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You normally don't need passport information in that advanced. I have booked flight for June(Turkish airline) and it won't let me add the details even I want to add them at the time of booking.zeusmagnanimous wrote:I am in a bit of a mess. I was booking airline tickets this morning with a travel agent for the whole family and he has asked me to send him the passport numbers and expiry dates to finalize the booking. I was just checking the passports and my son's passport is going to expire in June 2015 - We are travelling in July 2015. My son is 5 years old. I have enough time to renew the passport before actual travel but the problem is that I have to give a valid passport number and expiry date to the travel agent. If I wait for a couple of weeks to book the tickets then chances are that prices will go up because it is school holiday period. The airline I am booking with is PIA.
1. Can I give the current Pakistani passport number to the travel agent (even though it will expire before travel) and change it later when I have the new passport?
2. My son has british passport too which has a long expiry date. Can I use British Passport to book the tickets and then use the renewed pakistani passport for travel?
3. I would prefer travelling on Pakistani passport, does it really matter which passport I use to book tickets and which one I use to travel? I mean they both belong to the same person and have same details.
Please help.
I agreed with non-stop benefit. Luckily we always travel together so stop over actually helps. You can stretch your legs and walk about. Kids are fresh and not tied to their seats.zeusmagnanimous wrote:Thanks for the reply akhurshid. I will speak with my agent.
As for going with the PIA is concerened I pretty much agree with you but the dates I am travelling are the start and end of the children's summer holidays plus it concides with Eid. I agree that PIA is not very good in terms of service and times etc but they have a direct flight which reduces the travel time and I am going with family and they allow 40K baggage which is more than other airlines. I will do a short stay but family will stay for the entire duration which means on the way back they will be travelling alone so direct flight will make a lot more sense. Also I have checked with other airlines but for the dates I will be paying a lot more and PIA seems to be the cheapest for these dates. Due to school holidays and other commitments I have to stick with the dates.
I am no fan of PIA but I think their safety rating is no worse than any other airline - service is a differnt story altogether I have heard horror stories about Turkish Airlines by the way
See safety ratings here
http://www.airlineratings.com/ratings/1 ... l-airlines
http://www.airlineratings.com/ratings/3 ... h-airlines
Yeah I actually heard that from a family friend as well that there is long stop over on Turkish airline flights to Pakistan.zeusmagnanimous wrote:hahaha .... I am not going to defend that which cannot be defended I agree with what you have said and whenever I travel alone I do tend to avoid PIA.
The turkish flight I was getting for return journey around these dates was around 31hrs with a 21hrs waiting at the airport and it was costing much more than PIA. In the end I just booked PIA. I asked the agent about the passport number issue and he said its no problem. I booked using the british passport number and he also said that he can even change it later if I give him a call.
Thanks for the help.
Damn it, I wish I had 6 hours or more stay. Family would have loved Istanbul...secret.simon wrote:A propos Turkish Airlines, has anybody used the Free Touristanbul service that they provide? I would love to get some feedback befoe planning a flight around the transit
http://www.istanbulinhours.com
Ah well .... the turksish ticket was more expensive anyway ...... but would be nice to have a free tour, might try it next time.akhurshid wrote:Damn it, I wish I had 6 hours or more stay. Family would have loved Istanbul...secret.simon wrote:A propos Turkish Airlines, has anybody used the Free Touristanbul service that they provide? I would love to get some feedback befoe planning a flight around the transit
http://www.istanbulinhours.com
Thank you, I know and the travel agent told me the same thing. My son has NICOP which was made just after his birth and apparently it is valid for 18 years. I would still renew his passport, no real reason though.[iD] wrote:Your son does not actually need a Pakistani passport to travel if he's got nicop which they normally make before issuing passports. Nicop is valid for 10 years usually as far as I'm aware and is more than enough to prove that he's a Pakistani citizen and doesn't require a visa to travel to Pakistan.
You can use his British passport and nicop card that's about it. No need for Pakistani passport.
How did you manage to get a NICOP which is valid for 18 years? The validity was reduced to 7 years from 10 about 4 years ago.zeusmagnanimous wrote: My son has NICOP which was made just after his birth and apparently it is valid for 18 years.
I don't know, I mean I did not do anything special. I applied in 2010 a little while after my son was born. I have just rechecked the dates and it is indeed valid until 2028.akhurshid wrote:How did you manage to get a NICOP which is valid for 18 years? The validity was reduced to 7 years from 10 about 4 years ago.zeusmagnanimous wrote: My son has NICOP which was made just after his birth and apparently it is valid for 18 years.
Simple Answer is, it does not matter which passport you use to book tickets, in your case just use British Passport to book the tickets. You don't even need to renew Pakistani passport at this stage since your child has NICOP which entitles you to enter the Pakistan free (Stated on the card).zeusmagnanimous wrote:I am in a bit of a mess. I was booking airline tickets this morning with a travel agent for the whole family and he has asked me to send him the passport numbers and expiry dates to finalize the booking. I was just checking the passports and my son's passport is going to expire in June 2015 - We are travelling in July 2015. My son is 5 years old. I have enough time to renew the passport before actual travel but the problem is that I have to give a valid passport number and expiry date to the travel agent. If I wait for a couple of weeks to book the tickets then chances are that prices will go up because it is school holiday period. The airline I am booking with is PIA.
1. Can I give the current Pakistani passport number to the travel agent (even though it will expire before travel) and change it later when I have the new passport?
2. My son has british passport too which has a long expiry date. Can I use British Passport to book the tickets and then use the renewed pakistani passport for travel?
3. I would prefer travelling on Pakistani passport, does it really matter which passport I use to book tickets and which one I use to travel? I mean they both belong to the same person and have same details.
Please help.