I’ve just got back from a couple of nights in Edinburgh* having flown pretty both ways. There was no agro in either airport, but the automated barrier at Heathrow didn’t like either my online boarding pass or my wig so had to queue at the assistance desk after which it behaved, so next time I […]

I have a few flights in Jan and will be flying all of them as Georgie! Just remember – there’s nothing illegal about looking like a woman. As others have said – as long as your ID matches your ticket then you’re good. I got stopped at Heathrow after my ticket didn’t scan at the […]

I asked a native French friend who lives in Ireland yesterday about travelling to France as Michelle and she said she didn’t think there would be any problem. I’m totally confused I don’t necessarily read it as bad. As long as use your passport name on all your ID and tickets then all will be […]

It isn’t such good news from the French side of things who replied to an email I sent: Hello, Thank you for contacting the France Consular Service. We wanted to inform you, in order to make your trip as smooth as possible, that all travel documents, such as plane tickets, reservations and visas must be […]

I flew out of LHR a couple of weeks ago and no issues with my forms whatsoever. Mine are silicone tho. But if you think about the scanners are designed to pick up metallic objects. So shouldn’t pick up a breast form. I just made sure I took off anything metallics. So that meant all […]

I’ve flown many times, DUB-LCY was the first flight, only issue was getting my hire car. The Polish chap said the license (paper one) was for a man. I told it was me…take a good look. I’ve done quite a few German cities and also into Switzerland so have done passport control. The easyJet stewardess […]

To be fair I don’t think I really pass as a cis woman. But again, I had no issues except for the usual few odd looks from a minority of passengers. You should both do it! It is a great experience The UK and RoI have a treaty known as the common travel area that […]

I had no issues at all regarding my gender not matching my passport. The airline staff did not blink twice at boarding. The security staff were all lovely, calling me Miss and getting a female attendant to pat me after I set off the metal detector. (a million miles from the horror stories I heard […]

In the past, I flew with my old passport (and used the channel tunnel too). Having my new female one helped avoid a few explanations and made car hire in Slovenia easier though. I did have a funny experience in Lisbon when we went to the baggage check-in for our flight back home. We handed […]

I Flew UK->US and back, UK->Dublin and back, UK->Greece, and half a dozen others I’d forgotten during the social transition but before I had a passport or driving license in the appropriate name/gender. Had one border guard in Greece be a little awkward and one guy before boarding a BA flight to the US at […]