You download the Ryanair app, check in online, and your boarding pass appears on your phone. That’s it. It’s like having a concert ticket on your screen, but for a plane.
You simply show the screen at the boarding gate. If you’re travelling with kids or a group, you can even save multiple passes on one phone. One phone, whole family sorted.
No more carrying a stack of flimsy papers for everyone. You become the captain of the operation, just by having a charged device.
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If you don’t have a smartphone, or if your phone’s screen is completely smashed, you’ll need to buy a paper pass at the airport. That’s the bit that stings a little.
Ryanair will charge you for the privilege of printing. So, if you’re a flip-phone enthusiast or simply hate apps, you might feel the pinch. But for the rest of us, it’s a fair tradeoff.
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It’s a bit like buying a bus ticket on board instead of before—you pay extra for the convenience of doing it the old way. So download the app, folks.
