Online check-in enables you to:
- check in from 30 hours before your scheduled flight time,* up until your flight’s Check-In Deadline,
- choose your seat,
- obtain your boarding pass.
Online Check-in
By checking in, you confirm your presence for your flight, and you choose your seat. Check-in is complete when you receive your boarding pass, which is necessary for boarding your flight.
Online, via mobile telephone, or at the airport… you decide how you want to check in!
Whether traveling with or without baggage, you can quickly check in from home, the office, or wherever you have internet connection. Save time at the airport and avoid waiting in long lines!
Online check-in enables you to:
Online check-in enables you to:
Review the conditions for online check-in
* 24 hours for flights between France and Mauritius and Hungary.
4 steps for checking in online
- Identify yourself
Enter your Flying Blue card number, your electronic ticket number or your reservation number. - Select the flight for which you want to check in, as well as the passenger(s) concerned
- Select your seat using the cabin map
You can either accept the suggested seat or select a different seat by clicking on "Change seat selection". You can also purchase a Seat Plus for extra legroom or additional baggage allowance (see information below). - Confirm your check-in
You can select how you want to receive your boarding pass: immediate printing (8 1/2" by 11" paper, one-side only), e-mail, or SMS/MMS*. You can also choose to receive it at the airport using a Self-Service Kiosk or at a check-in desk.
Did you lose your boarding pass?
You can reprint a copy at home or at a Self-Service Kiosk, or request a new boarding pass at a check-in desk.
* Please note: you can only receive one boarding pass when using the mobile telephone option.
The advantages of online check-in!
Reserve a Seat Plus
You can guarantee extra leg room when you travel in the Voyageur cabin on longhaul flights* by reserving a seat with additional space in advance.
These seats are located:
- on the upper deck of the Boeing 747-400,
- next to the emergency exit doors,
- next to the emergency exit doors on the Airbus A380 (main deck and upper deck).
This service is available for a fee of €50 per seat and per flight**. It is free of charge for Flying Blue Gold and Platinum members who identify themselves with their Flying Blue card number when purchasing an electronic ticket.
You can purchase Seat Plus when you check in online or, on the day of your departure, at any Air France counter at Paris-Charles de Gaulle 2 and Bordeaux airports.
Please note that a limited number of these seats are available: remember to make your request as soon as the online check-in period begins!
These seats are located:
- on the upper deck of the Boeing 747-400,
- next to the emergency exit doors,
- next to the emergency exit doors on the Airbus A380 (main deck and upper deck).
This service is available for a fee of €50 per seat and per flight**. It is free of charge for Flying Blue Gold and Platinum members who identify themselves with their Flying Blue card number when purchasing an electronic ticket.
You can purchase Seat Plus when you check in online or, on the day of your departure, at any Air France counter at Paris-Charles de Gaulle 2 and Bordeaux airports.
Please note that a limited number of these seats are available: remember to make your request as soon as the online check-in period begins!
*Flights on Airbus A340 aircraft, and flights departing Atlanta, Detroit, Newark, Seoul and Damascus are not eligible for this offer.
Please note that it is not possible to make a Seat Plus purchase from the following departure cities: Aberdeen, Amsterdam, Birmingham, Bremen, Bristol, Edinburgh, Genoa, Helsinki, Kiev, Leipzig, Ljubljana, Newcastle, Nuremberg, Oslo, Saint Petersburg, Southampton, Trieste, Verona, Vienna, Vigo, Zurich.
**Fares are variable, according to currency exchange rates.
Purchase additional baggage allowance online and
receive a reduced rate
for your extra baggage.
receive a reduced rate
for your extra baggage.
Purchase additional baggage allowance
Will you need to bring more baggage than usual on your next flight? Purchase additional baggage allowance in advance when you check in online, and pay less than you would at the airport!
Arriving at the airport
Drop off your baggage at the "Baggage drop-off" counter before your flight’s
Check-In Deadline. If you are traveling without baggage, proceed directly to your boarding gate before the Boarding Deadline (last call) indicated on your boarding pass. Please note: if you do not present yourself before the Boarding Deadline, your seat is no longer guaranteed.
Canceling your check-in
No longer able to take a flight, but you have already checked in?
You can cancel your check-in in a few clicks on our website.
You can cancel your check-in in a few clicks on our website.