Anyway, in some places these days all it is is a proof of id, you don't get many stamps saying you went here or there etc. Surely a secondary government id (drivers license) could be used to validate the identity, especially given they were travelling on a return trip and you had other family members with the same name etc etc.
The passport, along with your birth certificate, is actually one of the most important pieces of identification you have. If your most important piece of ID, one which allows you to fly internationally, is compromised, then you shouldn't be allowed to fly to another country. If you're not rejected at your home airport, you can still be rejected once you get to your destination, as
THEY may not like your passport. Better to get it taken care of early, no?
And besides, it's silly to believe you don't receive stamps anymore. My 4 year old passport has over 90. I actually ran out of clean pages.
Also, if the passport was really so bad, why wasn't he refused to travel on previous occasions? Oops i'm sorry sir, the laminate is delaminted 0.00007 inches too far, better luck next time.
What if it was de-laminated 0.5"? You're just trying to juse an obscenely low number to make a point.
Even as a 22 year old, I was responsible enough with my passport to have had it replaced once, because I felt it was a risk to get rejected at an airport. My passport got slightly "moist" in northern England because I was carrying it in the front pocket of my jeans (or maybe jacket?) and the jacket or jeans got a bit wet. My passport was fine. None of the pages inside were wet at all. They looked clean. However, the outer edge of the pages were a bit crinkly due to the water, and the front looked a bit messy due to being wet as well. I didn't want to be rejected at any airport, so I got a lawyer to verify that it was damaged as reported, and I got a new one.
It's his fault because he wasn't careful.
