virgin atlantic online check in question

[steveo3002]

can any one help?

im booked up to travel out of heathrow on virgin , i see that i can use online check in , but theres no mention of if i need to print out any paperwork?

do i need to print anything or not ? as i dont own a printer

[sparkypups]

I would check in online as that will reserve your seat and then go to the counter when you check your bag in and get a printed ticket there.

[Puggit]

It helps, but you can just go straight to the bag drop at the airport, provide your passport and you're away.

Or worst case, use the self-check-in machines.

[steveo3002]

sparkypups said:

I would check in online as that will reserve your seat and then go to the counter when you check your bag in and get a printed ticket there.

so i just rock up to the counter and mention my e ticket number ? and passport

[sparkypups]

steveo3002 said:

so i just rock up to the counter and mention my e ticket number ? and passport

Just your passport is really needed

[Deva Link]

I use Virgin quite a bit and about 50% of the time they reprint the boarding card even if you have it anyway.

Advantage of using it is that you might get a choice of seat (or confirmation of the one you've already got) and you can just go to the bag drop at check-in. In practice "bag-drop" seems pretty well the same as normal chck-in - I guess the fact that you've checked in online means they have all your API but most people have done that anyway.

You have done an ESTA, haven't you?

[steveo3002]

yep done esta ..and have picked some seats already on thier website

[F i F]

I haven't used VA online check in but don't they do like others and give you various options on what to do with the boarding card once you've checken in online?

eg email it (so you can print it off later where you do have a printer, eg internet cafe, library?)
or collect at airport, ie use self check in machine?

Bit of a poor show if not

[Deva Link]

F i F said:

I haven't used VA online check in but don't they do like others and give you various options on what to do with the boarding card once you've checken in online?

eg email it (so you can print it off later where you do have a printer, eg internet cafe, library?)
or collect at airport, ie use self check in machine?

Yep, you can do all those things. If fact for some destinations, and if you're flying from some airports (the two ends aren't linked so it applies all flights to or from certain airports) you can't print the boarding pass anyway.

Edited by Deva Link on Monday 20th September 09:08

[worsy]

Am flying out of lhr on virgin today. Checkin did mention other methods (one was fax) of obtaining boarding card.

[steveo3002]

hah havent got a fax either