Easyjet strange procedure at Newcastle
Came home with Easyjet from Newcastle to Stansted a few days ago. Now I'm used to Easy (and other low costs) checking your photo-id at the gate to ensure the person checked and shown on the boarding card is is the person travelling, presumably as a revenue protection measure.
However it was announced that the gate that BCs would be uplifted at the desk upstairs, but photo-ids would be inspected at the foot of the stairs. Which they were.
Can anyone tell me what this achieves ?
Valid id for destination ? No, an internal flight.
Reconciles id with boarding card name ? No, the two were never looked at together.