Can AirAsia deny boarding in this case?

[gandalf12]

Does anyone know why such a crazy rule exists? I can understand it if you dont have an onward ticket but if you do and it is dated prior to the last valid day of your passport then what is the logic?

Recently myself and my wife went for a weekend to Singapore. We didnt check but her passport had 1 day less than the 6 months and they took some time before they said Ok and we went on the weekend trip.

[MAJIC]

My wife has a similar problem to the OP.

She has a Thai Passport with less than the 6 months Validity,to be exact she can make her journey and still have 4 months left. I phoned up Thai Airways and explained the dilemma to the operater and was told: there will be no problem,the 6 month rule has been abolished! "no problem as long as her Passport has enough time to cover her journey" I only hope he is right,being bumped off a flight is expensive and not at all funny!

[MAJIC]

<How can I solve this problem?>

@bod: get yourself a new passport

Not quite so simple when you are in transit, with restrictions!

[jacko45k]

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Don't make sense.Don't want to let you leave Thailand cause your passport expires in A couple of months.Hopefully you'll be ok.Good Luck

Anyone can fly direct to their country of origin on an expired/ almost expired passport .

Did you read the OP?

[harrry]

International Law States you cannot leave any country (Including your own)

unless you have 6 months left of passport ON RETURN.

(They should Not let you board, but the world is not flat

and people have returned without a passport but don't try your luck)

I confirmed this recently for Philippines -

if required, you can extend the passport rather than renew.

Best contact your own embassy - Not Thai immigration

What international law.

In fact this actually breaches the UN Convention on Human Rights;

[ubonjoe]

My wife has a similar problem to the OP.

She has a Thai Passport with less than the 6 months Validity,to be exact she can make her journey and still have 4 months left. I phoned up Thai Airways and explained the dilemma to the operater and was told: there will be no problem,the 6 month rule has been abolished! "no problem as long as her Passport has enough time to cover her journey" I only hope he is right,being bumped off a flight is expensive and not at all funny!

If that was for traveling to Thailand she can travel to and enter Thailand on an expired passport. Just check the IATA info by going to website posted earlier.

If traveling to another country you need to check for the requirements for where she is traveling to.

[ubonjoe]

I'm the OP, and one of the previous posters brought me to this idea. I don't like to lie, but to avoid possible trouble : what if I change the expiry date of my passport at the "web check-in" of AirAsia, so it will have a validity of more than 6 months.. Then, at the check-in counter of AirAsia, an employee probably would have a quick glance at my passport, and hand over the ticket. In case he/she would notice the difference of the date on my passport and the date on the web check-in, I could tell the employee that by accident I filled in the incorrect date on the web check-in. It could happen to everybody. If the employee then would argue about the expiry date of my passport, I could show him the IATA website, which would prove that I'm allowed to enter Thailand even with a passport with less than 6 months validity.

I'm the first one to admit that honesty is one's best weapon but I could have mistakenly filled in the wrong passport date.

Good idea, or not so good? What do you think?

Just because you accidentally clicked on the wrong year when doing online check in.should not be that big an issue..

Print the Air Asia webpage that shows the IATA link and print out the info.

[bod]

I'm the OP, and one of the previous posters brought me to this idea. I don't like to lie, but to avoid possible trouble : what if I change the expiry date of my passport at the "web check-in" of AirAsia, so it will have a validity of more than 6 months.. Then, at the check-in counter of AirAsia, an employee probably would have a quick glance at my passport, and hand over the ticket. In case he/she would notice the difference of the date on my passport and the date on the web check-in, I could tell the employee that by accident I filled in the incorrect date on the web check-in. It could happen to everybody. If the employee then would argue about the expiry date of my passport, I could show him the IATA website, which would prove that I'm allowed to enter Thailand even with a passport with less than 6 months validity.

I'm the first one to admit that honesty is one's best weapon but I could have mistakenly filled in the wrong passport date.

Good idea, or not so good? What do you think?

Just because you accidentally clicked on the wrong year when doing online check in.should not be that big an issue..

Print the Air Asia webpage that shows the IATA link and print out the info.

Think I'll do so.

By the way, I just called the same AirAsia lady again a few minutes ago and referred to "www.airasia/ot/en/passport-and-visas.page", but the lady was very stubborn, probably due to not really being up to the task, and told me I could only fly in case of an emergency.

[Dork]

My passport will expire in October this year. Last Sunday night I was at Saigon airport expecting to catch the TG flight back to BKK. I had transited from a domestic flight so was there several hours before the TG departure. Noticing that there was an Air Asia flight leaving imminently I went to the temporary AA counter near the check-in counters and asked if their were seats available. There were so I bought a one-way ticket on the spot and because it was a one-way they checked my passport quite carefully asking for proof that I had the right to enter Thailand without a return or onward ticket.

The guy (I guess he was the flight manager) was quite friendly and mentioned to me that my passport was due to expire and asked was I going to renew it soon? I replied yes but that Thailand didn't have the 6 month validity rule anyway. He looked down at his screen again and said to me "yes you are right, for your nationality 6 months is not required".

I just pass this on because Air Asia obviously do have the correct information available to them. So I doubt the op has anything to worry about.

[MAJIC]

My wife has a similar problem to the OP.

She has a Thai Passport with less than the 6 months Validity,to be exact she can make her journey and still have 4 months left. I phoned up Thai Airways and explained the dilemma to the operater and was told: there will be no problem,the 6 month rule has been abolished! "no problem as long as her Passport has enough time to cover her journey" I only hope he is right,being bumped off a flight is expensive and not at all funny!

If that was for traveling to Thailand she can travel to and enter Thailand on an expired passport. Just check the IATA info by going to website posted earlier.

If traveling to another country you need to check for the requirements for where she is traveling to.

Yes she is travelling to Thailand.

[ubonjoe]

My wife has a similar problem to the OP.

She has a Thai Passport with less than the 6 months Validity,to be exact she can make her journey and still have 4 months left. I phoned up Thai Airways and explained the dilemma to the operater and was told: there will be no problem,the 6 month rule has been abolished! "no problem as long as her Passport has enough time to cover her journey" I only hope he is right,being bumped off a flight is expensive and not at all funny!

If that was for traveling to Thailand she can travel to and enter Thailand on an expired passport. Just check the IATA info by going to website posted earlier.

If traveling to another country you need to check for the requirements for where she is traveling to.

Yes she is travelling to Thailand.

No problem for her to easily travel and enter the country using her Thai passport.

[larsjohnsson]

International Law States you cannot leave any country (Including your own)

unless you have 6 months left of passport ON RETURN.

(They should Not let you board, but the world is not flat

and people have returned without a passport but don't try your luck)

I confirmed this recently for Philippines -

if required, you can extend the passport rather than renew.

Best contact your own embassy - Not Thai immigration

What international law.

In fact this actually breaches the UN Convention on Human Rights;

I often leave ny country without even bringing my passport. It depends on what country I will visit.

[bod]

Update

Since I couldn't wait for the day of departure I decided to contact the airport staff of AirAsia in Phnom Penh, who contacted their colleagues at DMK airport in Bangkok. They on their turn checked with Thai immigration. Fortunately, they gave me the green light. (They should have done so, but one never knows...)

Thanks for all the replies!