Ryanair travel documents

ShowMeTheCash · 17-10-2017 12:53PM #1

Hey maybe someone can answer this for me here:

Traveling to London with gf this Friday.

Flight is Belfast to London and back again on Sunday so it is a domestic flight.

Turns out gf passport is expired back in Sep, too late to renew but as this is a domestic flight will her drivers license be OK? Considering we live in Donegal and her license is a ROI not a UK one?

From the Ryanaire website:

A driving licence is not accepted as a travel document on international flights. The travel documents required for domestic flights differs from country to country. Flights between the UK and Ireland require a passport, a drivers licence is NOT accepted.

But as this is Belfast to London this is domestic? Yes
When they say UK and Ireland they mean UK and ROI i.e. Dublin?

When I go to the UK domestic section is just says "Any form of photographic ID"

So a ROI licence will be ok in this case?

EverythingGood · 17-10-2017 01:00PM

ShowMeTheCash wrote: »

Hey maybe someone can answer this for me here:

Traveling to London with gf this Friday.

Flight is Belfast to London and back again on Sunday so it is a domestic flight.

Turns out gf passport is expired back in Sep, too late to renew but as this is a domestic flight will her drivers license be OK? Considering we live in Donegal and her license is a ROI not a UK one?

From the Ryanaire website:

A driving licence is not accepted as a travel document on international flights. The travel documents required for domestic flights differs from country to country. Flights between the UK and Ireland require a passport, a drivers licence is NOT accepted.

But as this is Belfast to London this is domestic? Yes
When they say UK and Ireland they mean UK and ROI i.e. Dublin?

When I go to the UK domestic section is just says "Any form of photographic ID"

So a ROI licence will be ok in this case?

No, Ryanair insist on a passport

Hitman3000 · 17-10-2017 01:05PM

ShowMeTheCash wrote:

So a ROI licence will be ok in this case?

Valid in date passport licence is unacceptable.

munchkin_utd · 17-10-2017 02:18PM

until the UK gives us the 6 counties back (or something happens after brexit) the North is still an integral part of the UK, as British as Finchley, 100% as much a part of the UK as Scotland Wales or England

So, being a domestic flight within the UK you deal with the UK domestic flight rules which states as acceptable ID:
(Domestic Flight) UK : Any photo ID which matches the passenger name in the booking.

see here, go down to domestic flights
https://www.ryanair.com/gb/en/useful-info/help-centre/terms-and-conditions/termsandconditionsar_368204930

so a drivers licence is grand.

ShowMeTheCash · 17-10-2017 02:27PM

munchkin_utd wrote: »

until the UK gives us the 6 counties back (or something happens after brexit) the North is still an integral part of the UK, as British as Finchley, 100% as much a part of the UK as Scotland Wales or England

So, being a domestic flight within the UK you deal with the UK domestic flight rules which states as acceptable ID:
(Domestic Flight) UK : Any photo ID which matches the passenger name in the booking.

see here, go down to domestic flights
https://www.ryanair.com/gb/en/useful-info/help-centre/terms-and-conditions/termsandconditionsar_368204930

so a drivers licence is grand.

This is what I thought...

@ Hitman3000 and EverythingGood

Make makes you say no?

I mean has this happened to you or are you just guessing?

toadfly · 17-10-2017 03:38PM

Arent you better to contact Ryanair and ask? Better than us guessing. Their live chat is good

Hitman3000 · 17-10-2017 03:53PM

ShowMeTheCash wrote:

Make makes you say no?

Simple it's Ryanair and they have their own rules. By all means rock up to the gate with your ROI drivers license and let us know how you get on.

ShowMeTheCash · 17-10-2017 03:55PM

toadfly wrote: »

Arent you better to contact Ryanair and ask? Better than us guessing. Their live chat is good

I will try their live chat.

s15r330 · 17-10-2017 03:55PM

Ryanair is passport only, their rule, nothing to do.with where you're from.

I'd chance the passport, may not be noticed

coylemj · 17-10-2017 03:56PM

toadfly wrote: »

Arent you better to contact Ryanair and ask? Better than us guessing. Their live chat is good

Asking someone in a call centre is not a good idea, that person won't be at the gate when you're refused boarding. Far better to read the Ts & Cs on the website.

Given my experience with call centre agents in general, I'd bet that most of them don't know that Belfast and Dublin are in different countries.

And we're not guessing, the OP has quoted direct from the Ryanair Ts & Cs where it clearly says that any photo id will suffice on a UK domestic flight.

coylemj · 17-10-2017 03:58PM

s15r330 wrote: »

Ryanair is passport only, their rule, nothing to do.with where you're from.

That's complete rubbish. They accept national ID cards from several European countries...

A valid National Identity Card issued by the government of a European Economic Area (EEA) country. (Only the following EEA countries currently issue National Identity Cards acceptable for carriage on Ryanair flights: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France*, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland

s15r330 · 17-10-2017 04:00PM

coylemj wrote: »

That's complete rubbish. They accept national ID cards from several European countries...

A valid National Identity Card issued by the government of a European Economic Area (EEA) country. (Only the following EEA countries currently issue National Identity Cards acceptable for carriage on Ryanair flights: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France*, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland

Well i'm not from the other European countries and neither is the OP flying out from continental Europe either so why would I comment on national identity cards which we don't even have so wind your neck in

ShowMeTheCash · 17-10-2017 04:08PM

s15r330 wrote: »

Ryanair is passport only, their rule, nothing to do.with where you're from.

I'd chance the passport, may not be noticed

Only passport on international fights according to the website.

