Woman issues warning after 'minor' defect on her passport caused her to be banned from flight

Even those who have gone full dad-mode for airport day, watch out, because this minor passport error will ultimately ruin your holiday before you even get there.

For those who don't know what I'm on about, have you ever seen a dad, or someone who just looks like a dad, at the airport?

They're about five hours early for their flight, constantly checking their fanny packs for boarding passes and passport possession, all whilst waiting impatiently at the board for the gate to be announced.

It's a beautiful sight, really, but even the most prepared father in the world can get this one wrong.

This comes after TikToker Amy Grundy (@amygrundy7_) urged people to double check the state of their passports after a disastrous moment at the airport last year.

When she attempted to hop on board her flight from Manchester to Thailand for the holiday of a lifetime, she was turned away due to the most minor of reasons.

In a video shared on the platform, she explained how she arrived at the airport ready for her flight, but her passport was 'denied' due to a rip in one of the inside pages.

It was the page that's used to collect stamps, you know the one.

She was told to go to Liverpool to get a new passport, but there weren't any appointment slots available there.

Instead, Grundy had to travel all the way to Glasgow to get a pristine new passport.

"24 hours later, £700 down and crying so much, I got a passport," she said.

If you do have a damaged passport, the government says it won't issue a new one until it's satisfied that the owner is a British national who is entitled to a passport, and that they are the person identified in the passport.

"Before we issue a replacement passport, we need to understand how the damage occurred," the government adds.

"On some passports, how it happened will be obvious and there will be no need to contact the customer, in others the customer must tell us what happened to their passport."

My British Passport explains that as a blanket rule, 'damaged or defaced passports are considered invalid and cannot be used for travel purposes.'

Having learned her lesson, Grundy commented: "Don't travel with a ripped passport guys."

You've been warned: with Christmas almost upon us, make sure you check your passport before heading to the airport for that winter getaway!