Long weekends in Hamburg in January and February from Prague
57 €
Ryanair check-in
Ryanair offers the option of checking in at the airport or online. Unless you have purchased tickets in the Plus or Flexi Plus fare categories, you can only check in free of charge online.
Online check-in
Online check-in is very quick and easy. It can only be done via the Ryanair mobile app, which all passengers must have installed from 12 November 2025.
If you’re travelling in a group, it’s enough for at least one passenger to have the mobile app, provided it contains the boarding passes for everyone else as well.
You can check in free of charge between 72 hours and 2 hours before departure. If you have paid for and selected seats, you can check in up to 60 days in advance.
Haven’t booked a hotel yet? Get a discount on booking.com
To check in at the airport, you’ll need your boarding passes with a QR code. You can have them printed out, but it’s also fine to have them saved on your phone or tablet.
Check-in at the airport
From 12 November 2025, Ryanair will completely discontinue the option to check in at the airport. All passengers must check in via the Ryanair mobile app.
Although you can drop off your luggage at the airport counter, you must have your boarding passes ready in advance.
The check-in desks for baggage drop-off close 60 minutes before departure.
Seat selection
You can select specific seats when booking your tickets, or later during check-in. However, there is a charge for this service, and if you don’t mind where you sit, you can simply skip this option and let the system allocate your seats automatically.
Please note, however, that passengers travelling in groups are deliberately seated separately.
If you are travelling with children, they will always be seated together with at least one adult.
This article may contain affiliate links from which our editorial team may earn commissions if you click on the link. See our Advertising Policy page.
Any questions left?
If you have any questions or comments about the article...
4 comments
Veronika ESTÉER
Translated from cestee.cz
Is it possible to download the flight check-in app in French?
Jakub Štěpánek
Translated from cestee.cz
Change the language settings for the whole phone; there’s no other option.
J0x
Translated from cestee.cz
The Ryanair app is just as rubbish as the airline itself. At least you can change the language on its mobile website.
J0x
Translated from cestee.cz
You can make it slightly more French-friendly by setting French as your second system language.
Clara Ferreira
Translated from cestee.pt
Good afternoon,
I am making a booking with 7 people, 5 people are 17 years old and 2 people are 18 years old. Do minors (17) need parental authorisation to travel to Spain? And do they need to give the name of one of the adults (18) travelling in the group?
Thank you!
Lucie _40
Translated from cestee.cz
Ryanair sent me a notice to check in online, and the check-in is through even though it's more than 24 hours before departure. Does anyone know if there's a catch (some kind of fee?) or do they just not keep those times accurate?
mirjur
Translated from cestee.cz
The best way to find out is to try it.
David Eiselt
Translated from cestee.cz
Either you will be asked to pay for a selection of seats, or you have already paid for them as part of the additional services. Otherwise there is online check-in with random selection 24h before departure.
Lucie _40
Translated from cestee.cz
Thank you, that's exactly what it is, it's to pay for the seats. It caught me off guard because our flight is over midnight, so I was wondering if I was a day late:-)
According to some sources (for example, https://goosed.ie/news/ryanair-f...ur-flight/ ), Ryanair now allows you to select a seat on your mobile up to 3 hours before departure without paying. This happened to me just this weekend; on the booking confirmation it said ‘Seat assigned at gate’, with a seat number around 60. But I was due to fly on a 737 MAX, so I thought it was because of a change in aircraft type. Or perhaps not...