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by bluecalm 210 days ago
>>In Europe I don't need to show ID for flights inside the Schengen Area

Really? I fly between Schengen countries multiple times a year. I don't remember one where I wasn't required to show my ID at both check-in and then gates. There are even ID scanners at the gates.

Driving licence doesn't count as ID either. It's either passport or official government ID card.
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hermanzegerman 209 days ago
I flew multiple times with easyJet in the last years, and I never had to show my ID at the security checkpoints. Sometimes the easyJet agent at the gate wanted to see an ID, but this is done on behalf of the company, not the government.

The only time they ask for ID at the Check-In-Counter, is when you have checked luggage.

Here is an article by German Public Television that confirms there is no legal requirement for the Airline to check, except in Spain https://www.mdr.de/nachrichten/deutschland/panorama/fliegen-...

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bluecalm 209 days ago
>>The only time they ask for ID at the Check-In-Counter, is when you have checked luggage.

They ask you to show it no matter if you have checked luggage or not. Your can online check-in but then you need to provide your ID info online.

The point is you're not getting a boarding pass without an ID and then you're not getting through security without a boarding pass and then most likely you're not getting on the plane without both.

>>but this is done on behalf of the company, not the government.

It's true. Is it an important distinction though? Government knows who is flying anyway as proved by multiple arrests on arrival in European airports.

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hermanzegerman 209 days ago
No, some airlines don't bother checking your ID during Check-In and it's legal. So you are able to get an Boarding Pass without an ID. If I remember correctly easyJet also didn't ask for ID Information on Schengen Flights during the online Check-In

See https://www.mdr.de/nachrichten/deutschland/panorama/fliegen-...

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rkomorn 210 days ago
Maybe they're talking specifically about the security checkpoints, rather than the other 2 places where ID gets checked.

Maybe we're moving checkpoints instead of goalposts.

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