Online Check-In Guides (2026)

Step-by-step online check-in instructions for 98 airlines. Find when check-in opens, what documents you need, mobile app details, and troubleshooting tips.

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Quick Answer

Most airlines open online check-in 24 hours before departure and close it 1-2 hours before. You'll need your booking reference number and last name. After checking in, you can download a mobile boarding pass or print one at the airport.

Find Your Airline's Check-In Guide

Showing 98 of 98 airlines

Airline	Opens	Closes	Mobile App	Mobile Pass
American Airlines	24 hours before departure	45 minutes before domestic flights	✓	✓
Delta Air Lines	24 hours before departure	45 minutes before domestic flights	✓	✓
United Airlines	24 hours before departure	45 minutes before domestic flights	✓	✓
Southwest Airlines	24 hours before scheduled departure	45 minutes before domestic departures	✓	✓
JetBlue Airways	24 hours before departure	45-60 minutes before domestic flights	✓	✓
Alaska Airlines	24 hours before departure	40 minutes before domestic flights	✓	✓
Spirit Airlines	24 hours before departure	45 minutes before domestic departures	✓	✓
Frontier Airlines	24 hours before departure	60 minutes before domestic and international flights	✓	✓
Hawaiian Airlines	24 hours before departure	45 minutes before North America flights	✓	✓
Sun Country Airlines	24 hours before departure	45 minutes before domestic flights	✓	✓
Allegiant Air	24 hours before departure	45 minutes before scheduled flight departure	✓	✓
Breeze Airways	24 hours before departure	45 minutes before domestic departures	✓	✓
Air Canada	24 hours before departure	45 minutes before domestic departures	✓	✓
WestJet	24 hours before departure	60 minutes before departure for domestic	✓	✓
Porter Airlines	24 hours before scheduled departure time	60 minutes before domestic flights	✓	✓
Flair Airlines	24 hours before departure	2 hours before departure	✓	✓
Aeromexico	48 hours before departure for domestic flights	30 minutes before domestic flights	✓	✓
Volaris	3	1 hour before departure	✓	✓
LATAM Airlines	48 hours before departure	2 hours before departure for online check-in (counter closes 60 minutes before domestic	✓	✓
Avianca	48 hours before departure	60 minutes before international flights and 45 minutes before domestic flights in Colombia and Ecuador	✓	✓
Copa Airlines	24 hours before flight departure	60 minutes before scheduled departure for most international flights	✓	✓
GOL Airlines	48 hours before departure for domestic and international flights	1 hour before departure for most flights (2 hours before departure at the service counter for flights departing from Caracas)	✓	✓
Azul Brazilian Airlines	72 hours before departure	90 minutes before domestic departures	✓	✓
Emirates	48 hours before departure	90 minutes before scheduled departure	✓	✓
Qatar Airways	48 hours before departure for most flights	90 minutes before departure	✓	✓
Etihad Airways	30 hours before departure	60 minutes before departure for Economy	✓	✓
Saudia	48 hours before departure	1 hour before departure for domestic and international flights	✓	✓
Gulf Air	24 hours before departure	90 minutes before scheduled departure	✓	✓
Oman Air	48 hours before departure	60 minutes before departure for most flights (90 minutes for some international flights)	✓	✓
Kuwait Airways	24 hours before departure	3 hours before departure	✓	✓
Royal Jordanian	24 hours before departure	4 hours before departure	✓	✓
Lufthansa	30 hours before departure	45 minutes before domestic flights	✓	✓
British Airways	24 hours before departure	45 minutes before short-haul flights and 60 minutes before long-haul flights from London Heathrow and Gatwick; 30 minutes before all flights from London City	✓	✓
Air France	30 hours before departure (24 hours for Delta flights from the US	Varies by departure point	✓	✓
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines	30 hours before departure (24 hours for flights to/from the United States)	European flights: 40 minutes before departure	✓	✓
Turkish Airlines	24 hours before departure	90 minutes before departure for online check-in; airport counters close 45 minutes before domestic and 60 minutes before international flights	✓	✓
