Important Check-in Information

 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.

 

 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 bookings made by third party intermediaries

Where a booking appears to have been made through a third-party travel agent who has no commercial relationship with Ryanair, the booking may be blocked.  As third-party travel agents often do not provide Ryanair with the passenger’s correct email address and payment details, we need to verify the passenger’s identity before they can manage their booking and check-in online. Ryanair needs to carry out this verification process in order to ensure we can comply with safety and security requirements. 

For your safety and security, and for the safety and security of your fellow passengers and our crew, the check-in process must be completed by you personally, by a passenger on your booking, or by an individual with personal knowledge of you and of the contents of your luggage. This requirement is to ensure you are on notice of, and that you, a passenger on your booking, or an individual with personal knowledge of you and of the contents of your luggage have confirmed compliance with required safety, security and public health protocols, including those set out by the ICAO Technical Instructions, Regulation (EU) 2015/1998, and the EASA/ECDC Covid-19 Aviation Health Safety Protocol.

Once a passenger on the booking has completed Ryanair’s verification process, we will provide full access to the booking, including the ability to make changes to the booking, add additional services, and complete online check-in.

There are two online verification options available:

1. Express Verification –

• Uses facial recognition technology. 
• Verify in approx. 2 minutes.
• Requires a copy of the passenger’s identification documentation and a device with a camera. 

2. Standard Verification –

• Verifies the passenger’s signature.
• Verify within 7 days. 
• Requires a copy of the passenger’s identification documentation and a device with a camera.

Express Verification is available at a cost of £/€0.59 per booking.  This fee covers the cost of the face recognition tool. Ryanair does not benefit commercially from verification fees.  There is no charge for Standard Verification.

Passengers who do not avail of Express Verification or Standard Verification to verify their bookings can verify at the Ryanair ticket desk up to 60 minutes before departure. However, we do not recommend this option as an airport check-in fee will apply (please see our Table of Fees).

Start Verification

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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