Boarding Cards for Aer Lingus

Tipsy McSwagger

So i have checked in online with Aer Lingus and can print my boarding cards, but I have not been asked for my passport details. Is this right?

Atlantic Dawn

Depends where you are going.

Tipsy McSwagger

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Depends where you are going.

Liverpool

coylemj

Any photo ID will do for an Aer Lingus flight to the UK if you are an Irish or UK citizen. You don't need a passport to travel between here and the UK unless you're flying with Ryanair or are not a citizen of the UK or Ireland.

Strumms

When you are checking in with Ryanair they require you enter your passport details. This is not required with Aer Lingus.

ScouseMouse

Just remember it will be the small aerlingus you will be on. Stobart Air. Handluggage is smaller, think of the top of my head its only 7kg and physically smaller.

Tipsy McSwagger

Cheers guys

km79

So I don't need to bring my passport for Manchester return ????
I'd be very nervous about not having my passport at the airport LOL
But what's the point in risking losing it either when I have a DL?

munchkin_utd

km79 wrote: »

So I don't need to bring my passport for Manchester return ????
I'd be very nervous about not having my passport at the airport LOL
But what's the point in risking losing it either when I have a DL?

on aer lingus and other non anally retarded airlines , for (obviously) irish people, then no.

If you are originally from the likes of Pakistan or Nigeria and are naturalised Irish, a passport to prove your newly acquired Irish citizenship would be probably a wise thing to have with you for that "random spotcheck" on arrival into the UK !

coylemj

km79 wrote: »

So I don't need to bring my passport for Manchester return ????
I'd be very nervous about not having my passport at the airport LOL
But what's the point in risking losing it either when I have a DL?

The new passport card ticks all the boxes - it's accepted by Ryanair, it's small enough to fit in your wallet and it's good for travel anywhere in the EU so you can leave the original format passport at home.

I understand your point about being nervous not having a passport in the airport, especially for the flight home. I used to always bring the old fashioned passport when flying to the UK because some of the lassies in the hi-viz jackets at the boarding gates in UK airports can get confused when they're presented with (e.g.) an Intel employee badge with a photo. That is perfectly acceptable to Aer Lingus for UK flights but a lot of the time it's a handling agent doing the checks at the gate so to speed things up I'd just have my passport and the new card is now what I have with me.

goingnowhere

While work ID is good enough, something government issued is suggested but not needed

Passport, passport card, drivers license, social security card with photo (the new one with photo) etc.

Ryanair are just covering themselves from the potential risk of being fined if they carry someone who is sent back, they can dodge the fine (but not the cost of carrying you back) if they can show they took appropriate steps to verify status, hence the visa check desk for non EU.

If you are going to the US or Russia for example the airline will want to see a passport before letting you board and will likely swipe it through the system