Hi all,

I'm waiting for new British passport [from Hong Kong] as the old one is completely full of stamps. I doubt that the new passport will arrive before I travel to Phuket with an old school friend who is over for a couple of weeks. Can I fly internally i.e. BKK to Phuket by showing my old passport? [i'm guessing not...] Or do I need to get some sort of emergency travel document from the British embassy?

Would it work to show a UK drivers license to fly internally? [Live in hope].

Thanks in advance for any replies! I'm guessing a few people here must have encountered the same problem....

If the old one is still valid it is no problem for an internal flight. The airline just wants to see a valid ID.

The old passport is not valid for travel out of country but for ID it should be accepted.

I have shown only my Thai DL to Air Asia, and even have shown my US DL to Bangkok Air and have flown domestically.

I have used my British photo license to fly Samui BKK many times. All they require is any form of photo ID so no worries

Thanks for the replies guys! Looks like this won't be the problem I thought it would be.

Used my old but still valid passport a few days ago for internal thai flight - everything went smoothly :-)