Can you fly in the Usa -with a expired drivers license ?

ny21

Fri, Aug 24 2007, 1:05 pm

I also have a copy of my passport
can you fly from one state to another with an expired license
and I have a current passport , but it is only a copy,

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greenfire

Fri, Aug 24 2007, 1:09 pm

not everybody has a lisence ... does the passport have a picture ... and is that expired too ...

Mimisinger

Fri, Aug 24 2007, 1:10 pm

Nope. If you're coming from another country (besides Canada and Mexico) you need your passport. I don't know about Canada or Mexico. Where are you coming from?

Mimisinger

Fri, Aug 24 2007, 1:11 pm

Ohhh, you're in the US going to another place in the US. Why not?

ny21

Fri, Aug 24 2007, 1:13 pm

Mimisinger wrote:

Ohhh, you're in the US going to another place in the US. Why not?

yes-----------------

chen

Fri, Aug 24 2007, 1:14 pm

Technically, no, the ID has to be current, but I question how many ticket agents really read the entire license beyond name and photo. You're taking a chance--maybe you'll fly (in both senses), maybe you won't.

ny21

Fri, Aug 24 2007, 1:15 pm

greenfire wrote:

not everybody has a lisence ... does the passport have a picture ... and is that expired too ...

the passport copy has a picture and it is not expired.

DefyGravity

Fri, Aug 24 2007, 1:58 pm

IIRC, I was at the airport once and a guy ran into trouble because he only had an expired license.

I'd call the airline and check.

ny21

Fri, Aug 24 2007, 2:51 pm

the airline said a photo copy of my passport with my pic on it is ok
which has not expired
they said my luggage might get searched .

chen

Fri, Aug 24 2007, 3:57 pm

I forgot to mention that you absolutley cannt fly in the US with a driver's license, expired or current. you need a current valid pilot's license LOL

su7kids

Fri, Aug 24 2007, 7:55 pm

Chen, thanks for that! A giggle is always welcome!!

All they ask for is a valid picture ID, and a passport qualifies.

Meantime, get your license renewed!

cindy324

Sun, Aug 26 2007, 11:15 pm

I don't understand...you have a copy of your passport? Why can't you take along the actual passport?

DefyGravity

Mon, Aug 27 2007, 10:08 am

I'm really skeptical about the copy of a passport as well. . . wouldn't that be easy to fake?

chen

Mon, Aug 27 2007, 2:56 pm

Pardon my nosiness, but what do you mean you have a current passport but it's only a copy? who has the original? and why? Or do you mean you lost your passport and got a replacement from the State Dept.? if so, it's not a copy but a replacement, which is fine.

A copy won't fly--they want the original, of course. Even originals can be faked by expert forgers--copies can be faked by any third grader with a copy machine.

ny21

Sun, Sep 02 2007, 7:16 pm

[quote="chen"]Pardon my nosiness, but what do you mean you have a current passport but it's only a copy? who has the original? and why?Omy real passport is in a safe.

A copy won't fly--they want the original, of course. Even originals can be faked by expert forgers--copies can be faked by any third grader with a copy machine.[/quote]

the airline said a copy would be fine.

I flew with my old drivers license with Flying colors
no one checked

on my way home they noticed it was expired and told me to go to the next line and they let me thru !

Yakira

Sun, Sep 02 2007, 7:20 pm

I was once given a very hard time because my lisence had expired a couple of months prior. I only missed that flight. On the way back, I was all nervous, but noone cared.