Ryanair: printing boarding passes

SAN123

Hi we are going on a trip for seven days and we are traveling with Ryanair. We are not paying any extra for allocated seating, it will be two adults and three children, so I know we can only check in up to seven days before flight date. I was wondering can I print out boarding passes for both outward and inward flights before we leave.

athtrasna

SAN123 wrote: »

Hi we are going on a trip for seven days and we are traveling with Ryanair. We are not paying any extra for allocated seating, it will be two adults and three children, so I know we can only check in up to seven days before flight date. I was wondering can I print out boarding passes for both outward and inward flights before we leave.

Check in opens 7 days before your flight so you'll certainly be able to check in for your outbound flight. The return flight won't open until the day you fly out so you'll have to make a note to do that

SAN123

Instead of checking in online can you just go to the airport and check in?

highlydebased

SAN123 wrote: »

Instead of checking in online can you just go to the airport and check in?

There is a charge of something like 70 euro per person to check in at the airport.

Slippin Jimmy

Ryanair also updated their existing app. It now allows you to check in using it and the boarding pass is stored on the phone itself.

Paddy_Whack

athtrasna wrote: »

Check in opens 7 days before your flight so you'll certainly be able to check in for your outbound flight. The return flight won't open until the day you fly out so you'll have to make a note to do that

From the Ryanair Website, under my Booking information.........................
You must check-in online and print your boarding pass on an individual A4 page for presentation at both airport security and at the boarding gate. You can check-in online from 30 days up to 2 hours prior to your scheduled flight departure.

athtrasna

Paddy_Whack wrote: »

From the Ryanair Website, under my Booking information.........................
You must check-in online and print your boarding pass on an individual A4 page for presentation at both airport security and at the boarding gate. You can check-in online from 30 days up to 2 hours prior to your scheduled flight departure.

Apologies... FREE SEAT CHOICE check in opens 7 days before your flight. Check in before then and you will have to pay for your seats. You no longer need to print your bp but afaik you can't have multiple boarding passes for multiple family members on one mobile device if you opt for mobile bp

spurious

As soon as you get where you are going (or possibly before you go, depending on the time of your outbound and return flights), find an internet cafe or someone online and print off your return boarding passes.

CaoimheCweeva

Hey, my boyfriend and I are flying to Liverpool next wednesday the 20th, and I just printed off the boarding passes for the outbound flight. Just wondering where you get the actual tickets? I haven't been out of Ireland in years...

Sarn

CaoimheCweeva wrote: »

...I just printed off the boarding passes for the outbound flight. Just wondering where you get the actual tickets?...

The printed boarding passes are your tickets.

Ponster

CaoimheCweeva wrote: »

Hey, my boyfriend and I are flying to Liverpool next wednesday the 20th, and I just printed off the boarding passes for the outbound flight. Just wondering where you get the actual tickets? I haven't been out of Ireland in years...

Plane tickets were phased out 15+ years ago at a guess. You just need the boarding pass now.

CaoimheCweeva

Ponster wrote: »

Plane tickets were phased out 15+ years ago at a guess. You just need the boarding pass now.

Oh okay, I must be thinking of the boarding pass you get when you check in at the airport Thanks!

Sarn

It used to be a case were you checked in with your tickets and were given a separate boarding pass. Now all that is skipped, you check in on line and print out your boarding pass. You don't have to go anywhere near the check in desk if you only have carry on luggage, just go straight to security and scan your printed boarding pass.

Of course you can choose not to use the online check in and use the check in desk but Ryanair charge a fee for that.

CaoimheCweeva

Sarn wrote: »

It used to be a case were you checked in with your tickets and were given a separate boarding pass. Now all that is skipped, you check in on line and print out your boarding pass. You don't have to go anywhere near the check in desk if you only have carry on luggage, just go straight to security and scan your printed boarding pass.

Of course you can choose not to use the online check in and use the check in desk but Ryanair charge a fee for that.

Scan it at security? Yup, that's definitely news to me!

ProudDUB

CaoimheCweeva wrote: »

Scan it at security? Yup, that's definitely news to me!

There is a row of barriers at the entrance to Security. Have you ever taken a Dart train in Dublin? They are similar to the barriers in Dart stations. You lay the bar code of your boarding pass on the barriers scanner & the barrier gate will open for you. You then proceed to the security check point where you & your hand luggage are checked.