Swiss International Air Lines	23 hours before departure	1 hour before departure for both domestic and international flights	✓	✓
Austrian Airlines	47 hours before departure (24 hours for flights to the USA)	60 minutes before departure for international flights	✓	✓
Brussels Airlines	24 hours before departure	60 minutes before short-haul flights	✓	✓
Scandinavian Airlines (SAS)	30 hours before departure	1 hour before departure	✓	✓
Finnair	36 hours before departure (24 hours for direct flights to the United States)	45 minutes before departure for flights within Europe; 1 hour before departure for flights to Asia	✓	✓
Iberia	24 hours before departure for flights outside the Schengen Area; from the time of purchase for domestic or Schengen Area flights if seat selection is included or purchased	1 hour before scheduled departure (90 minutes for Lagos and San José	✓	✓
TAP Air Portugal	36 hours before departure (24 hours for flights to/from the USA)	45 minutes before domestic and European flights	✓	✓
LOT Polish Airlines	36 hours before scheduled departure	120 minutes (2 hours) before departure	✓	✓
Aer Lingus	48 hours before departure for flights within Europe (15 days for Plus/Advantage/AerSpace fares or Saver with purchased seat); 24 hours before departure for transatlantic flights	60 minutes before departure for most European flights; 1 hour 35 minutes before departure for transatlantic flights	✓	✓
ITA Airways	48 hours before departure (24 hours for USA/Canada flights	40 minutes before domestic flights	✓	✓
Norwegian Air	48 hours before departure for most flights within Europe	30 minutes before domestic flights (45 minutes at Arlanda)	✓	✓
Ryanair	60 days before departure with a reserved seat	60 minutes before scheduled departure (as of Nov 2026)	✓	✓
easyJet	30 days before departure	2 hours before departure	✓	✓
Wizz Air	30 days before departure if a seat is purchased	3 hours before departure	✓	✓
Vueling	24 hours before departure for Fly Light bundle; instantly (up to 365 days) for Fly	Up to 50 minutes before departure for Schengen flights	✓	✓
Eurowings	72 hours before departure	3 hours before departure generally	✓	✓
Pegasus Airlines	7 days before departure	60 minutes before departure for both domestic and international flights	✓	✓
Icelandair	24 hours before departure for all destinations	60 minutes before departure for international flights (from Keflavik) and 45 minutes for domestic flights	✓	✓
Singapore Airlines	48 hours before departure	1	✓	✓
Cathay Pacific	48 hours before departure for Cathay members and oneworld members	60 minutes before departure (exceptions: 40-60 mins for Chinese Mainland	✓	✓
ANA (All Nippon Airways)	24 hours before departure	75 minutes before international departure	✓	✓
Japan Airlines	24 hours before departure	1 hour before departure	✓	✓
Korean Air	48 hours before departure (24 hours for US/Canada flights)	30 minutes before departure for domestic flights	✓	✓
Asiana Airlines	48 hours before departure for international flights (24 hours prior to departure for U	30 minutes before departure for domestic flights	✓	✓
Thai Airways	24 hours before departure	1 hour before departure	✓	✓
Vietnam Airlines	24 hours before departure	1 hour before departure for both domestic and international flights	✓	✓
Malaysia Airlines	48 hours before departure	90 minutes before departure for most flights	✓	✓
Garuda Indonesia	48 hours before departure	2 hours before departure for domestic flights	✓	✓
Philippine Airlines	24 hours before departure	1 hour and 15 minutes before international flights	✓	✓
EVA Air	48 hours before departure	1 hour before departure	✓	✓
China Airlines	48 hours before departure (24 hours for flights to the US	60 minutes before departure	✓	✓
Air China	From 20:00 two days before departure for domestic flights	30 minutes before departure for domestic flights and 60 minutes before departure for international and regional flights	✓	✓
China Eastern Airlines	48 hours before departure for domestic flights	45 minutes before domestic flights	✓	✓
