Customers will now be charged for early check in
RYANAIR has changed its existing check-in policy.
As of June 13th, free online check-in for all flights will only be available from 48 hours to 2 hours before departure.
Passengers previously had four days to do so.
However, if you decide to choose what seat you want (which usually costs around €4 per journey) – then you will be able to check-in up to two months in advance.
The airline says this will give reserve seat customers more time to select their preferred seats prior to departure.
The notice reads: “Customers who choose not to reserve their preferred seat, can check in online or on the mobile app free of charge from 48 hours to 2 hours pre-departure and will be randomly allocated a seat.
“All Ryanair customers may buy a reserved seat online, both on the Ryanair.com website and mobile app from the time of booking up to 2 hours pre-departure and these customers can check-in online anytime they so wish between 60 days to 2 hours before the scheduled departure time of their flight.
Please note – any affected customers flying on or after 13 June who do not wish to accept this check-in policy change have the right to cancel and request a full refund within 5 days of this 14 May notification after which the change will be regarded as implicitly accepted.”
A statement from Ryanair also added:
“Online check-in (for those customers who don’t choose reserved seats) will be available from 48 hours to 2 hours pre-departure for all flights from Wednesday 13 June. This is more than double the 24 hour check-in period operated by British Airways, Lufthansa, Norwegian and Iberia.
This will give reserve seat customers more time to select their preferred seats prior to departure.”
