Today, after months of planning and saving for our honeymoon in Italy, my wife and I were turned away at the airport because my passport only has a month until it expires, even though it's only a five-day trip. FML
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Today, I went to the airport to start the amazing 3 week vacation in Costa Rica that I've been saving for and planning for more than a year. They wouldn't let me on the plane because my passport expires in less than 6 months. FML
Today, after cancelling work, arguing with my family, scrambling to pack my bags, speeding to the airport and filling in immigration forms to fly out to have a much needed holiday, I wasn't allowed to check in. My passport has less than 6 months away from expiration on it. Yes, that's a thing, apparently. FML
Today, the day before my wife and I leave for our 1 year anniversary trip, I realized my passport expires in 2014, not 2015. Instead of a week's stay at an all-inclusive resort in the Dominican Republic, we'll be spending three days in Louisville. Three angry days in Louisville. FML
Today, my husband told me that he can't find his passport. We're supposed to be leaving for Prague in two days. He's known about the trip for months. It was the anniversary vacation that was going to help our frayed relationship. Now my money is going to a hotel in Prague, but I'm not. FML
Today, I finally received my passport. Too bad my flight to Italy left last week. FML
Today, I found out that my passport expired two days ago, two days before my first vacation abroad. I only found out when the airline employee scanned it at check-in, looked at me with sympathy, and said, "I don't think you're going anywhere today." My friends are currently posting beach photos while I'm filling out passport renewal forms. FML
Today, I went with my girlfriend to the airport for some much needed vacation time. We arrived on time but were stopped at the gate when they told me I didn't have the right passport. The plane left without me. My girlfriend did too. FML
Today, after spending 2 years saving for my flights, I was denied boarding due to issues with my passport. I heading straight to the embassy only to be told a replacement will take 8 days. The airline will only hold my place for 7. FML
Today, after we got married five months ago, my wife and I planned a trip to France and Spain as a honeymoon. We’re supposed to be leaving on Saturday. She just told me last night, “I am so not looking forward to the trip.” FML
Today, I went to the airport for my two week trip to explore Europe. My ticket was denied and the workers turned me away. When I asked why, they told me to check the date. My ticket was for June 22nd, not July. FML
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Top comments
sherri_baby88 36
Well I for one had no idea it was like that. I don't think OP deserved it at all. That's awful because their dream honeymoon was ruined.
lukcy_basartd 11
Despite all the rules, regulations and basic shit that you should have an understanding of, NOBODY deserves this shit. Dumbass procedures and policies revolving around an unexpired passport...what a ******* joke. Sorry OP, hope you newly weds still find a time n place to have a honeymoon. Furthermore, I really hope you got a decent amount of coin back from what you paid into.
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Comments (113)
johnbooger 19
sad to say not many travelers know all the rules. but . do beleive your passport need 1-3 months of it not being expierd depending on your country.
Zanquis 22
Sorry but despite all pleas from people that say it is not a YDI, for any trip u check requirements like visa and vaccinations etc. having a passport valid for X months is part of it. Sorry but a YDI for not doing a basic check. With your months of planning etc.
heyLaddieHey 18
Did no one tell you that's how it works?? If your passport expires 6 months before you will return from a trip abroad, you get it renewed. Sorry about your luck, but next time do your research a little better.
sargeantsnark 3
Your passport needs to be valid for 6 months from depature in case you need to be quarantined. EVERY travel site tells you this. YDI.
monagro 22
That's pretty standard, and would be the same if an Italian wanted to visit the US with a one month' expiry date on the passport. It's about the passport being valid for how long you're allowed to stay, not how long you initially plan to.
refticon 32
I want to vote YDI
askullnamedbilly 33
You can do it, I believe in you.
skippydoda 32
While that sucks, YDI. You're passport is so close to expiration that you should have checked the rules on it.
lortemas 8
To everyone who says that it doesn't make sense; the reason they can't let you travel anywhere with a passport that is expiring in a few months, is because if something happens that makes all the planes cancelled in any airport down there, you are forced to stay, and if you can't get home before your passport has expired, well, you are in big trouble. It will be really hard to get at new passport and then you can't come home for even longer! It is because of your safety. I know it sucks and all, I would've hated it too, but that is just how it is.. Sorry for my English I'm from Denmark
liria_fml 15
For all the planing you did YDI. You didn't plan properly. You should always make sure if you need a visa and shots too before traveling.
ShotaSammy 17
If you were in another country (where you can't get a job because you don't have a work visa) and something happened (horrible weather conditions forcing cancelled planes, war breaks out, you suddenly decide to stay as long as the country lets you, etc) and your passport expired, you wouldn't be able to reenter your country without a new one. And to get it renewed, you would need money. Which you can't get with no job. Thus you have no where you can go and you can't stay where you are either. Thats why you need a passport valid for longer than a month. YDI for not once checking the rules of a passport in all of those planning months, or in the years you've had a passport.