Originally Posted by
TProphet
I have recently read about people with US passports being unable to check in online and fined at the airport because they have no pre-printed boarding pass.
I used the online check-in in August and September with no problem. I did have to insist a couple of times that they stamped my boarding pass. They'd say is not necessary when flying inside Schengen, but the boarding pass clearly states that I should get the "DOC's VALIDATED" stamp. Don't want to meet someone at the arriving airport playing strictly "by the written rules".