Germany pushes for ‘pay as you fly’ model

Re:Germany pushes for ‘pay as you fly’ model by Cthulhu_ on Friday September 02, 2022 @04:06AM (#32687998)

Yeah but you need to provide proof of ID and the like if you book a flight; identity fraud / theft is a big deal, especially when it comes to planes, especially post 9/11. That's Homeland Security / FBI levels of shit the perpetrator would be in. And for the airline, it's just some financial impact.

Re: check-in times, that's easily solved with some legislation.

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Re:Germany pushes for ‘pay as you fly’ model by ginko on Friday September 02, 2022 @04:18AM (#32688090)

>Yeah but you need to provide proof of ID and the like if you book a flight

Do you? I don't think I've given any ID when booking any of my recent Schengen flights.

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Re:Germany pushes for ‘pay as you fly’ model by darkcha0s on Friday September 02, 2022 @05:23AM (#32688587)

Many airlines in Europe (easyjet for example) require you put in passport / ID details either when booking or checking in.

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Re:Germany pushes for ‘pay as you fly’ model by sgjohnson on Friday September 02, 2022 @07:02AM (#32689194)

They require you to put the details in, but they are not required to check your ID when checking-in or boarding.

I’ve flown several times in Schengen where nobody checked my ID at all.

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Re:Germany pushes for ‘pay as you fly’ model by ewidar on Friday September 02, 2022 @09:51AM (#32690840)

> Yeah but you need to provide proof of ID and the like if you book a flight

This was the initial thought, so seems like you agree.

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Re:Germany pushes for ‘pay as you fly’ model by realityking on Friday September 02, 2022 @04:42AM (#32688263)

You don’t even need an ID to board your flight in many airports for flights within Schengen.

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Re:Germany pushes for ‘pay as you fly’ model by SapporoChris on Friday September 02, 2022 @04:59AM (#32688395)

Did you pay as you boarded? Do not assume the same rules will apply when there is a dramatic change.

If a company isn't going to charge until boarding, and will charge a fee for no shows then you can be certain that they've collected identification and a payment method. Otherwise, how would they charge no shows?

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Re:Germany pushes for ‘pay as you fly’ model by walthamstow on Friday September 02, 2022 @05:08AM (#32688465)

Not in the UK. You can book a Ryanair flight as Mickey Mouse if you want. You just won't be able to check in unless you have a passport under that name.

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Re:Germany pushes for ‘pay as you fly’ model by cprecioso on Friday September 02, 2022 @05:26AM (#32688615)

And in most of the flights I’ve been around in Europe they’ve not even checked my ID when boarding

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Re:Germany pushes for ‘pay as you fly’ model by tomschwiha on Friday September 02, 2022 @05:45AM (#32688733)

They have sometimes (in London or San Francisco I noticed that) new boarding processing where you are required to show passport and boarding pass that is automatically scanned.

However everytime I see it, it delays the boarding and they skip the procedure to the default boarding pass only.

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