Planesarecool From United Kingdom, joined Nov 2001, 4096 posts, RR: 12 Posted (7 years 3 months 1 week 1 day 17 hours ago) and read 2699 times:
Hi,
Ryanair is supposed to introduce online check in this thursday, but except in the news report back in december, there is no mention of it at all on their website. Even on the FAQ where there is a whole section on check in, there is no mention.
I assume they are still doing it? And how long before the flight will one be able to check in?
Mhodgson From United Kingdom, joined Dec 2002, 5047 posts, RR: 29 Reply 1, posted (7 years 3 months 1 week 1 day 16 hours ago) and read 2666 times:
I think it becomes operational at the end of this month (26th IIRC). I don't think FR would publicise it before it is operational, as there is no point and it would just confuse people, leading to customer service having to deal with 'why can't I find online check in' emails.
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Planesarecool From United Kingdom, joined Nov 2001, 4096 posts, RR: 12 Reply 2, posted (7 years 3 months 1 week 1 day 15 hours ago) and read 2610 times:
In the news release on their website it says:
Quote: From the 16th March, Ryanair will introduce a number of key service improvements for all passengers including
(2) all passengers travelling with hand luggage and in possession of an EU passport will be able to check-in on the web at www.ryanair.com and by-pass all check-in and airport queues, (3) these passengers will also be given priority boarding which will also eliminate boarding gate queues as well
But you would have thought that they would advertise it more - as that news release is the only mention of it. For example when you book, it tells you that you should check in 2 hours before or whatever, maybe they could say "if travelling after 16th march....etc."
Those people who don't search throught the news pages and booked flights for after the introduction are likely to be unaware of the feature and would still use the normal check in
ESGG From Sweden, joined Feb 2006, 50 posts, RR: 0 Reply 3, posted (7 years 3 months 1 week 1 day 14 hours ago) and read 2598 times:
I think that that is exactly the meaning with this. A new service that could be tested with only a limited number of passengers. If RyanAir tries to open this service at 100% from the beginning, they will most likely run into trouble. Now they have the possibility to try and correct their mistakes (they will come, be sure!!) with a low number of passengers, which is both cheaper and simpler.
Aisak From Spain, joined Aug 2005, 757 posts, RR: 11 Reply 4, posted (7 years 3 months 1 week 1 day 13 hours ago) and read 2565 times:
Quote: all passengers travelling with hand luggage and in possession of an EU passport will be able to
I'm not sure if this will be 100% legal as many many MANY EU citizens do NOT need a passport to travel.
Then you can
a) get a passport (16€) when your national ID card should be (IS) enough
b) pay-per-bag at check-in, more expensive than through the web
Many others force EU passenger to obtain a passport when it's not needed
Planesarecool From United Kingdom, joined Nov 2001, 4096 posts, RR: 12 Reply 5, posted (7 years 3 months 1 week 1 day 13 hours ago) and read 2553 times:
I always travel with my railcard when i'm flying Ryanair to Ireland. I only take my passport when i need it. I doubt they'll challenge you, baring in mind the only time they will need to check ID will be at the gate, rather than at check in. And at the gate they don't really check where the boarding pass has come from.
Ryanair737 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 6, posted (7 years 3 months 20 hours ago) and read 2409 times:
Strangely, yesterday morning (20th) the link was available and you were able to check-in online. Yesterday afternoon they removed the link and now there is no sign of it. Strange. They must be having some technical problems with the system.
Planesarecool From United Kingdom, joined Nov 2001, 4096 posts, RR: 12 Reply 8, posted (7 years 3 months 17 hours ago) and read 2328 times:
Quoting Ryanair737 (Reply 6): Strangely, yesterday morning (20th) the link was available and you were able to check-in online. Yesterday afternoon they removed the link and now there is no sign of it. Strange. They must be having some technical problems with the system.
I was assuming that it would be an option inside the passenger's online travel document, but i went on the page for my flight to Shannon next monday and there is no mention. So i assume it only appears when the check in is available for the flight (72 hours before). It is mentioned in the FAQ, but there is no mention of when it is/was available to use.
I hope its available by April 5th, because i won't have time to check in at the airport for my flight, thanks to the inconvenience of getting to Stansted from the south.
Planesarecool From United Kingdom, joined Nov 2001, 4096 posts, RR: 12 Reply 10, posted (7 years 2 months 4 weeks 1 day 18 hours ago) and read 2093 times:
There is a button on the top right corner of the homepage, for the online check in. Seems pretty straight forward and i hope it is successful.
Planesarecool From United Kingdom, joined Nov 2001, 4096 posts, RR: 12 Reply 12, posted (7 years 2 months 4 weeks 1 day 16 hours ago) and read 2067 times:
Quoting Mhodgson (Reply 11): Doesn't appear to work for all routes yet - BLK is unavailable as a Check 'n Go start point.
Yeah just noticed i won't be able to use it for my Gatwick-Shannon flight or my Frankfurt-Stansted flight. Thankfully i will be able to use it from Stansted which was when i would really need it.
BDKLEZ From Ireland, joined Jun 2005, 1735 posts, RR: 16 Reply 13, posted (7 years 2 months 4 weeks 1 day 16 hours ago) and read 2057 times:
A superior system in operation with Ryanair than with easyJet for one simple reason. Those FR passengers who check-in on line will be given boarding priority at the gate, whereby easyPax will be assigned "Boarding Group D"! Boarding group D being the fourth line in which you must stand at the departure gate while rows A, B & C take their seats! A bad move for U2 which I'm of the opinion should be rectified as soon as possible in order that the obvious comparison between the too cannot be highlighted to the detriment of easyJet.
A poor show from U2 if their system remains "as is".
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Djmatthews From United Kingdom, joined Dec 1999, 212 posts, RR: 0 Reply 15, posted (7 years 2 months 4 weeks 1 day 14 hours ago) and read 2030 times:
Quoting BDKLEZ (Reply 13): Those FR passengers who check-in on line will be given boarding priority at the gate, whereby easyPax will be assigned "Boarding Group D"! Boarding group D being the fourth line in which you must stand at the departure gate while rows A, B & C take their seats!
I agree, I recently used easyJet, and I didn't use online check in, simply because of the D factor. I always use it when flying with BA. It doesn't make sense. If they want people to use OLCI, then give them a reason to do so - priority boarding. If they don't show up on time, tough, because only pax with hand luggage can use the service anyway.
Planesarecool From United Kingdom, joined Nov 2001, 4096 posts, RR: 12 Reply 16, posted (7 years 2 months 4 weeks 1 day 13 hours ago) and read 2023 times:
Do you think the other airports will become available soon or not? I could really benefit from using the service at Gatwick, so i could get there and go straight to the gate.
N1120A From United States of America, joined Dec 2003, 25869 posts, RR: 79 Reply 17, posted (7 years 2 months 4 weeks 1 day 13 hours ago) and read 2011 times:
Still quite a few bases not available for online check-in as of yet. There excuse being "If your route is not listed above we are unable to offer Online Check-in at this time." "Your particular airport cannot fully facilitate this service." It looks like online check-in might not be available in those few bases for some time yet.
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