Daily Archives: December 23, 2009


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Katherine Faulkener and Rhiannon Edwards write in the Manchester Evening News: Some 1,736 people in Greater Manchester have bought the £30 cards after the Home Office promised they could be used to travel in Europe. But customer service staff at nine major travel companies – including British Airways, Eurostar and BMI baby – told M.E.N reporters posing as customers that the cards could NOT be used instead of passports. Eight of the nine companies later issued statements saying staff had given the wrong advice – and that the cards COULD be used after all. But Eurostar remained unsure. A spokesman said: “We are unable to confirm whether the ID cards are valid on Eurostar at this time.” Meanwhile two major German airlines said they would not accept the cards until they had been officially recognised by the German federal authorities. In a separate article, they report: Meanwhile student Cyrus Nayeri, […]

ID card chaos as travel firms blunder