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What ID do I need for a child on an internal flight?

  • 26-08-2009 11:29AM
    #1
    stitchlily
    Closed Accounts Posts: 69 ✭✭


    I know this has probably been asked before but I did a search and can't find a definate answer. I've booked an internal flight, Kerry/Dublin, for me and my toddler (he's just 3) for this Saturday.

    I saw somewhere on the Ryan Air website some time ago that children under 16 don't need a photo ID for internal flights. I asked in the Garda station, when I went to get passport form and they said I shouldn't need one. I was just going to bring my passport and his birthcert.

    Has the rules been changed as I now can't find the blurb again on the Ryan Air website...and I'm out of time to get a passport.

    It's his first time on a plane, and I don't want the child getting all excited, to be refused at the door. Or to get up to Dublin and find I can't get back!!
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  • #2
    flikflak
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 981 ✭✭✭flikflak


    According to the t+c`s

    A valid travel document is required by all passengers travelling on Ryanair flights (including infants)

    Full t+c`s can be found http://www.ryanair.com/site/EN/conditions.php

    It would seem to me that you will need a passport for the child.

    There used to be a section about children using birth certs but I think all that has changed. Then again might be there further down in the t+c`s. You will need to read the whole document fully OR call them for clarification.


  • #3
    stitchlily
    Closed Accounts Posts: 69 ✭✭stitchlily


    Yep, they have changed their policy since I last read it!! They changed it on the 21st of May 2009.

    I just rang Ryan Air, if you have booked your tickets before 21st May you are ok to travel on an internal flight without a passport for a minor. Anything booked after those dates, you must have a passport, even for a baby.

    So now I have the choice, of a 2 hour trip to Cork to get an emergency passport tomorrow, or cancelling the 24 hour trip to Dublin on Saturday!

    oh *#^&!!


  • #4
    stitchlily
    Closed Accounts Posts: 69 ✭✭stitchlily


    They are changing their policy in October 09, so that Adults can't use a drivers licence for an internal flight any more. It's to do with online check -in. They will only accept passports for online check in, and from October there will only be online check in with Ryan Air..


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