Ryanair flight, name on ticket different to Passport!

Steve_xx

PolishBigSpender wrote: »

Jealous of a Brit? Of course...I mean, the UK is collapsing both economically and socially, and you think I'm jealous?

Can we assume then that you won't be coming to the UK?

neas

To be honest wife's polish and I've been and seen the 'real' poland... while english economy is down for a couple years it still seems to be holding a steady level vs the zloty... whereas the zloty has continued falling against the euro for quite some time now.

2012.. i would like to see how poland is doing, when it joins the euro, wife and her family are not looking forward to it back in poland as generally it inflates prices and does little to help 'the economy'.

And funnily enough the EU aint doing so good lately, so as they say 'we are in it together'

And seriously the roads and infrastructure in the north are horrendously bad, am going krakov soon so i hope its different lol.

ICATQ

There are no border controls between NI and the Republic so there is no need to have anything.

The passport is in this instance confirmation of the identity of who is flying with the airline. Just in case it were to crash they know who was onboard - in extremis!

Obviously when you arrive by air you will be in an International airport and will be mixed in with other passengers from other countries, so you need to have something that will identify you.

I made a similiar error when travelling to the USA, my first name has been anglicised. Fortunately the airline (Virgin) can amend tickets that have up to three spelling errors. My first name was amended by the 3 letters to read what is on my passport so there wasnt an issue - guess what - hasnt happened again!

PolishBigSpender

Steve_xx wrote: »

Can we assume then that you won't be coming to the UK?

Actually, I quite enjoy spending money in the UK. Plenty of Polish businesses appreciate my support, after all

ICATQ wrote:

There are no border controls between NI and the Republic so there is no need to have anything.

It isn't recommended to cross the frontier without any identification. The Garda in Ireland and the UK Border authorities are known to conduct random spot checks, particularly on the main Dublin-Belfast road. If you don't carry any ID whatsoever, then you could be potentially detained until you can do so.

neas wrote:

To be honest wife's polish and I've been and seen the 'real' poland... while english economy is down for a couple years it still seems to be holding a steady level vs the zloty... whereas the zloty has continued falling against the euro for quite some time now.

The zloty is quite volatile, I agree. This is mainly due to a lack of confidence in the Polish banking system - I think everyone was awaiting some sort of spectacular meltdown that hasn't materialised yet. But the Pound is equally volatile - it was what, 2.10 against the Dollar, then down to nearly 1.40, then up to 1.60.

But of course the Pound is a much stronger currency than the Zloty. I'm not disputing this - which is why anyone with a sane mind in Poland wants to get into the Euro as soon as possible.

2012.. i would like to see how poland is doing, when it joins the euro, wife and her family are not looking forward to it back in poland as generally it inflates prices and does little to help 'the economy'.

Won't happen in 2012. 2014 seems to be a more realistic target at the minute - although if the 2010 Presidential Election and the 2011 Sejm election goes the way of pro-Euro parties, then 2013 might happen.

As for how Poland will do - it will do better in the Euro than outside it. There's a huge market on our doorstep, all using Euro - the removal of the currency risk will make things considerably easier for many Polish businesses.

And seriously the roads and infrastructure in the north are horrendously bad, am going krakov soon so i hope its different lol.

Yup, Poland's infrastructure isn't too great. The money is starting to come through from the EU, but it'll be 2020 before you'll see anything approaching the standards of France/Germany here.

The UK's infrastructure isn't too great either, especially in the remote parts. Ever tried getting from somewhere in Mid-Wales to London in a reasonable amount of time?

Steve_xx

PolishBigSpender wrote: »

Yup, Poland's infrastructure isn't too great. The money is starting to come through from the EU, but it'll be 2020 before you'll see anything approaching the standards of France/Germany here.

The UK's infrastructure isn't too great either, especially in the remote parts. Ever tried getting from somewhere in Mid-Wales to London in a reasonable amount of time?

I note that you're happy to accept funds from the UK's collapsing economy, via the EEC.

Yes I take your point regarding the time taken to get from Mid Wales to London. Maybe we should reduce our payments into the EEC coffers. Oh but wait a minute, if we did that it may take until 2030 before you see any improvement in Polands' infrastructure.

Before you start to rubbish the UK socially and economically, you would do well to remember who is footing the bill for the style in which you would like to become accustomed to living in Poland.

PolishBigSpender

Steve_xx wrote: »

I note that you're happy to accept funds from the UK's collapsing economy, via the EEC.

Via the what...the EEC? What's the EEC? I thought we were all members of the European Union these days.

