Ryanair and printed boarding passes

RainbowsInTheSpray

Can anyone tell me unequivocally whether they no longer allow customers to print boarding passes? This seems draconian (if typical).

I have seen it stated that they are only stopping the facility for customers to ask THEM (Ryanair staff) to print boarding passes at the airport.

swingaloo

Boarding passes can be printed by customers.
My husband and his mate flew to France last Saturday with Ryanair. I printed the boarding passes for them for both the outbound and return journeys. 

RainbowsInTheSpray

Interesting. Thank you. Perhaps the change is coming but not yet introduced..?

swingaloo

.Check-In & Travel Documents – Ryanair Help Centre

Tells you on here that they accept them on the app or in printed format.

RainbowsInTheSpray

Yes, I saw that. It's what made me wonder about the truth of all these media reports.

user1977

Presumably all they're looking for these days is a QR code, so it doesn't really matter whether that's on paper / a phone screen / tattooed on your forehead.

flaneurs_lobster

Paperless from November 2025 says this Ryanair press release from March.

https://corporate.ryanair.com/news/ryanair-delays-move-to-paperless-boarding-passes-to-winter-schedule-3-nov-2025/

OliverLacon

Too bad if your battery runs out just before boarding time. 

RainbowsInTheSpray

Yes, difficult to see a piece of paper running out of charge. There's absolutely zero reference to phone problems. Before this move, you could have used the phone and the printed ticket as back-ups to each other. Presumably now there's going to be a (£500?) fee for the gate staff to sort any phone problem out for you. 

Clever or what?

I wonder what O'Leary did before going into the airline business. My money's on estate agent but I I'd also put a reserve bet on scam call centre manager...

Westin

RainbowsInTheSpray said:

Yes, difficult to see a piece of paper running out of charge. There's absolutely zero reference to phone problems. Before this move, you could have used the phone and the printed ticket as back-ups to each other. Presumably now there's going to be a (£500?) fee for the gate staff to sort any phone problem out for you. 

Clever or what?

I wonder what O'Leary did before going into the airline business. My money's on estate agent but I I'd also put a reserve bet on scam call centre manager...

An Accountant.

thegreenone

user1977 said:

tattooed on your forehead.

That could be a pain if you travel regularly.