Comments on: Check-In Online for Ryanair Flights 5 Days in Advance

By: Google

Google — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 19:25:11 +0000

Ryanair don’t do boarding numbers. They board the passenger who checked in online first, but in the order they arrive at the gate and stand in line.

They then board those who checked in at the terminal – again in the order they arrived at the gate.

By: On line check in (OLCI) - Musings of The Global Traveller

On line check in (OLCI) - Musings of The Global Traveller — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 03:30:35 +0000

[...] Flier noted a new feature offered by Ryanair following their website changes over the weekend, on line check in (OLCI) up to 5 days before departure, and wondered what the point of it all [...]

By: Simon

Simon — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:06:37 +0000

Ryanair don’t do boarding numbers. They board the passenger who checked in online first, but in the order they arrive at the gate and stand in line.

They then board those who checked in at the terminal – again in the order they arrived at the gate.

By: CF

CF — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 22:58:32 +0000

Albert – If you didn’t have a paper coupon, there was no proof that you had bought the ticket. It was a live document, and the value resided with the ticket instead of the reservation. The e-ticket boarding pass looked exactly the same except it said “E-ticket” instead of “Need Paper Ticket” or something like that.

By: Albert

Albert — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 21:52:38 +0000

Paper tickets:
What exactly was the rationale for not allowing people to board w/o the paper coupon? Isn’t a simple ID check enough? And is an e-ticket the same only that it tells the agent to allow boarding w/o coupon?

A380 toilet- I’ll see what I can do about that. :)

SIN-EWR- I think this is confirmed by the good folks in the SQ forum on FlyerTalk. And I believe it is also impossible to find econ. seat on the route after a certain date. I don’t understand how they can go all business in this route and their … now once a day direct LAX flight. Huh. I could’ve sworn they used to have another direct flight to LAX around noon.

Anyway, sorry, didn’t mean to hijack this thread!

By: Patrick

Patrick — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:39:10 +0000

EasyJet lets you check in 60 days in advance if you aren’t checking bags.

By: CF

CF — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 05:41:02 +0000

Albert – Yes, there are reservations in the system if you have a paper ticket, but it tells the agent not to allow boarding without a paper coupon. It’s a relic, but fortunately, it’s gone for good on June 1.

Now, about the A380 – upload that video to YouTube and put the link here!

I hadn’t heard that SIN-EWR was going all Business. I had thought I’d heard rumors that it was going away. Is that wrong?

By: Albert

Albert — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 05:24:16 +0000

As others have asked, I’ve always wondered the same. In fact, one thing I’ve also wondered is …

Just what is the difference between an e-ticket and a paper ticket? Even if I have a paper ticket, surely they still have a record somewhere in their system that I’m flying on flight XYZ on day ABC.

BTW- thought I’d share with you I finally got to fly on the A380 last December on SYD-SIN. Economy’s still economy but a brand new 10″ widescreen LCD (plus my own noise-cancelling headphones) really helped pass the time quick! Also … the faucets are “digital” … I was so excited I filmed it with my camera phone. The next day I got to fly on the A345 SIN-EWR and I must say, I wish economy seats were more like the Exec. Economy they had on that flight. The 18 hours on that flight was much more pleasant than the 8 hours in the A380 economy … Too bad that route’s going all business in the near future.

By: The Global Traveller

The Global Traveller — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:38:35 +0000

5 days is nothing.

Air New Zealand allows passengers to on-line check in (OLCI) for domestic flights (as long as no international flights in the same booking) at the time of booking. Indeed they encourage it by prompting for OLCI after payment has been processed.

My own unscientific observation is more of their flights are leaving a bit later than they used to, with many more passengers paged. Not surprising – a lot can happen in the up to 12 months since booking.

By: Nicholas Barnard

Nicholas Barnard — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 21:40:26 +0000

Hmm.. I wonder if this checking in thing is a vestage from the days of paper tickets and boarding passes.. This does leave the question of what procedurally is still around the check in process.. Probably something worth looking at, but who knows if it is something useful..