Avanced Passenger Imformation

[tonyco1]

I'll get on with checking this out!

[zoe]

we had to give for thomsons but thomas cook say they have stopped for greece dont know why they have done this as it just makes it more confusing for people also i thought it was not up to the airlines but can only go by thomas cooks  help line and i did try to do it on line but it will not let you

[tonyco1]

I did a search on Thomson' website, they have a page to do this on, so I am putting all the info together and will input it.
Thanks Swedebasher for the tip off!

[Denise]

I did mine on Thomson a few weeks ago. They sent me an email reminding me to do it,
but I'd already been on and submitted the info.
They say you can do it at the airport but it holds you up a bit at the desk.

[loftyscot]

Beware of all the gubbins you are asked to key in. All we did was check that everything was accurate in relation to our flight and then turned up at the airport with passports and Thomson Airways email and off we went.

Thomson did the promotional thing by trying to get us to reserve actual seats before flying (at a cost). We ignored it and got our three seats together in row 4 at no extra cost.

Just be careful, a lot of this stuff they flag in the API is not necessary and is just a bureaucratic gravy train to keep the income streams up.

cheers

[swedebasher]

I have just c/p this from the Government website about API,

Registering your API

Your airline will usually ask you to supply the passenger details found on the ‘machine-readable’ page of your passport. This is the page containing your photograph.

You may be asked for your:

    full name
    date of birth
    gender
    passport number
    country that issued your passport
    date of passport expiration

You may occasionally be asked for additional information, like the address of your first night’s stay.

Your information will be taken either at the time of booking or by an automated passport reader during check-in. In most cases, you may not be allowed to travel if you do not provide your API in the time required.

[zoe]

i wish i had never posted a reply to the ?
all i can say is i phoned thomas cook today at 10p a min (rip off) and was told they have decided to drop api for a few places if you go on the webb site click contact us the click i cannot compleat my api it will bring up another page click on bottom left and a list with come up of places you need api for corfu is not on the list with a few other greek places but most other are  it says if your destination is not on the list youdo not need api thomsons still want api for corfu dont know why thomas cook have messed about
i would like to thank all the friends who have helped over the 2 yrs  with any help needed and all the laughs  but have decided to come off  happy holidays to you all

[Lesley]

Still would like to know what they do when you buy tickets on stand by at the airport?? API ??

[tonyco1]

Zoe, (Guest), your reply was most welcome, the debate is fairly normal for a forum, with different views.
I for one welcome your input, the information is always helpful and hope you will still do an occasional post still.

Re: the API I am about to input all the info onto Thomson's website page (I did a search under API),
I will put it in to be safe - so thanks for everyone on this string, lots of good info gleened from everyone.
If it saves me a few minutes at the airport I will be happy!

[tonyco1]

Thanks everyone for your help and input, I had overlooked this API register, all done now and I spotted it in my paperwork when I read through more carefully.
Thanks to everyone above, it kicked me into action, I simply forgot about it - proves how a discussion like this can be invaluable - Cheers!! and YAMMAS!!

[dibully]

Have a great holiday but then how could you not ! Hope the weather's good

[tonyco1]

Thanks for that - we'll try hard!! LOL