The check-in

• Most of the major airlines have implemented check-in. If you buy an air ticket online, you will receive a confirmation email. Then, 24 or 48 hours before the flight, you will get the option to check-in online.

• Many airlines have even developed their own app so that it can be downloaded by customers and can carry out this process.

• By checking in online you save time. You choose the seat, if you don’t have luggage you don’t have to go to the counters. If you have it, then you should go to the counters to have them weighed. But many airlines have special counters for those who have previously checked-in online and they are faster.

• However, some airlines may require you to check-in. That is why you should be very aware of the possibilities offered by your chosen airline. In this case, you will have to go to the counters of your airline at the airport to carry out the process.

• With online check-in you do not need to print the document or receipt. Already with the code they verify it and it is instantaneous.

• There are airlines that require you to check-in. They charge you if you don’t. It happens on cheap flights, to lower costs. A face-to-face check-in would increase those costs and they will charge you for it.

• Today, there are special machines at airports that ask for your basic information, scan your passport and then the machine will dispense your boarding pass and suitcase tickets. You then go to the respective counter to weigh them.

The boarding pass

• Do the check-in online or in person, what they will ask you for is your passport to verify the document number, name, nationality. Once this is done they will give you your boarding pass or boarding pass. With the flight number, boarding gate, seat number, confirmation number, date and time of flight.

• A boarding pass or boarding pass is a document provided by an airline during check-in, which gives the passenger permission to enter the restricted area of ​​an airport for passengers who are going to take a flight and to board the plane for a flight in particular.

• At a minimum, it identifies the passenger, the flight number, and the scheduled departure date and time. A boarding ticket can also indicate details of the benefits to which a passenger is entitled (for example, access to the lounge).

• If you look at your boarding pass, there are two hours printed on it: the flight time and the boarding time. The latter is about half an hour before so that you are at the boarding gate.

• The boarding pass will allow you to be in all areas of the airport. And it is important to always have it at hand.

Conclusions