grandpa Hassan wrote: »
    You can. I do it all the time for my wife and I, and have had 4 on one phone before. And if you use passbook you don't have to unlock the phone to bring them up.

    It's great isn't it!


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    #4007
    Beefy78
    Registered Users Posts: 8,163 ✭✭✭Beefy78


    ohnonotgmail wrote: »
    Not true. I have had my boarding pass checked at several UK airports on arrival.

    It does happen at certain UK airports to enable them to identify passengers coming in from Ireland as the UK doesn't recognise a border. Most uk airports now though just have Irish flights come in to the part of the airport used for domestic flights or Stansted (who always used to ask for boarding passes) now bus Irish passengers straight to the arrivals hall bypassing UK immigration.


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    #4008
    Beefy78
    Registered Users Posts: 8,163 ✭✭✭Beefy78


    Fred Swanson wrote: »
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    I've seen UK citizens let in at Dublin when they have left their passport in a bag that got checked at the desk. It must happen frequently nowadays.


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    #4009
    Kat1170
    Registered Users Posts: 3,603 ✭✭✭Kat1170


    Grandpa Hassan wrote: »
    You can. I do it all the time for my wife and I, and have had 4 on one phone before. And if you use passbook you don't have to unlock the phone to bring them up.

    How do you all get through those turnstile type gates at Dublin airport ?

    Do you have to pass the phone back and forth ?


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    #4010
    syklops
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,966 ✭✭✭✭syklops


    ohnonotgmail wrote: »
    whether you have witnessed it or not doesnt change the fact that it can and does happen.

    I ****in' acknowledged that in my post.


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    #4011
    mansize
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,521 ✭✭✭✭mansize


    Kat1170 wrote: »
    How do you all get through those turnstile type gates at Dublin airport ?

    Do you have to pass the phone back and forth ?

    Surely one person would scan and the others go through, then they go last...


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    #4012
    mansize
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,521 ✭✭✭✭mansize


    Beefy78 wrote: »
    I've seen UK citizens let in at Dublin when they have left their passport in a bag that got checked at the desk. It must happen frequently nowadays.

    We have a common travel area


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    #4013
    Dr. Kenneth Noisewater
    Registered Users Posts: 3,236 ✭✭✭Dr. Kenneth Noisewater


    Folks, going to a stag in 2 months to Bratislava. Flights should generally be around €120 I believe. Anyway, a glut of the boys have booked yesterday and today and Ryanair have slammed the prices up to €200. As nearly everyone has now booked, I assume the bookings for the flight will be a bit quieter between now and then. If I wait, can I reasonably expect the price to go back down some bit?

    Any advice appreciated.


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    #4014
    Atlantic Dawn
    Registered Users Posts: 81,577 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
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    Dr. Kenneth Noisewater wrote: »
    Folks, going to a stag in 2 months to Bratislava. Flights should generally be around €120 I believe. Anyway, a glut of the boys have booked yesterday and today and Ryanair have slammed the prices up to €200. As nearly everyone has now booked, I assume the bookings for the flight will be a bit quieter between now and then. If I wait, can I reasonably expect the price to go back down some bit?

    Any advice appreciated.

    I would say they will go up, that period will be around the Easter holidays when schools are off.


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    #4015
    EndaHonesty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,544 ✭✭✭EndaHonesty


    Dr. Kenneth Noisewater wrote: »
    Folks, going to a stag in 2 months to Bratislava. Flights should generally be around €120 I believe. Anyway, a glut of the boys have booked yesterday and today and Ryanair have slammed the prices up to €200. As nearly everyone has now booked, I assume the bookings for the flight will be a bit quieter between now and then. If I wait, can I reasonably expect the price to go back down some bit?

    Any advice appreciated.

    I would expect the price to go down again.
    In my experience the "normal" price choke starts activating around 6 weeks out and it should start moving up and down from then on.

    If I was you I would wait until 6 weeks out and start a Skyscanner alert from then. Check it daily several times from then.


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    #4016
    Mick Murdock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,543 ✭✭✭Mick Murdock


    Yes I'd wait too. I doubt they'll drop by a huge amount but it's worth the risk!


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    #4017
    Mick Murdock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,543 ✭✭✭Mick Murdock


    mansize wrote: »
    We have a common travel area

    Is it possible to travel between the Ireland and Britain by air/ferry without producing ID at all? I seem to recall that Irish Ferries don't require passports but would you need some sort of identification?

    Any number of undesirables could be crossing between the two so there must be some checks in place?


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    #4018
    Fred Swanson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,730 ✭✭✭✭Fred Swanson


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    #4019
    mansize
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,521 ✭✭✭✭mansize


    ID is required


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    #4020
    JCX BXC
    Registered Users Posts: 18,131 ✭✭✭✭JCX BXC


    To travel to NI you don't need identification.


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    #4021
    mansize
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,521 ✭✭✭✭mansize


    Carnacalla wrote: »
    To travel to NI you don't need identification.

    Never known anyone to take a ferry to NI


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