Ryanair issues check-in warning for all passengers to avoid £55 fee

Airline Ryanair has issued a warning to all passengers. The company said that anyone arriving at the airport without checking in online will face a fine.

Passengers who have not already checked in prior to arrival will be charged £55. Ryanair's online check in opens 60 days before the scheduled flight if an allocated seat ticket has been purchased.

The Echo reports customers can be offered a seat free of charge if they check in online between 24 hours and two hours before every booked flight. The airline does not allow passengers to check in online during the two hours before a flight's scheduled departure.

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Once you have checked in online you can print copies of your boarding pass, or download them to your mobile phone, up to two hours before the scheduled departure time.

Your boarding pass must be printed on a single A4 page or downloaded through the Ryanair app. If not you could face a fine. Ryanair does operate airport check-in but charges 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 or have it downloaded on the Ryanair app, you will be charged for the boarding pass reissue fee, which is £/€20 per passenger.

It's also important to note some airports do not accept Ryanair's mobile boarding passes. These are:

• Kefalonia
• Turkey
• Morocco
• Israel
• Lebanon

Customers traveling from these airports must check in online and print out a paper boarding pass for their flight(s). You can find more information about boarding passes on Ryanair's website here.

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