Cupatae wrote: » If i check in online for my flight do i have to print my own boarding pass or can i get them at the airport?
bren2002 wrote: » What airline?
Cupatae wrote: » I dunno i though i had to check in online? im flying with aerlingus
fullstop wrote: » You neither have to check in online or print your own boarding pass with Aer Lingus. If you have a smart phone it's much handier to check in on the app and you can have your boarding pass on the phone.
Cupatae wrote: » Ya seen that I'd prefer to have the actual one just In the off chance the fone goes �� is there no way I can just get em when I'm checking in my bags and stuff ?
arctictree wrote: » What's the point in checking in online? I thought the idea years ago of checking in was to show that you arrived at the airport? Could a system not exist where you book your ticket and then just show proof of ID when you board?
arctictree wrote: » Could a system not exist where you book your ticket and then just show proof of ID when you board?
Cupatae wrote: » just one other thing, ive a connecting flight with British airways, will they print out all my passes with aerlingus or do i have to go thru the whole thing with them aswell? sorry now for the daft questions its only my 2nd time flying and im always unsure on this stuff !
bee06 wrote: » Assuming the flights were booked together they will give you both boarding passes.
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whoopsadoodles wrote: » Your boarding card tracks your entire trip. It links your flights. Your bags. Lets the airline know you're in the airport (As opposed to checking in doing that). Ensures you're getting on the correct flight. Shows whether you're entitled to duty free or not. Comes with extra security measures. Showing your passport at the boarding gate wouldn't cut it.
Super-Rush wrote: » It's gonna come down to its this eventually though and it's already being tried in various stages in different airports. You can check in at the airport and get your boarding pass printed by only having to scan your passport in a machine. Immigration in some smaller airports is almost entirely a scan of your passport and facial scanning and your through. You have to enter your passport number when you book a flight for a lot of destinations now anyway. The information is recorded before your bank takes the payment and you can't travel with almost any airline without a valid passport. It would save on having to print boarding passes etc, and could cut down on queues as well.
whoopsadoodles wrote: » I was thinking after I posted that when flying out of a lot of airports, Dublin included, you can get to the boarding gate without ever showing your passport. Although I've never had to enter my passport details at booking stage for a flight (that I recall), I do have to enter them to check in. So you may well be right. Any idea which airports already have a passport only system in place?
Super-Rush wrote: » Flew back from Gatwick last night and we scanned our passports to check in and the machine printed out our boarding passes. When we were at security the guy said to me that this was a trial procedure to see how it works out. If it works out, then you will be able to go straight to security with your passport only and on to your flight. He was saying the biggest problem will be older passengers who get confused with technology.
suicide_circus wrote: » Online check in is for cowards