• @Hikermick@lemmy.world
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    510 months ago

    I haven’t traveled out of the US in quite a while but I don’t think you have to show TSA a passport but you do need identification to get through

    • @ZapBeebz_@lemmy.world
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      810 months ago

      A lot of the time (if not always), they require you to use your passport as your ID for international flights

      • @hitmyspot@aussie.zone
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        410 months ago

        Some countries, like Australia, require you to show the airline a valid visa before you fly. If you land without one, the airline is responsible for the cost to repatriate you. Obviously to get a visa, you’d need a valid passport.

        • Kid_Thunder
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          410 months ago

          “But I got a visa! See? It’s the $500 visa gift card that I used to buy this passport”

        • matlag
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          410 months ago

          Now I’m tempted to start an online service to issue visas to all destinations for World Passports owners…

    • @cbarrick@lemmy.world
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      810 months ago

      I don’t know about TSA (I’ve never not used my passport as ID when traveling internationally).

      But the airlines will validate your documents before giving you a boarding pass. You have to either scan it into the app or show it to an agent at check-in.