No more paper Ryanair cards. This way you can avoid surcharges at the airport
From today, passengers traveling with Ryanair must show their digital boarding passes at the airport and before boarding. Online check-in is crucial.
More than a year ago, Ryanair announced that it would stop using paper boarding passes as a way to save money and streamline the check-in process. As of today, the carrier has officially withdrawn them from use. Does this mean that passengers must have a smartphone with access to the Internet and the myRyanair application in which their card will be saved? No, although this is currently the most convenient form of storing it.
“After checking in, your digital boarding pass will automatically appear in the Ryanair app. At the airport, show your digital boarding pass to airport security and at the boarding gate,” the airline reminds.
Ryanair digital boarding passes only
Although Ryanair encourages you to install its application, one thing remains most important for passengers without smartphones – checking in online before arriving at the airport. You can ask someone close to you for help.
“Passengers who do not have a smartphone can ask a friend or family member to download the boarding pass on their behalf. After checking in, the passenger will receive assistance at the airport, where the staff will be able to check that he or she has been checked in,” the airline’s press office previously informed us.
This is because after online check-in, airport employees will have access to the passenger’s sequence number.
When asked “what if the battery on my smartphone or tablet runs out before the security check?”, the line answers the same. “If you check in online and your smartphone or tablet runs out of charge, you will receive a free boarding pass at the airport,” we read on the website.
Checking in at the airport costs money. PLN 234 for the service
Checking in online is a condition for free boarding of the plane. Although check-in desks at airports will not disappear, you will have to pay EUR 55 (approx. PLN 234) for this service. In the case of Ryanair, check-in at the airport had to be paid even before the introduction of mandatory digital cards for everyone.
