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I doubt any airline would require you to input your passport number before giving you your price. The first airline that tries that will drive away their customers.

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Furthermore, there's no way that would be allowed in the EU. All the same I can see airlines trying to justify it on the basis of assessing risk.

In the EU, even if they justified it like that, then still couldn't use it for any other purpose than assessing risk.

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