Overview
- Airlines have refreshed pre-flight guidance for the May school break, with Jet2’s online check-in closing six hours before departure and outlets flagging that stricter window as a potential trip-up during crowded travel days.
- Jet2 opens online check-in 28 days before the flight and, if the six-hour online window is missed, allows airport check-in up to 40 minutes before departure.
- Ryanair advises arriving at least two hours before departure and requires passengers at the gate 30 minutes before takeoff, while its online check-in opens 60 days or 24 hours ahead depending on whether a seat is reserved.
- EasyJet says most UK airport bag-drop desks close 40 minutes before departure, with some airports using a 60-minute cutoff, and it offers twilight bag drop the evening before early flights.
- TUI starts in-person check-in about two-and-a-half hours before short and mid-haul and three-and-a-half hours before long-haul, closes online check-in one hour before departure, and lets one person drop passports and bags for a whole booking.