Web-checked FR pax board first at CRL

airazurxtror · Post by **airazurxtror** » 06 Sep 2006, 20:22

I took the morning Ryanair flight to Rome yesterday, and there was a change in the sequence of boarding.
It's usually :
1- families with small children
2- persons needing assistance
3- holders of boarding cards from 1 to 90
4- boarding cards from 91 to end
Yesterday, I remarked that the web-checked passengers were given the top priority and went to the aircraft before all the others.
Another way to promote the web check-in ? Which gets very interesting indeed - you need to be at the gate only 30 minutes before the flight, and you get first choice of seats !

Stij · Post by **Stij** » 07 Sep 2006, 07:50

Yeah, but you need to bring your passport, NOT your ID card! Not everybody has a passport. Apart from that: wonderfull system!

Cheers,

Stij

airazurxtror · Post by **airazurxtror** » 07 Sep 2006, 09:20

Quite right, you need a passport - and to have only hand luggagge.
But the hand luggage can weight up to 10 kg and be of 55x35x16 cm dimensions - and these restrictions seem not to be too strictly enforced.
A passport is not cheap indeed : it costs 85 euros in Brussels (taxes, and thus price, may be different in another town).

Charlie Roy · Post by **Charlie Roy** » 07 Sep 2006, 10:11

I read on Ryanair's website that soon ID cards will be allowed

natacha737 · Post by **natacha737** » 07 Sep 2006, 11:05

I travelled last month with FR CRL-DUB-CRL only with my ID card, and they never asked me for my passport...

Buzz · Post by **Buzz** » 07 Sep 2006, 16:01

natacha737 wrote:I travelled last month with FR CRL-DUB-CRL only with my ID card, and they never asked me for my passport...

But you didn't check in online, did you?

Stij · Post by **Stij** » 07 Sep 2006, 17:20

Charlie Roy wrote:I read on Ryanair's website that soon ID cards will be allowed

The sooner the better. I don't understand why they didn't accept ID cards from the beginning.

I don't mind boarding the plane last, but the fact that I can arrive 30 minutes before the flight is a major +

Cheers guys,

Stij

Charlie Roy · Post by **Charlie Roy** » 07 Sep 2006, 17:52

Stij wrote:I don't understand why they didn't accept ID cards from the beginning.

It is not Ryanair insisting on Passports but rather the security / airport / government authorities. I'm not sure exactly which authorities, but I know Ryanair are pushing them to allow ID cards be used with web check-in.

Philippe1983 · Post by **Philippe1983** » 20 Mar 2007, 15:09

Is it true that when you book a flight with Ryanair, you have to reconfirm your presence 24 à 72h before embarking... What's that ? How can I reconfirm my flight ?