CaoimheCweeva

ProudDUB wrote: »

There is a row of barriers at the entrance to Security. Have you ever taken a Dart train in Dublin? They are similar to the barriers in Dart stations. You lay the bar code of your boarding pass on the barriers scanner & the barrier gate will open for you. You then proceed to the security check point where you & your hand luggage are checked.

Are they new? I definitely don't remember doing that, and it hasn't been THAT long since I've been on a plane

highlydebased

CaoimheCweeva wrote: »

Are they new? I definitely don't remember doing that, and it hasn't been THAT long since I've been on a plane

What airport are you flying from? These barriers only exist at busier airports- some places still have a security guard on hand to scan them and let you through.

CaoimheCweeva

highlydebased wrote: »

What airport are you flying from? These barriers only exist at busier airports- some places still have a security guard on hand to scan them and let you through.

Cork - it's the airport I flew from last time too

highlydebased

CaoimheCweeva wrote: »

Cork - it's the airport I flew from last time too

Probably no automatic barriers there to worry about so!

CaoimheCweeva

highlydebased wrote: »

Probably no automatic barriers there to worry about so!

Ah grand so! Not necessarily worried, just curious :P

ProudDUB

Sorry. I just presumed that the barriers were standard in all Irish airports.

The Dagda

SAN123 wrote: »

Hi we are going on a trip for seven days and we are traveling with Ryanair. We are not paying any extra for allocated seating, it will be two adults and three children, so I know we can only check in up to seven days before flight date. I was wondering can I print out boarding passes for both outward and inward flights before we leave.

There's a Ryanair phone app now so if you have a smartphone you can access and scan your boarding passes using that. No need for printing anything.

brooke 2

The Dagda wrote: »

There's a Ryanair phone app now so if you have a smartphone you can access and scan your boarding passes using that.

I downloaded that app before I flew to Scotland on July 23rd. Was delighted
with myself that I was able to check in so easily - or so I thought!! What occurred
the morning of my flight was quite an 'adventure'.

My flight was at 6.35a.m. Just in case the app would not be enough, I made sure
to be at the airport in plenty of time, in case I might have to print out my boarding
pass. I arrived shortly after 4.30a.m. and immediately went to the Ryanair desk
to ask if I needed to do a print out. I was informed that all I had to do was hold
my iPhone to the scanning machine at departures- no need for the paper!!
Happy out!!

I proceeded to the Departures desk and tried to scan my boarding code. No joy.
Asked the assistant for help. It would not scan on her machine either. The
assistant was female, young (20s), of average size, dark haired, wore glasses.
To my dismay, she instructed me to go back and print out my boarding pass.

Naturally, I was not too happy to have to do this, but headed back to the
machines. Spent a fortune trying to do the printout as it took so long! When
I filled in my registration code and pressed 'confirm', I was informed that I had
not filled in my flight number. The only problem with that was there was no
box for that!! Eventually, I managed to get a printout and rushed back to the
Departures gate.

As it was almost 6.00a.m. at this stage, I went straight to the assistant who was
standing at the right hand of the scanning machines. When I presented him with
my paper boarding pass, he was unable to scan it as there was no code on it!!
Just a blank square where the code should have been!! At this stage I panicked
as I could see the queues lined up for security checks and my flight was due
to take off in thirty minutes.

The young male assistant told me to go to his colleague who was operating
at the far left of the machines. She was tall, blonde, in her late 30s/early 40s,
was not wearing glasses. She informed me that I would have to return to Ryanair
Desk 13 to get my problem sorted. When I protested I was in the airport since
4.30a.m., and might now miss my flight, and queried why I was not told to go to
Desk 13 when I originally came to the Departure gates, she INSISTED that I had
been told to do so!! And followed that up by further insisting that SHE had been
the one to tell me!! She TWICE stated that she remembered my face and name!!!

Now, I know I had been up since 3.30a.m. but, it was possible for me to tell the
difference between the original assistant - a young, dark haired, glasses wearing
girl and this assistant - a tall, blonde, older woman minus glasses!!!! She was
extremely unpleasant!!

As I was turning around to head back to the desk, I heard a young man behind me
telling my 'friend' that he could not scan his iPhone boarding pass either. So, we
both rushed back to the Ryanair desk 13, which just happens to be at the farthest
end of the departures hall from the gates.

After a short explanation, I was given a traditional boarding pass. Rushed back
to the gates and made it through to line up at security. Eventually arrived at
boarding gate 110. Fortunately, I had paid for priority boarding - only a few
people in the queue - so, was one of the first on the plane!! Whew!!!!!

Moral of the story - do NOT depend on the app!!!!