The development of the tourist and aviation environment every day makes the trip more comfortable. Today it is no longer necessary to contact travel agencies or directly to the airline in order to purchase a ticket or order a plane ticket, because most companies have already switched to online customer service. With the help of special modules on the Internet, you can easily order a ticket, tour, hotel, car rental without leaving your home.
If you plan to make a trip or go on a business trip, it will be extremely difficult to do without air travel, and sometimes even impossible. You can book a plane ticket at any IATA accredited agency or at the airline’s box office. To make a purchase, you will need to provide the surname and name of the passenger in the English language, as indicated in the passport. For travel to the USA, Canada, Australia and a number of other countries, it is also necessary to say the passport number, date of birth and expiration date of the passport.
After buying a ticket, you just have to go through all the necessary formalities at the airport and enjoy the flight. Speaking of formalities. At the point of departure, all passengers undergo customs, passport control, registration and security checks. When you arrive at the airport, find on the board of the registration desk of the airline that is indicated on your ticket, and go to her with a passport. A representative from an airline or handling company will give you a boarding pass and luggage tag. After that, you can go to the upper floors to undergo the remaining necessary procedures before departure.
If you want to save your time and not stand in long lines to get a boarding pass, you can register for a flight online. To do this, go to the airline’s website, enter the reservation number or ticket number, your last name, select a seat on the plane for yourself and print this information.
A boarding pass for a plane that was issued to you via the Internet has the same data as the usual one: flight number, departure date, airport of departure and arrival, time of departure and arrival, last name and first name of passenger, departure number and place in the cabin.
Some airlines do not support the online check-in service at all or on some flights, as you will be informed on the website.
The largest Russian carrier, Aeroflot Airlines, offers its passengers to use such a convenient online service. You can arrange a boarding day a day before departure, the deadline for registration ends at the same time as it ends at the airport. For those traveling with luggage, and having arranged for themselves an Aeroflot boarding pass online, special DROP OFF baggage check-in desks are provided. If there are none, you will have to check in your luggage at a regular check-in desk.
Regardless of whether you received your pass for the plane online or at the airport, upon boarding the airline staff will give you a special coupon that confirms your presence on board the plane. A matchbox-sized coupon exactly duplicates all the flight details described in the boarding pass.
Be very careful after you register. If you lose your boarding pass, restoring it and making the long-awaited journey will be very problematic, and sometimes completely unrealistic. It doesn’t matter if you "sow" a printout from the Internet - you can always print it again. But if you lose the standard boarding pass issued by the registrar at the airport, there may already be trouble.
Save your time and use online services, because they are designed to make our life simpler and easier.