ShowMeTheCash · 17-10-2017 04:09PM

s15r330 wrote: »

Well i'm not from the other European countries and neither is the OP flying out from continental Europe either so why would I comment on national identity cards which we don't even have so wind your neck in

I am flying from Belfast to London technically a domestic flight.
If it was Dublin I know it would not be accepted.

s15r330 · 17-10-2017 04:11PM

ShowMeTheCash wrote: »

I am flying from Belfast to London technically a domestic flight.
If it was Dublin I know it would not be accepted.

But you're not a UK citizen? Only they can tell u for sure.

ShowMeTheCash · 17-10-2017 04:13PM

s15r330 wrote: »

But you're not a UK citizen? Only they can tell u for sure.

Well that is the gray area. But (I would think)should it matter.
According to the ryanair website domestic flights inside the UK require any form of photo ID.

ShowMeTheCash · 17-10-2017 04:14PM

s15r330 wrote: »

But you're not a UK citizen? Only they can tell u for sure.

I am 27th in the chat queue, I will see what they say.

toadfly · 17-10-2017 04:22PM

coylemj wrote: »

Asking someone in a call centre is not a good idea, that person won't be at the gate when you're refused boarding. Far better to read the Ts & Cs on the website.

Given my experience with call centre agents in general, I'd bet that most of them don't know that Belfast and Dublin are in different countries.

And we're not guessing, the OP has quoted direct from the Ryanair Ts & Cs where it clearly says that any photo id will suffice on a UK domestic flight.

I didnt say to ask the call centre, I said to use their live chat. The transcript can be emailed as proof of what was said.

ShowMeTheCash · 17-10-2017 04:27PM

OK just off the live chat.

Belfast to London is a UK domestic flight, any form of Photographic ID can be used as long as it matched the name of the ticket. Does not matter where you are from.

s15r330 · 17-10-2017 04:28PM

Sorted

coylemj · 17-10-2017 04:39PM

s15r330 wrote: »

Well i'm not from the other European countries.....

I was replying to your pretty explicit point that it has nothing to do with where you're from.

s15r330 wrote: »

Ryanair is passport only, their rule, nothing to do.with where you're from.

s15r330 wrote: »

...... and neither is the OP flying out from continental Europe either so why would I comment on national identity cards which we don't even have so wind your neck in

Those national ID cards are accepted on flights anywhere in Europe - a Latvian can fly from Dublin to Stanstead with his home id card and no passport.

s15r330 · 17-10-2017 05:02PM

coylemj wrote: »

I was replying to your pretty explicit point that it has nothing to do with where you're from.

Those national ID cards are accepted on flights anywhere in Europe - a Latvian can fly from Dublin to Stanstead with his home id card and no passport.

He's not a Latvian is he, so zero relevance

mahamageehad · 17-10-2017 08:21PM

ShowMeTheCash wrote: »

OK just off the live chat.

Belfast to London is a UK domestic flight, any form of Photographic ID can be used as long as it matched the name of the ticket. Does not matter where you are from.

Good to know for future reference!

munchkin_utd · 18-10-2017 09:26AM

ShowMeTheCash wrote: »

I am flying from Belfast to London technically a domestic flight.
If it was Dublin I know it would not be accepted.

its not technically a domestic flight, it is a domestic flight.
Flying from Belfast to London is the exact same as flying from Liverpool or Cardiff or Glasgow to London

You cross the international border at Newry or Derrylin or Belcoo or wherever and then you are in the "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland" otherwise known as the UK, and passing to another part of the UK is simply passing to another part of the UK.

RocketRaccoon · 18-10-2017 09:29AM

s15r330 wrote: »

He's not a Latvian is he, so zero relevance

But you stated that Ryanair policy was basically no passport = no travel. You were wrong, the other poster proved you were wrong. Just accept it instead of backtracking.

spurious · 18-10-2017 09:42AM

I would still bring my passport. I'm afraid I have grown very wary of believing anything from Ryanair.

ShowMeTheCash · 18-10-2017 10:25AM

munchkin_utd wrote: »

its not technically a domestic flight, it is a domestic flight.
Flying from Belfast to London is the exact same as flying from Liverpool or Cardiff or Glasgow to London

You cross the international border at Newry or Derrylin or Belcoo or wherever and then you are in the "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland" otherwise known as the UK, and passing to another part of the UK is simply passing to another part of the UK.

Well northern Ireland is not part of Great Britain so there is a slight difference. But yes in terms of travel they should be the same but Airlines can do what they want if they so choose. If they require people who travel from N Ireland to mainland GB to have a passport then they can enforce it if they choose.

ShowMeTheCash · 18-10-2017 10:30AM

spurious wrote: »

I would still bring my passport. I'm afraid I have grown very wary of believing anything from Ryanair.

Same, but GF passport expired in Sep we only noticed earlier this week.

coylemj · 18-10-2017 04:06PM

ShowMeTheCash wrote: »

Well northern Ireland is not part of Great Britain so there is a slight difference.

Great Britain is an island, not a country.

NI + GB = UK which is a country.

I'm not aware that Ryanair treats NI as anything other than an integral (if geographically separate) part of the UK.

ShowMeTheCash · 18-10-2017 08:58PM

coylemj wrote: »

Great Britain is an island, not a country.

NI + GB = UK which is a country.

I'm not aware that Ryanair treats NI as anything other than an integral (if geographically separate) part of the UK.

UK technically is a country in that it is a sovereign state.
But England, Scotland, Wales and NI are also considered countries.

As far as I am aware they do not teat it different either but NI is more complicated as there is an invisible boarder with Ireland.

Post Brexit they might treat it different.

Ardent · 18-10-2017 09:32PM

Doesn't matter what they say on live chat. You will be prevented from boarding the plane without a passport. I know from personal experience.

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