Of course I'm quite happy to accept funds from the EU. Britain was quite happy to take a sizable rebate when Britain was quite poor, and still takes a rebate to this day.

Yes I take your point regarding the time taken to get from Mid Wales to London. Maybe we should reduce our payments into the EEC coffers. Oh but wait a minute, if we did that it may take until 2030 before you see any improvement in Polands' infrastructure.

No problem with me, I'm not an amazingly large fan of paying for other countries to improve their infrastructure anyway. And in all honesty, I find it bizzare that the UK agreed to the CAP in the first place, let alone the huge continued payments to French farmers.

Before you start to rubbish the UK socially and economically, you would do well to remember who is footing the bill for the style in which you would like to become accustomed to living in Poland.

Last time I checked, it was us that was footing most of the bill. The EU hasn't spent that much money in Poland compared to the natives, and we only tend to see EU money being spent on 'pork' projects anyway, just like all over the Union.

Anyway, the idea behind subsidising Poland in the short term is that in the long term, we'll be cross subsidising everyone else in order to provide a better future for everyone. Brits often fail to realise that the EU's greatest achievement is in levelling living standards for everyone. Spain is a beautiful example of this.

PolishBigSpender

sturll wrote: »

I bet you sit with toilet roll on your knee when you speak to wipe your mouth you talk so much !!!!!.

What a highly articulate comment to make.

Poland in 3 years will have had £88BN of EU funding.

Source? Last reference I found to EU funding was that the total amount of funding was around 120 Billion PLN - or around 22bn Pounds. I somehow can't imagine that Poland will suddenly get another 66 billion in the space of 3 years.

And you can't even begin to compare the spunk stain that is Poland with a beautiful country like Spain.

Aren't you the articulate one? Thank you for proving my point about the UK by the way, it's so nice when natives back up every stereotype

And the day i see Poland supporting even their own people, never mind the rest of the EU - I will eat my own head.

I could've said the same thing about the UK in the 1970's. At least people in my country has never refused to bury the dead or supply vital fuel to families with small children - unlike yours.

Still, i can see how you are happy to sit back and have someone else put right your country, since Britain has been doing that for the biggest part of last century and this - You know no different.

Of course I'm happy to take the EU money. We're quite happy to allow people to start businesses here to take advantage of market conditions (witness the flood of companies leaving the UK and Ireland to Poland!) and in return, we receive EU money to improve our infrastructure.

It's all very fair.

sturll

What a highly articulate comment to make.

Thanks :beer:

Source? Last reference I found to EU funding was that the total amount of funding was around 120 Billion PLN - or around 22bn Pounds. I somehow can't imagine that Poland will suddenly get another 66 billion in the space of 3 years.

I gave you the link the other day. Perhaps its worth noting that the UK pays in £15bn per year - so much for a crap economy.

Aren't you the articulate one? Thank you for proving my point about the UK by the way, it's so nice when natives back up every stereotype

You are very welcome, but id like also to pass the thanks back. You have very eloquently proven that members of Eastern European countries are nothing more than bitter, un grateful !!!!!!!!!!s.

I could've said the same thing about the UK in the 1970's. At least people in my country has never refused to bury the dead or supply vital fuel to families with small children - unlike yours.

There is a much bigger story behind this and we both know - or at least i do. Still, we never stopped bailing you out so no worries.

Of course I'm happy to take the EU money. We're quite happy to allow people to start businesses here to take advantage of market conditions (witness the flood of companies leaving the UK and Ireland to Poland!) and in return, we receive EU money to improve our infrastructure.

Which just happens to be one of the worst across the whole of Europe (Infrastructure)
Interested about this businesses moving crap though. Care to provide a link for that fabricated piece of information?

Teahfc

Poland ... 1 hour ahead
But


20 years behind :silenced:

mobby-2554

PolishBigSpender

It isn't recommended to cross the frontier without any identification. The Garda in Ireland and the UK Border authorities are known to conduct random spot checks, particularly on the main Dublin-Belfast road. If you don't carry any ID whatsoever, then you could be potentially detained until you can do so.

How do you know have you ever been to Ireland???

My step son lives in Belfast & we have often flown by Ryanair to Dublin instead because it was cheaper.

The border control authorities do not bother you.
We only knew we had crossed the border when he told us we were now in Belfast & then we noticed the road signs were different.

Before you say it step-son also has a UK registered car!

Again!

Sadly, I don't see much love in your reply to sturll the UK or anyone who's British!

'From Poland-with love' I DO NOT THINK SO????????

Teahfc

I agree!