Passport control after flight from Belfast to london

[DaveyouareanuttertwatDave]

Sorry not an aibu but trying to settle a disagreement quickly. Do you have to queue up for passport control after returning back to Heathrow from Belfast? Or do you completely skip passport control and go through a different exit? Sorry if it's a silly question!

I don't even take passport, just driving license

I fly Heathrow to Belfast with BA about once every 8 weeks and have never been asked for a passport or any form of photo ID but it might be different with other airlines
You do have to show a passport to check in a bag though

When you show your boarding pass before security, you stand in front of a camera which takes a picture. And then when you show your boarding pass at the gate, you stand in front of another camera which checks you're the same person who showed that boarding pass at security.

When you land in Heathrow t5, you come through a separate part which doesn't have any passport control, and brings you out into the far side of the terminal away from the international arrivals

PositivelyPERF thanks, I didn't realise that was something that I could arrange. I'll have a look into it. Going through bag security isn't as much of an issue as she is fascinated by the x-ray machines so is easily distracted from the queues!

Are you sure about that tenbob. I was under the impression that everyone needed to show ID to get on a plane even if a domestic flight?

I fly to the Isle of Man a few times a year and I have to show my driving licence at the gate. Last time I was there, someone was refused boarding because he had no photo ID on him.

On domestic flights there's no law requiring ID, it's just airline and airport policies which vary between different companies.

Airlines can refuse to let you fly for any or no reason, though they may have to compensate you if they can't give a satisfactory reason.