Help - Booking flight & Passport needs renewal

[Disney Addicted]

If I remember correctly, when booking flights you need to provide your Passport Number.
I just checked all our passports and I believe two of them need to be renewed.
I keep hearing your passport has to be valid 6 months after your trip date.
Our trip dates are Sept 16-24, 2024 but the passports expire Feb 10, 2025 - less than 5 months

So how does it work with the Airline if I book the flights now; send the paperwork in for the passports; and get assigned new Passport Numbers? Does the airline care if the Passort Number is different? Does it make a difference? Do I need to update the tickets somehow?

I checked my daughter's old passport and her new one, and she was given a new Passport Number on her new Passport.

 

[cedricandsophie]

I’ve used a different number when booking vs when I actually took the flight. It wasn’t a big deal. When n you check in for flight it will ask if you want to edit the number. This is on United.

 

[SirDuff]

You can change at check-in and, frankly, they won't care if they are different to the number of the passport you actually show. When traveling for work, I travel on a UNLP (a passport-like thing from the UN for UN staff) but almost no airline lets me enter that online, so I enter my national passport but then use my UNLP (since it has my visa in it and/or exempts me from needing one) when actually traveling.

Yes - you'll get a new number for your new passport (even if just renewing your passport).

 

[hdrolfe]

The 6 months also depends on where you are travelling to. If you are going to the US it isn't relevant for a Canadian passport, it only has to be valid for the duration of the visit. Other countries may vary.

 

[Disney Addicted]

Thank you! That eases my mind. I was reluctant to start purchasing the flight tickets when I realized the 2 passports need to be renewed.

Yes, hdrolfe, it is for a trip to the States, to Disney World. The 6 month rule is not relevant for trips to the States then?

 

[blabbermouth]

I'm 99% sure you don't need to enter your passport number when booking the flight. Because I last booked a flight at work and I didn't have my passport with me! Possibly at check in?

 

[mort1331]

Thank you! That eases my mind. I was reluctant to start purchasing the flight tickets when I realized the 2 passports need to be renewed.

Yes, hdrolfe, it is for a trip to the States, to Disney World. The 6 month rule is not relevant for trips to the States then?

Correct the USA does not need to be 6 months,,,,just valid for your trip

 

[hdrolfe]

https://www.cbp.gov/document/bulletins/six-month-validity-update

this is the list of countries where your passport only has to be valid for the duration of your trip, Canada is on there

 

[CanucksRock]

They do not ask for Passport when booking a flight. It is upon check in. For the US your passport just needs to be valid for the dates of your trip.

 

[ilovetotravel1977]

Also, if you are just renewing, your name just needs to match your passport, which never changes until you are getting brand new one.