Originally Posted by
farci
Strange - in a letter to my MEP on 13 January, Ryanair wrote re the necessity to charge fees to non EU/EEA citizens for airport check-in
“...Due to immigration requirements it is necessary for all non-EU/EEA travel documents to be verified prior to check-in to ensure that passenger meet the immigration requirements for entry to the county of destination. In this regard on-line check-in is currently unavailable to non EU/EEA passengers...”
Obviously the world security situation has changed dramatically for the better in under two months!
Or maybe it was just another way of gouging passengers that has now been stopped...?
Except that they haven't been checking non-EU passport holders with hand baggage only at STN since the check-in kiosks were introduced in October 2008.
I went through Stansted on 01 January 2009 for a Ryanair flight with my partner who is not on an EU/EEA passport. They didn't even look twice at her passport (photo page only) at the gate which was the first and only time we came face to face with any FR ground staff.