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Old 09-07-08, 12:58 PM
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Alma it depends when your return flight is. I think you can check in online from four days to four hours before the flight but check the website.

As for access to The Internet in Italy, there are libraries which provide cheap access. A nuisance I know. However I understand that online check-in is no longer free so why bother.
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However I understand that online check-in is no longer free so why bother.
On line check in is still free, however, you are no longer automaticlly entitled to Priority Boarding! They have also raised the Debit Card handling fee - it is now the same as that for a credit card.
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Anne Hi. I obviously misread - sorry. Increase to €5 i see - Ryanair.com - News : Ryanair Alters Debit Card Charges
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My other half just did an online check in as flying from Perugia to Stansted this Friday. All worked without a hitch, including printing the boarding pass. (Despite my saying don't think you can do it!!) I conclude that before doing such a thing find a pessimist to sit beside you!
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Having posed the original question re the travellers details not appearing on the boarding pass I can clarify the situation. We arrived at the aiport with online check in boarding passes that did not have our details eg name and passport number. Our plan was to go to the check in desk and ask for clarification but the queue was v long and therefore went straight to the stop and search at departures. A very nice chap there checked our boarding passes and as the bar code was complete he was able to cross check our names with passports and all was in order. So all ended well ...........except at Brescia airport on our return we were asked to pay 5 euro each for priority boarding thereby learning it is no longer free. Naturally we did not pay and noticed that the priority boarding queue was considerably shorter so were not alone in our decision. Oh well we will just have to work around Ryanair again.
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Ryanair states that visa electron remains free of charge. Where do you get visa electron?
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Ryanair states that visa electron remains free of charge. Where do you get visa electron?
The Co-operative Bank | Current accounts

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Just applied for one
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I think Alma's question was perhaps rather what exactly is Visa Electron - Visa Electron - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Visa card range None the wiser!!! lol

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Has anyone had the problem of not being able to access their reservation at all in order to do online check-in? It keeps telling me that the details given are not the same as those made at the time of reservation and they definitely are.
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Has anyone had the problem of not being able to access their reservation at all in order to do online check-in? It keeps telling me that the details given are not the same as those made at the time of reservation and they definitely are.
It is not user-friendly. Make sure you are using capitals where Ryanair do. Try zeros where you have used O's & vice-versa. If that doesn't work try cutting & pasting your "booking reference" or try the alternate method, i.e. booking credit-card number or "booking reference". I have always got in eventually! Sometime takes a couple of attempts though.

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