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Important Check-in Information

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 Check-in Timeframes

All customers can check-in online, free of charge, up to 2 hours before the scheduled flight departure.
Our check-in timeframes vary depending on purchasing a seat.

 Check-in from 60 days before flight departure

For convenience and peace of mind, customers can check-in for flights 60 days in advance of both departure flights by purchasing a seat or if they have a Flexi Plus ticket.  Both outbound and return flights must be within 60 days of departure.  Customers can select where they would like to sit and choose to sit together if travelling with a group.
 

 Check-in from 24 hours before flight departure

If you choose not to purchase a seat, you will be able to check-in 48 hours in advance of each departure flight for bookings made prior to January 28, 2021, and 24 hours in advance for bookings made as of January 28, 2021 and a seat will be allocated to you (free of charge).
 It is important to remember that both outbound and return flights must be made within the above specified time frames in order to avail of a free, randomly allocated seat. You always have the option to purchase a seat in order to check-in outside of the above windows.
 

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 Check out our step by step video guide to check-in below

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Check-in is very straight forward on both our website and Ryanair app.
Ensure you have your email address used at the time of booking, your reservation number, and
your travel documents ready!

How to check-in

  1. To begin, click Check-in followed by entering your ID Document Numbers in the relevant fields
  2. You can add your travel document details into your myRyanair account to quicken the check-in process
  3. Next you will review check-in extras and skip to your boarding pass

  4. Scroll down passed your flight information and click View boarding pass

  5. Select Print and a PDF version of the boarding pass will appear and allow you to save and print the document

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Check-in procedure for OTA bookings

You may not be able to check-in online where you purchased your flight through a third party website such as an online travel agent (OTA) which is not authorized by us to use our website or app to offer our flights for sale, and which does so in breach of the Terms of Use of our website (including the mobile app and any webpage and/or data that passes through the web domain at ryanair.com). For safety and security purposes, Ryanair may require that the check-in process be completed by passengers who booked via an OTA personally, to ensure all passengers are on notice of, and have confirmed compliance with required flight safety, security and public health protocols. Airport check-in for passengers who have booked through an OTA, and therefore cannot complete check-in online, is offered free of charge.

Airport Check-in Fees

Airport check-in is available but charges will apply. Customers who have not checked in online will encounter an airport check in fee, which is £/€55 (for flights from Spain €/£ 30) per passenger. If you have checked in but you have not printed your boarding pass, you will be charged for the boarding pass reissue fee, which is £/€20 per passenger.
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