Paper boarding passes are about to become history at Ryanair. Starting November 12, 2025, the Irish low-cost giant will require all passengers to use digital boarding passes, with no option for paper check-in.
This change means the days of printing out a boarding pass at home or paying a stiff fee to have one issued at the airport will officially come to an end. Going forward, the myRyanair app will be the only way to obtain a boarding pass.
Curtailing the ability to print boarding passes at the airport is at least understandable, but it’s quite odd that the ability to print boarding passes at home will also be shut down. I do understand there is a strong commercial incentive to push people to use the myRyanair app, which can extract personal info and sell it to the highest bidder, but not everyone has smartphones.
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