China Southern Airlines	14:00 on the day before departure (some cities can start earlier)	1 hour before departure for most flights (some domestic airports close 30-45 minutes before departure	✓	✓
Hainan Airlines	24 hours before departure	1 hour before domestic flights	✓	✓
IndiGo	48 hours before departure for domestic flights	60 minutes before domestic flights	✓	✓
Air India	48 hours before departure	60 minutes before domestic	✓	✓
Air India Express	14 days before departure	60 minutes before domestic departures	✓	✓
SpiceJet	48 hours before departure	60 minutes before domestic departures	✓	✓
Vistara	48 hours before scheduled departure time	1 hour before domestic flights	✓	✓
AirAsia	14 days before departure (10 days for flights to/from Australia	1 hour before departure for most flights (2 hours for flights from China)	✓	✓
Lion Air	12 hours before departure for domestic flights	45 minutes before departure for domestic flights	✓	✓
Qantas	24 hours before departure	30 minutes before domestic departures	✓	✓
Air New Zealand	24 hours before departure	30 minutes before domestic New Zealand flights	✓	✓
Fiji Airways	48 hours before departure	1 hour before international flights	✓	✓
Virgin Australia	48 hours before departure for domestic flights (online check-in currently unavailable for international flights)	30 minutes before domestic flights	✓	✓
Jetstar	48 hours before departure	40 minutes before domestic flights	✓	✓
Ethiopian Airlines	48 hours before departure	2 hours before departure for online check-in	✓	✓
South African Airways	24 hours before departure	90 minutes before domestic flights	✓	✓
Kenya Airways	30 hours before departure (24 hours for flights involving the United States)	1 hour before departure for international flights	✓	✓
EgyptAir	48 hours before departure	90 minutes before departure for online check-in; airport counters close 60 minutes before international and 30 minutes before domestic flights	✓	✓
Royal Air Maroc	48 hours before departure	2 hours before departure for online check-in	✓	✓
Air Transat	24 hours before departure	75 minutes before departure for international flights from Canada	✓	✓
Condor	24 hours before departure	60 minutes before long-haul flights	✓	✓
TUI fly	30 days before departure with seat reservation	45 minutes before departure (60 minutes for flights from Tel Aviv)	✓	✓
Virgin Atlantic	24 hours before departure	70 minutes before departure for online check-in	✓	✓
Aeroflot	24 hours before departure	45 minutes before departure (6 hours and 20 minutes before departure from Dubai	✓	✓
Bamboo Airways	24 hours before departure	1 hour before departure	✓	✓
Batik Air	12 hours before departure for domestic flights	45 minutes before departure for domestic flights	✓	✓
Starlux Airlines	48 hours before departure for flights to/from Asia	1 hour before departure	✓	✓
Peach Aviation	90 minutes before domestic flights	30 minutes before domestic flights	✓	✓
Zipair	24 hours prior to departure	90 minutes before the scheduled time of departure	✓	✓

Frequently Asked Questions

When does online check-in open for most airlines?▼

Most airlines open online check-in 24 hours before departure. Some exceptions: Ryanair opens 48 hours before, Southwest opens 24 hours before, and some Asian carriers open 72 hours before for international flights.

When does online check-in close?▼

Online check-in typically closes 1-2 hours before departure for international flights and 30-60 minutes before for domestic flights. Always check your specific airline's cutoff time.

Do I need to print my boarding pass?▼

Most airlines now accept mobile boarding passes on your phone. However, some international destinations and certain airlines still require a printed boarding pass. Check your airline's policy before traveling.

Can I check in online for international flights?▼

Yes, most airlines allow online check-in for international flights. However, you may still need to visit the check-in counter to verify travel documents (passport, visa) before proceeding to security.

What do I need to check in online?▼

You typically need your booking confirmation number (PNR), last name, and sometimes your passport details for international flights. Some airlines also require your frequent flyer number or email address.