Thread: TRAVEL INSURANCE IS IT REALY WORTH IT.

Originally Posted by LuckyLes

I'd use it for your daughters trip. I have never been asked for identification when arriving at the airport to book in. It's all done online , so how are they going to know that the person travelling is mother or daughter?
LuckyLes

Umm, how recently have you traveled?? if so how regularly??

I seem to be in an airport every other week for the last 18 months.......just thinking through when I’m departing Brisbane airport

If i didn’t have checked luggage, check in online or via app than yes I could get through the airport. I’m pretty sure at some stage of checking in there is fine print and I’m waiver my all my rights but I never read them.

If I have checked luggage, checked in online and have electronic boarding pass than yes it’s hit and miss being asked for ID at bag drop, mostly they don’t.

If i’m checking in at the counter than 100% of the time I’ve been asked for ID

It would not be much fun being found out that you are not the person on the ticket on the air side of the the security check....airport seem to get a bit touchy with this and would probably evacuate the airport.

1st chance of being caught out is when they scan you boarding pass at the gate, most of the time they look at the name and say thank you Mr Weeds

2nd chance of being caught is when the hostess check your boarding pass when entering the aircraft.

Biggest thing that would stand out to staff is when they are looking at a bloke and there than a lady’s name on the screen.

Your gamer than me trying to travel on somebody else ticket....having a federal offense against your name could cause issue for future flights.

Remember you have to get away with this twice.....the trip up and the trip back.

Sorry but it’s bad advice.....messing with aviation security.

Originally Posted by weeds

Umm, how recently have you traveled?? if so how regularly??

I seem to be in an airport every other week for the last 18 months.......just thinking through when I’m departing Brisbane airport

If i didn’t have checked luggage, check in online or via app than yes I could get through the airport. I’m pretty sure at some stage of checking in there is fine print and I’m waiver my all my rights but I never read them.

If I have checked luggage, checked in online and have electronic boarding pass than yes it’s hit and miss being asked for ID at bag drop, mostly they don’t.

If i’m checking in at the counter than 100% of the time I’ve been asked for ID

It would not be much fun being found out that you are not the person on the ticket on the air side of the the security check....airport seem to get a bit touchy with this and would probably evacuate the airport.

1st chance of being caught out is when they scan you boarding pass at the gate, most of the time they look at the name and say thank you Mr Weeds

2nd chance of being caught is when the hostess check your boarding pass when entering the aircraft.

Biggest thing that would stand out to staff is when they are looking at a bloke and there than a lady’s name on the screen.

Your gamer than me trying to travel on somebody else ticket....having a federal offense against your name could cause issue for future flights.

Remember you have to get away with this twice.....the trip up and the trip back.

Sorry but it’s bad advice.....messing with aviation security.

I read the post as the unused ticket was in Mothers name. The points that you make are fair and I guess I must just have been lucky. The only time I ever been asked for any ID is when I have checked firearms in.
Not good if you get caught though.

Originally Posted by Tombie

You’ve been lucky. At all airports, on check in, everyone I’ve witnessed had to produce ID.

Not with Qantas - there's no one there any more to check ID (I think around 2 or 3 all up at Melbourne check in/bag drop now for those that don't know how to use the system) - you can check in at a self serve kiosk, or I do it on line the night before, go to the airport, scan the code on my phone which then produces a ticket for your bag at the automated bag drop - bung it on the bag and it disappears down the conveyor - no one comes near you and you could be anyone. The big line of counters with people behind them have long gone.

This is what you get now - lights are on, but no one's home. 😆

Originally Posted by Homestar

Not with Qantas - there's no one there any more to check ID (I think around 2 or 3 all up at Melbourne check in/bag drop now for those that don't know how to use the system) - you can check in at a self serve kiosk, or I do it on line the night before, go to the airport, scan the code on my phone which then produces a ticket for your bag at the automated bag drop - bung it on the bag and it disappears down the conveyor - no one comes near you and you could be anyone. The big line of counters with people behind them have long gone.

This is what you get now - lights are on, but no one's home.

Yes Qantas are leading the way.....but not at every airport. It buggers up my routine when work throw a Qantas flight in.

Regardless, I wouldn’t risk a federal offence for the sake of a ticket!

Originally Posted by rammypluge

I know someone that decided not to get travel insurance, went overseas and had a stroke.

Yes. A friend of mine broke a leg dog sledding overseas. Then found he did not have the required snow sports extension. Cost him $30K in evac and med costs....

We usually always get travel insurance of some sort. Last year the wife had to abandon an overseas trip due to illness. She got all of the flights and accom back via insurance.

Originally Posted by Tombie

Regardless, I wouldn’t risk a federal offence for the sake of a ticket!

I agree, but I'm sure there new systems are leaving themselves open to this sort of thing until the whole face recognition systems everyone seems to want rolled out are all fully integrated and an alarm will go off if someone checks themselves in and big brother knows they just walked into a supermarket on the other side of town...

I caught a jetstar and quantas recently and both were the same type of booking system. It occurred to me at the time that it seemed i could have been anybody. I was the guy walking around trying to find someone to help me.

I cant help thinking there would be covert surveillance. Cameras in many places with a central security room, with facial recognition, and hey, why not keep a list of all the phones in the area.

Surely they wouldnt let persons of interest travel around without nabbing them. I wonder if you walked around with a motorbike helmet on, or dark sunnies/cap/scarf/hoodie, whether you would get a tap on the shoulder?