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Do I need a passport to fly with Ryan Air from England to Dublin?

Do I need a passport to fly with Ryan Air from England to Dublin?
I am flying in August and I have been told by a friend that I will now need a passport to fly with Ryan Air to Dublin, Ireland I have always used my Photo Id as I have no passport,

I looked on Ryan Airs website and I can not see anything about needing a passport.

Any help please? diggerman (Thu 21:33 02/Jul/09)

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Rollo
(Thu 21:37 02/Jul/09)
Ryan Air tell you here:

http://www.ryanair.com/site/EN/faqs.php?sect=p id&quest=photoid
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joggerjayne
(Thu 21:38 02/Jul/09)
Do you have a British passport?

Ireland is outside Britain ... which is what your passport is for.
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dot.haukes
(Thu 21:38 02/Jul/09)
i would expect so, Dublin is in an EU country but so is Spain and you need a passport to go there.
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Rollo
(Thu 21:41 02/Jul/09)
Yes, but you do not require a passport to enter the Republic of Ireland from the UK. You can just walk over the border from Northern Ireland if you want to.

However carriers like Ryan Air insist all their passengers have suitablr photo ID, even if you are flying only within the UK.
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NoMercy
(Thu 21:41 02/Jul/09)
Last time I went with Ryanair, they asked me to provide "Advanced Passenger Information". In other words, a document number, name, DOB, expiry date of document, and place where document was issued, and DOCUMENT TYPE. If travelling within the E.U. you should be able to use your photo ID or Photocard driving licence.
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diggerman
(Thu 21:43 02/Jul/09)
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I have no passport, and I have always flown with Ryan Air from England to Ireland on several occasions using my uk driving licence and never had a problem.

My friend says this has now changed you can no longer use a driving licence photo ID and you must now use a passport.

Any ideas please
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khoey
(Thu 21:44 02/Jul/09)
RyanAir technically will until Oct 2009, but others have reported issues with them insisting on a passport anyway;

http://www.ryanair.com/site/EN/faqs....&quest= photoid



http://www.ryanair.com/site/EN/faqs....quest=p assport
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Pigletion
(Thu 21:44 02/Jul/09)
http://www.ryanair.com/site/EN/faqs.php?sect=p id&quest=licences

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

It seems like you need a passport or National ID card (which I don't think we have in the UK, but many European countries do). It's phasing out driving licences.
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Rollo
(Thu 21:45 02/Jul/09)
Pigleton is correct, according to the Ryan Air website.
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dot.haukes
(Thu 21:46 02/Jul/09)
maybe you should take both, experiment with them and see what happens and if they insist on a passport let them think for 5 minutes that you don't have one and then produce one, it might be quite interesting to see their level of customer service skills in action for real instead of the patronising way they come across on the tv show
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Pigletion
(Thu 21:46 02/Jul/09)
We have a special arrangement with the Republic of Ireland regards travelling there, it's only on airlines that you have trouble. On ferries or comingfrom N. Ireland, you just need photo ID.

On net, some people have been complaining about Ryanair and photo ID, so it might be wise to get a definite answer from Ryanair.
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mucholegend
(Thu 21:49 02/Jul/09)
fly with aer lingus then


far better company

check their website for id requirements

they are the bmw to ryanairs skoda

you get what you pay for

ryanair are sh�te
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Rollo
(Thu 21:49 02/Jul/09)
A UK passport costs �72.

But it is valid for 10 years.
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dzug
(Thu 22:08 02/Jul/09)
From the Ryaiair site:

PLEASE NOTE � passengers making new bookings from the 20th May 2009 onwards will no longer be able to select to check-in at the airport and therefore will be unable to book flights and use their driving licence as photo-id.

From the 1st October 2009 driving licences will NO LONGER be an acceptable travel document on Ryanair flights


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diggerman
(Thu 23:00 02/Jul/09)
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Dzug can you give me a link to where you saw that info please, thank you
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Pigletion
(Thu 23:01 02/Jul/09)
It's in the link I posted above (hence why I posted them)
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diggerman
(Thu 23:02 02/Jul/09)
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found it thank you

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