Can I book a Ryan Air flight for someone and give them just the code?

Buster_Danog

My dad wants me to book a flight for his girlfriend for Tuesday. I can do that on the internet, but then she would have no way of getting the print out with the confirmation code on as she does not have e-mail where she is.

Will Ryan Air let someone check in for a flight with the confirmation code written on a piece of paper? Obviously she has her passport as ID.

briona

Franco78 wrote: »

My dad wants me to book a flight for his girlfriend for Tuesday. I can do that on the internet, but then she would have no way of getting the print out with the confirmation code on as she does not have e-mail where she is.

Will Ryan Air let someone check in for a flight with the confirmation code written on a piece of paper? Obviously she has her passport as ID.

I have found that the airlines very rarely want to see the print out – recently all I've done is hand my passport over and as long as the name on the passport matches the booking exactly, there shouldn't be a problem.

That said, a year or so ago my sister booked a flight with Ryanair for a friend of hers who didn't have a credit card and at the time had no money in her current account. When the girl got to the airport, the airline staff had a cow over the fact that the credit card used did not belong to the passenger and were refusing to the let the girl board in case she had fraudulently used someone's card. The girl rang my sister in tears explaining the problem. Ryanair wanted my sister to come down to Heathrow with the credit card and some photo ID so they could verify it! I think they finally accepted a faxed letter stating that she had indeed used her credit card to buy a flight for her friend! Scary stuff! Although had her card been fraudulently used, I'd say good spot by Ryanair!

richardw

briona wrote: »

Ryanair wanted my sister to come down to Heathrow with the credit card and some photo ID so they could verify it!

Ryanair have no flights at Heathrow.

briona

richardw wrote: »

Ryanair have no flights at Heathrow.

LOL. My bad!

Perhaps it wasn't Ryanair then as I'm pretty sure the airport in question was Heathrow! Either way, my point was more about booking a flight on someone else's credit card then a specific airline's policy!

spiro

For numerous Ryanair flights I have never given them a print out of my confirmation and I think I was only asked for the code once. As previously said they check you name against the manifest and if they match, your on the flight.

budgetflyer

All she should need is confirmation code (although they rarely ask for this) and passport. He will also have to pay for airport check in,and hold baggage if neccessary, as she wont be able to do online check in unless she has internet access and printer for the boarding pass.