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This charge is necessary to stop touts buying tickets up at low prices and selling them on.
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This charge is necessary to stop touts buying tickets up at low prices and selling them on.
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RAT 5 That's exactly what I would do but my friend is determined to change hers. Her passport doesn't expire until May next year and she has it in her head that in order to travel abroad you have to have at least six months left in your passport!! Hence the reason she plans to renew her passport next month, six months early!
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Surely the decision/policy on this issue should be decided by the immigration department. Is it legal for a transport company to impose such a restriction? On what grounds? Surely it is your responsibility to arrive for the return trip with a valid passport to enter the country of destination. It must be valid for first departure. Your on a long weekend trip, returning in 4 days on a passport with still 4 months valid, and they refuse you travel. Has anyone tested the legality of this? Does one company do it because the others do? If you travel by car/train the responsibility is all yours.
James: if the trip is within Schengen then the passport is only necessary for an ID at check-in. There is no immigration issue. Is a photo driving licence an acceptable photo ID? It is where I live.
James: if the trip is within Schengen then the passport is only necessary for an ID at check-in. There is no immigration issue. Is a photo driving licence an acceptable photo ID? It is where I live.
At the risk of going off topic, but in the hope of putting this question to bed so we return to discussing Ryanair instead...
If you are travelling on an EU passport to an EU member state, you can use a passport which expires the following day and freedom of movement rules prohibit immigration refusing you entry to the country on arrival. (Yes there are a few exceptions but they either cover countries declaring a state of emergency or people who have fallen seriously foul of the law). There have been quite a few cases in recent years of airline checkin staff deciding that this is not allowed for some reason and refusing boarding - mainly because of an airline being potentially liable for a large fine for bringing passengers to a country without verifying they have appropriate passport/visa. Checkin / gate staff know if they let people through without valid paperwork, said checkin or gate person will be in trouble later so they sometimes are over cautious.
The usual conclusion is airline initially claiming they acted correctly followed by newspaper getting involved and airline then apologising and paying EU261 compensation. Consider that the fine for one illegal immigrant is about 40 times the cost of EU261 compensation and then think what you would do as newly hired checkin staff if you weren't sure and your boss wasn't around or able to advise.
If you are travelling on an EU passport to an EU member state, you can use a passport which expires the following day and freedom of movement rules prohibit immigration refusing you entry to the country on arrival. (Yes there are a few exceptions but they either cover countries declaring a state of emergency or people who have fallen seriously foul of the law). There have been quite a few cases in recent years of airline checkin staff deciding that this is not allowed for some reason and refusing boarding - mainly because of an airline being potentially liable for a large fine for bringing passengers to a country without verifying they have appropriate passport/visa. Checkin / gate staff know if they let people through without valid paperwork, said checkin or gate person will be in trouble later so they sometimes are over cautious.
The usual conclusion is airline initially claiming they acted correctly followed by newspaper getting involved and airline then apologising and paying EU261 compensation. Consider that the fine for one illegal immigrant is about 40 times the cost of EU261 compensation and then think what you would do as newly hired checkin staff if you weren't sure and your boss wasn't around or able to advise.
Last edited by davidjohnson6; 31st Oct 2016 at 09:05.
Posted before about being on a flight from Madrid 16-17 years ago with couple of British early 20's students, they had been part of a Yacht crew that had left south coast and because weather/wind had been good they handed ended up in Northern Spain.
Weather turned meant they would have been stuck for least a week there so after being let into Spain they made their way to Madrid for a flight leaving skipper with the boat.
Their parents had booked the flight with airline "Go".
Airline called UK immigration who asked to speak to the teens, after handing phone back to checkin UK Immigration just said, "yup sound like they are our just send them on back and we sort at Stansted".
Youngsters a bit surprised but airline staff said happens all the time, in this case their parents had to bring passports to Stansted but lost / stolen passports is such a frequent occurence that airlines have process for this.
Weather turned meant they would have been stuck for least a week there so after being let into Spain they made their way to Madrid for a flight leaving skipper with the boat.
Their parents had booked the flight with airline "Go".
Airline called UK immigration who asked to speak to the teens, after handing phone back to checkin UK Immigration just said, "yup sound like they are our just send them on back and we sort at Stansted".
Youngsters a bit surprised but airline staff said happens all the time, in this case their parents had to bring passports to Stansted but lost / stolen passports is such a frequent occurence that airlines have process for this.
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Tomorrow press conference Ryanair with Fraport
Ryanair to start flying from Frankfurt - source - UK Money News - London South East
Ryanair to start flying from Frankfurt - source - UK Money News - London South East
Tomorrow press conference Ryanair with Fraport
Ryanair to start flying from Frankfurt - source - UK Money News - London South East
Ryanair to start flying from Frankfurt - source - UK Money News - London South East
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HHN must be seething. Was it not the case 10 years ago they they were expected to go up to 20 a/c? Did they not in fact shrink to single figures. Now this; or is it considered a LTN v STN, CRL v BRL, BCN v GRO combination of routes?
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It'll be interesting to see what FR come up with at FRA, fingers crossed it works out for them. I'd love to see NCL-FRA, but I'd worry that it would then preclude any chance of any LH offering, be it on LH metal or codeshare with someone like bmi regional.
Would they ever set up a Lufthansa codeshare? It would be interesting to see if moves like this from Ryanair could signal a new wave of cooperation between LCC's and legacy carriers
I wonder if easyjet will ever break into Frankfurt after this?
Would they ever set up a Lufthansa codeshare? It would be interesting to see if moves like this from Ryanair could signal a new wave of cooperation between LCC's and legacy carriers
I wonder if easyjet will ever break into Frankfurt after this?
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LH is unlikely to use LBA due to their large presence at MAN so a great opportunity for FR to get into the German market with a LBA-FRA which has been wanted for years so will see what happens in the announcement. It could appeal to business users from Teesside to south Yorkshire if the frequency can be 3/4 weekly.
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A lot of countries, operators, cruise lines etc do insist on 6 months being left on your passport.
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There will be 4 routes to Spain/Portugal each flying daily. As for turnaround 35 minutes is not happening for most part.
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Are you talking blocks on/blocks off or including taxi times?
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Flight times are stand to stand, so outside of that there will be a lot of down time. I am going to assume it's night arrival slots in FRA which are the cause of such gaps combined with curfew.