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ID for flying to Scotland

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TwittleBee · 05/04/2023 10:38

Can kids fly without any ID to Scotland? Us adults have our driving licences but the kids haven't anything besides their birth certificates.

I have Googled but I'd like to hear from people who have done it recently please.

Also any recommendations on what to do with 6 and 3 year olds in Scotland very much appreciated.

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emmathedilemma · 05/04/2023 14:43

4 changes is a lot of trains! You need to look at which stages of your journey offer advance fares e.g. if you're going into London, then across London by tube, and then Kings Cross to Edinburgh then you can book an advance ticket Kings Cross - Edinburgh, pay for the tube separately and check if you can get advance tickets on the train into London. but to be honest, with 4 changes I'd look into flying!

LicoriceComfit · 05/04/2023 16:31

If you drive then using the car is much more economical, flebile with kids and will allow you to day trip with ease

Augend23 · 05/04/2023 16:37

4 changes is a lot.

Advance Tickets are usually available 3 months out, and not longer, so you have to wait and book only 12 weeks ahead.

Family and friends Railcard likely to pay dividends even for a single journey that long.

Split ticketing (discussed above re e.g. Thetford) is possible, but creates the risk of your incoming train is late and you miss your onwards connection I think you aren't entitled to compensation and also not to transfer your advance ticket to a different journey as they are technically separate trips. Happy to be corrected though as it's always my worry at the moment.

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gogohmm · 05/04/2023 16:44

If driving I recommend a trip to Edinburgh, then up to aviemore for hiking, outdoorsy activities and landmark park. Then up to Inverness, down loch mess for some Nessie hunting before stopping in fort William, then finally there's a hollow mountain hydro electric place you can visit and go inside, check minimum ages though, before heading south, perhaps over night In Liverpool if you aren't keen on long journeys (we go straight through ourselves)

lsanny · 05/04/2023 18:07

Split ticketing (discussed above re e.g. Thetford) is possible, but creates the risk of your incoming train is late and you miss your onwards connection I think you aren't entitled to compensation and also not to transfer your advance ticket to a different journey as they are technically separate trips. Happy to be corrected though as it's always my worry at the moment.

Split tickets are for the same train.

So for instance instead of buying a ticket from Aberdeen to Edinburgh you buy Aberdeen to Dundee and then Dundee to Edinburgh but for the same service. Sometimes it's cheaper to split. The trainline app will do the legwork for you here so you don't have to try and work it out

DogInATent · 05/04/2023 19:19

Four changes, i.e. five separate trains, seems excessive. Are there other connections offered by NRE, i.e. if you don't choose the quickest is there one with fewer changes.

Augend23 · 06/04/2023 18:13

lsanny · 05/04/2023 18:07

Split ticketing (discussed above re e.g. Thetford) is possible, but creates the risk of your incoming train is late and you miss your onwards connection I think you aren't entitled to compensation and also not to transfer your advance ticket to a different journey as they are technically separate trips. Happy to be corrected though as it's always my worry at the moment.

Split tickets are for the same train.

So for instance instead of buying a ticket from Aberdeen to Edinburgh you buy Aberdeen to Dundee and then Dundee to Edinburgh but for the same service. Sometimes it's cheaper to split. The trainline app will do the legwork for you here so you don't have to try and work it out

Well sometimes - sometimes they split at a change, I have found? In which case you can miss the connection.

lsanny · 06/04/2023 18:47

Well sometimes - sometimes they split at a change, I have found? In which case you can miss the connection.

No, that's just separating journeys. If you buy a ticket and it has a connection involved you will be able to take another service in the event of a missed connection. If you buy separate tickets for each individual segment you have no guarantee onward travel will be permitted for free in the case of a missed train.

Split ticketing is simply the act of splitting tickets for the same service.

Cancersurvivor · 06/04/2023 19:23

Scotland is part of the U.K., you need nothing to travel there and back. I'm assuming your driving.? It not that far away

LIZS · 06/04/2023 19:26

As long as parents have photo id . Tbh I don't remember showing it last time.

lsanny · 06/04/2023 19:31

Cancersurvivor · 06/04/2023 19:23

Scotland is part of the U.K., you need nothing to travel there and back. I'm assuming your driving.? It not that far away

The title AND the OP refer to FLYING

Why have you reached the assumption OP is talking about driving Confused

namechange3394 · 06/04/2023 20:13

Whereabouts in England are you travelling from OP? I'm assuming reasonably southern if you're considering flying.

Impatientwino · 06/04/2023 20:21

I had to ask EasyJet this exact question last summer and because they require photographic ID the only option for a child is a passport unfortunately. Other airlines may have different rules. I'd start a web chat with their help centres and asked directly?

I was flying up to Scotland from England and a friend asked me to check with them at each end and I got the same answer at both bag drops and from gate staff in Edinburgh. I like to be thorough! Grin

They got the train up as they have 4 boys who would have needed passports! ££££

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