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passport validity on ryanair flights

korky69
korky69 Posts: 525 Forumite
in Overseas holidays & travel planning
hi,
i'm flying with ryan air to the canaries late august and again with them mid september to majorca,
what is their policy on how long the passports must have left on them as mine runs out early december, dont know if they're the same with 1 being none EU.
just spent 10 mins on hold to then get through for them to cut me off!

ta
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  • spiro
    spiro Posts: 6,405 Forumite
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    Passport valid on date of travel then its OK.
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  • korky69
    korky69 Posts: 525 Forumite
    ta,
    just remembered last year with my nippers passport i think it had to have 3 or 6 months left on it to turkey, different airline though
  • Inactive
    Inactive Posts: 14,509 Forumite
    I came back from Alicante yesterday on Ryanair with just 3 days valid on my passport.

    ( Different rules apply to Turkey ).
  • dzug1
    dzug1 Posts: 13,535 Forumite
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    korky69 wrote: »
    ta,
    just remembered last year with my nippers passport i think it had to have 3 or 6 months left on it to turkey, different airline though


    Nothing to do with the airline - it's the Turkish government's requirement
  • woody01
    woody01 Posts: 1,918 Forumite
    edited 1 July 2010 at 1:01PM
    korky69 wrote: »
    hi,
    i'm flying with ryan air to the canaries late august and again with them mid september to majorca,
    what is their policy on how long the passports must have left on them as mine runs out early december, dont know if they're the same with 1 being none EU.
    just spent 10 mins on hold to then get through for them to cut me off!

    ta
    To go to an EU country, your passpost must be valid for three months from the date of your arrival back in the United Kingdom. (ie. Travel home September 30th 2010...the passport must be valid until at least December 2010).
    It's also nothing to with with the Airlines. They just enforce the rules rather than make them.
    spiro wrote: »
    Passport valid on date of travel then its OK.
    Sorry but that is misleading and complete rubbish.
    Inactive wrote: »
    I came back from Alicante yesterday on Ryanair with just 3 days valid on my passport.

    ( Different rules apply to Turkey ).
    They didn't check it correctly then.
  • preable
    preable Posts: 2,114 Forumite
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    It can run out tommrow and you can fly hahaha then you would be stuck where ever you flew too hahaha
  • dzug1
    dzug1 Posts: 13,535 Forumite
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    edited 1 July 2010 at 1:34PM
    woody01 wrote: »
    Sorry but that is misleading and complete rubbish.

    Sounds OK to me (with a few caveats) - care to elaborate?
  • moonrakerz
    moonrakerz Posts: 8,650 Forumite
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    edited 1 July 2010 at 1:15PM
    woody01 wrote: »
    To go to an EU country, your passpost must be valid for three months from the date of your arrival back in the United Kingdom. (ie. Travel home September 30th 2010...the passport must be valid until at least December 2010).

    Absolute rubbish !

    All you need is a valid passport.
  • System
    System Posts: 178,390 Community Admin
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    woody01 wrote: »
    To go to an EU country, your passpost must be valid for three months from the date of your arrival back in the United Kingdom. (ie. Travel home September 30th 2010...the passport must be valid until at least December 2010).

    Reference?
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  • moonrakerz
    moonrakerz Posts: 8,650 Forumite
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    !!!!!! wrote: »
    Reference?

    Here's mine :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

    http://www.worldtravelguide.net/country/259/passport_visa/Europe/Spain.html
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