Originally Posted by
Seat64A
EasyJet is even better in allowing boarding passes to be printed 60 days in advance of travel. I can't understand why airlines like BA will not let you do this until 24 hours in advance.
Presumably because BA allocates seats! On short haul flights you've got the chance of the divider curtain between C and Y moving and on all flights you have the chance of an aircraft change. Although this can happen less than 24 hours out the chances are reduced.
Also other airlines don't charge you the crazy £40 boarding pass fee that Ryanair does so not having a place to print is not an issue.
I have to wonder why 'check-in' is really necessary with easyJet and Ryanair, why not just automatically email out the boarding passes after booking is complete?