Tourists Fined for Saving Spots on Beach, Global Entry Not a Valid Photo ID & More
Highlights and headlines from around the web:
- The Italian coastguard is targeting tourists who go to great lengths to reserve the perfect spot on the beach.  Any chairs, umbrellas, or gear left out overnight will be seized and fines up to €200 levied. (h/t: Vasillis)
- Make sure you have your passport or drivers license handy if you want to get into an Admirals’ Club. At DFW at least, your Global Entry ID isn’t enough because it can’t be scanned. (h/t: Steve)
- Virginia America has $39+ one way fares to celebrate their 9th birthday. Book by August 10 for travel August 23, 2016 through March 1, 2017.
- The Chinese government is holding up the Marriott-Starwood deal.
- A radical group of wine producers flooded the streets of a French town with wine last week in protest of cheap foreign imports.
- And I thought haven’t to hike the Great Wall in flip flops was bad. An Argentinian golfer may miss playing in the Olympics because American Airlines misplaced his golf clubs.
- Super excited about a possible new travel accessory! Scough just sent me some samples to try and give away on the blog, so stay tuned for details!
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I use my son’s GE card as proof of age for infant lap tickets. Usually in smaller airports a manager has to get involved as they probably don’t see them too often. I now carry a copy of his birth certificate, but never show it out of principle. It’s a legal identification card. It can be used to get into bars etc….. At least in the US
We tried using my daughter’s GE card as proof of age for a lap infant at DCA (flying Southwest) once. I realized about ten minutes from the airport that we had forgotten her birth certificate copy and I knew we would miss the flight if we made the Uber turn around.
I just happened to have her GE card so I figured I would try to use it while I waited to hear back from a friend to see if she could use the extra key we left her to go into our house and send me a picture of her passport.
We were denied and when we asked to talk to a supervisor, she denied us as well. They claimed that it wasn’t a legal document even though we explained to them that it was issued by a government agency…
This was about a year ago so maybe they would be more familiar with the cards now.
What was even more infuriating was that she was pretty obviously not even close to two as she was still under one.
We finally got the photo of the passport and barely made the flight. Now I keep a copy of her birth certificate in my travel wallet and a photo of her passport on my phone.