I already have a 2nd passport... both UK passports are currently valid and active and in my name - ie neither has been reported as lost/stolen. I show the newer one to police at borders, and the older one to airlines and hotels. When travelling it means that if I am mugged/robbed, I still have a spare passport on which I can get home without waiting 2 weeks for the local UK embassy to do their admin. The problem is the old passport can still be used for ID theft as I need to give out the passport number to check in for a flight or hotel... albeit photocopies of the older passport show an image of me that looks a bit less like me than the newer passport
I'm very much aware that claiming the cost of replacing a compromised passport from an airline isn't going to succeed - if an airline has a major hack and every passenger claims the money for a new passport, the cost of the damages will push the airline into bankruptcy at which point monetary claims are pretty much worthless
Last edited by davidjohnson6; 14th Feb 2023 at 23:01.