Expired Passport - Fly Tomorrow :-(

mae

This happened to us, My husbands passport ran out when we were due to travel to Lanzarote last year. The passport office could not help us at all.. So we rang the airline who we were flying with and they told us we could fly up on an expired passport for up to so long (sorry can't remember) and my husbands passport was longer expired than yours. So ring the airline because apparently it is up to their discretion..Good luck I hope this helps

diddydi

I too have been allowed to travel to Spain with an expired passport BUT THAT IS BECAUSE THEY ARE MEMBERS OF THE EU. Do not risk this with Turkey.

pbright

Your right....they arent going to risk it turkey...thanks all, they thought they could chance it as they have did with Spain in the past but like y'all said...its not in the EU and Turkeys Sketchy and can do what they want. They have begged passport office and they said if there up at the passport office in glasgow for 9am, and then phone the head office and ask if theres an emergency appointment and there is then they can get one but it takes 4hours-ish and there flight leaves at 3pm....cutting it close. Howevver if theres no emergency appointments then theyre is nothing they can do. I hope they can get an emergency appointment in the morning...there is none at all tonight in Glasgow.

black-saturn

What a nightmare to be in. Let us know how it goes.

pbright

Surely will...

Twopints

Let the holiday company know as soon as possible so that they can see if your folks can get on a later flight or even the next day.

OK, I'll confess to turning up at the airport with an expired passport. It was when they still did 1 year ones and I had picked up an old one instead of the new one - probably around 1992/93. They wouldn't let me fly without a valid passport but I was able to get one the next day from the post office in the airport - an emergency one for 3 months. Now, I guess they don't do these anymore, but the holiday rep/company got me onto the first available flight the next day (we stayed in a B&B in Crawley !).

So instead of flying out of Gatwick, landing at Athens in the early hours and then getting the slow boat to Poros we got a good night's kip landed at a civilised time and paid a few quid to get the hydrofoil to the resort, arriving about 2 hours later than those who'd made the flight.

beautifulgorgeous_2

I suggest that everyone who has booked a holiday abroad or may book at last minute to check the whole families passports especially children who only have five years. If you are going to the States then EVERYONE must have their own passport, children will not be allowed to travel if still on a parents passport. Many places insist on 6mths left on return date too. Save a whole lot of hassle and heartbreak....I know three families who had passport problems at Easter

black-saturn

And apparantly the passport fee has gone up to £35 each for a child :eek:

spender

Hope I am not interfering but make sure your mum reads the passport website (the section if travelling within 2 days) and make sure all the relevant documentation is with them. Hate them to get an appointment to find they have left a vital piece of paperwork behind. I sincerely hope that it works out for them, I shall be crossing everything, I know how important holidays are.
I also look at the Turkish Embassy site and it says Visa's are needed (obtainable on arrival in Turkey) so therefore they would probably check all passports.

I have just checked all our passports after reading this.

monkeyspanner

spender wrote:

Hope I am not interfering but make sure your mum reads the passport website (the section if travelling within 2 days) and make sure all the relevant documentation is with them. Hate them to get an appointment to find they have left a vital piece of paperwork behind. I sincerely hope that it works out for them, I shall be crossing everything, I know how important holidays are.
I also look at the Turkish Embassy site and it says Visa's are needed (obtainable on arrival in Turkey) so therefore they would probably check all passports.

I have just checked all our passports after reading this.

Agree about the information and pay particular attention to the new photo requirements i.e. the size of head in relation to the total size of the photo etc. . Lots of passport applications are being reject due to this recently.