No more passport mistakes with easyJet app

I can never quite decide if I love or hate how clever technology can be. When I don’t have to fill in my address over and over again online, I’m all for it. When Google somehow knows where I’ve been and presents me with a photo album based on my snaps of my day out, I’m a bit unnerved.

And when autofill helpfully completes the fields for my flight information with Cathy rather than Catherine, costing me £100 to change it to my passport details? I’m torn between kicking myself for not noticing and cursing it. 

Now easyJet’s app has come up with a solution to that and any fumble-fingeredness, letting you take a photo of your passport with your phone’s camera and automatically uploading the details to your booking so it should be impossible to make a mistake with your Easyjet advanced passenger information.

If you do make a mistake and want to change your passport number, easyjet also lets you do this under manage my booking, as long as you haven’t checked in – for the most up-to-date information, check their current rules.

And not just no more carefully entering Advanced Passenger Information (or API) online, it might even speed up check-in as well. Which is a good thing, as I’m catching an alarmingly early flight to Lanzarote with them in just over a month and would like everything to go very smoothly until I’ve had coffee.

Well, travelling with a small child is quite enough of a challenge at an early hour…

The easyjet app is currently available for Apple and Android, they promise the information is stored safely and securely.

Although I’ll be deleting any images pronto once I’m done before I find it taking pride of place in my Lanzarote Google photos album…

For tips on how to look good in your passport photo as well, check out this post, plus get tips on what else to pack along with your passport and tickets here.

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