Help..! Advice needed. Child's passport has expired and we're on holiday in France

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Due to return to the UK tomorrow, just spotted that 5 year old's passport is 4 weeks out of date. Came to France 2 weeks ago by ferry and all ok, but meant to be flying back from Biarritz tomorrow with Easyjet. Tempted to fly anyway and hope common sense prevails at passport checks but grateful for any advice or experience.

I'm not sure what else you could do. Is there a British Embassy near you? I think there may be one in Monte Carlo or Nice, assuming you are down that way if flying from Biarritz. Give them a ring?

I imagine easyjet would refuse to let you travel.

Would you risk getting on the plane and alerting easyjet in flight? It is an innocent mistake and i can't believe it hasn't been a problem before??

I'd blag it out if I were you and hope no one noticed, are you full UK citizens?

No, I wouldn't alert anyone. I'd wait and see if they noticed and then be surprised and apologetic.

yes try to blag it, but have a plan B just in case.

Unless you are near an embassy such that you can get an emergency passport, I would blag it.

Doubt if you'll get as far as the plane tbh. Is surely a thing they'll pick up on at check in?

No chance you could also return by ferry?

I have never had my passport checked coming back from France by ferry but always been checked on the airlines.

They notice adults, it's surprising how little officials notice children.

Definitely had ours checked when flying, and also when we used the Chunnel. Carefully checked too, on the channel tunnel.

But prob more wrt faces matching pictures rather than the date of expiry.

yes the faces are the thing I think

Blagging might work, but if it us scanned, the computer will notice the pp has expired.

...which might or might not be a problem.....
check out ferry times too

Thanks everyone. At this late stage, going to try and wing it (no pun intended!) and see how we get on. If passport control want to take on an irate 5 year old, good luck to them.
Will let you know how we get on for similarly disorganised parents in the future! Working on ferry based plan B now......

Hope you get though, hopefully they wont notice.

They won't even let you check in. The passports will be scanned. I'd go for plan B.

good luck, I would try and travel with a out of date passport the worst they can say is you can't travel and then it's onto plan B, might as well try plan A!

Hope you got home

Would be interesting to see if they did fly or have to take the ferry

They scan them at ferry ports....came back 2 weeks ago and ours were scanned.

how did u get on?