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by 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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