Can I get away with travelling with a cancelled passport, within date?

[jaggle86]

I lost my passport a year ago and had to fast track it and get another, which I have somehow, through moving twice, managed to lose now... I know I'm stupid - don't tell me, ok?
Now I've found my old one, which is cancelled of course, but all in date and everything. My question is... As I am supposed to be going on holiday tomorrow and have no time to deal with this in a "good" way, can I get away with using this?
I am going to Egypt.
I know they don't ALWAYS check everything in Europe, but I don't know about outside the EU - anyone know???
PLEEEEASE HELP!
And don't insult me.

[andy-hughes]

I really wouldn't bank on them 'not checking' - especially with a politically and socially tense country like Egypt.

It's a safe bet that checks will be stringent, and anything odd - and yes they will spot your cancellation a mile off - will be investigatd at great lenght, and the chances are that all you will see of Egypt will be the inside of the terminal, as they promptly deport you.

Why not place a call to the Egyptian Embassy in London, who will give you a definitive response.

As for not insulting you - we all make mistakes - that's why they put rubbers on the end of pencils.

[jake-the-peg]

You don't just need a passport for Egypt you need a Visa too although yiou can get one on arrival that's yet another person who'll be looking at your passport.

I'd be amazed if you even made it onto a plane I'm afraid

It's also quite probably an offense in both the UK and Egypt

I think you can get an emergency passport in 24 hours if you pay up - shame you didn't post yesterday.

http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/travelling-and-living -overseas/passports

If I were you I'd phone the passport office to see what your options are and your travel company. You might get away with just losing a few days.

I really wouldn't try to bluff my way through Egyption immigration in the current political climate

[auntiebertie]

Don't cancelled passports have the corner cut off - just to make it really obvious? I too doubt if you would make it though check in. Don't risk it. Egyptian jails are not that nice! Can't you get a fast track passport tomorrow and then catch a flight later in the week?

[dustypuss]

you will not get away with using your old passport

in the old days the check in person would just look at the date and your picture and wave you through

but now the passport is quite often scanned which is linked to a central computer which will tell them that the passport is a cancelled and a new one has been issued
this is to stop anyone using two passports

sorry no camel ride tomorrow :-(

[joggerjayne]

Exactly noknowledge.

How are we even discussing this dopey question?

What a tit (oh, sorry, it says "don't insult me. Naughty Jayne)

Actually, no wait, let's all say it's fine to travel on a cancelled passport. We could all meet up at the airport and watch what happens.

[dustypuss]

JJ good thinking .lol
jaggle86 could also joke that they have a bomb in there bag :-0