Lufthansa online check-in for multiple passengers and legs
Later this year, my girlfriend and I will be flying with Lufthansa on a transatlantic flight. To keep this question as generic as possible, let's call the itinerary A-FRA-C, with A (and FRA, of course) being within the Schengen area and C obviously being outside Schengen. Our ticket includes both legs (and the return flights) and it includes both me and my girlfriend.
AFAIK, with Lufthansa, you can check-in online 23 hours before the flight, which is also when you can pick a seat for free. My questions are:
- Will we able to check in both of us at the same time (as in, with one login to the web form), making sure we can get seats next to each other?
- Will we be able to check in to our second leg 23 hours before the scheduled departure of the first leg, or do we have to check in twice?
I'm especially interested in the answer to the second question (both for personal reasons and in general, since this would give passengers with a feeder flight an advantage when it comes to picking a "good" seat compared to passengers flying directly from a hub).
Best Answer
If your booking is on one ticket (which you imply), at the check-in time for the first flight, you can check-in for all the flights, and will get all the boarding passes (you actually cannot check in only for the first leg, they only offer all together).
Note that there might be reasons why - even though you can check in online and pick your seats - you will not get a boarding pass to print (or electronically), because of the target country, visa regulations, etc. In that case, you will get your boarding passes only at the airport, when they have physically verified your passports/visas/etc.
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Do both passengers have to check-in for a flight?
1 Answer. Show activity on this post. Each person is issued a separate ticket, you may all be on the same reservation, that is, have the same confirmation number but each passenger is given an individual ticket, even if they don't occupy a seat (as in the case of infants).Can passengers check-in separately?
Short answer: yes.Do I need 2 boarding passes for a connecting flight?
Do I need a boarding pass for a connecting flight? Yes. You'll probably get all boarding passes at once when you check in for your first flight, whether you check in online, on your smartphone, or at the airport.Why can I not check-in online with Lufthansa?
You cannot check in via Lufthansa online or mobile check-in for flights by all other airlines that are not specified here, or for so-called codeshare flights, i.e. you cannot check in via Lufthansa online or mobile check-in for flights that are operated by another airline, but booked on a Lufthansa flight number.How to – Online Check-in | Lufthansa
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Answer 2
I've flown multi-leg flights with several airlines, including Lufthansa. None of them has ever made me check in for the different legs separately: it's always been that you check in for the whole journey as soon as check-in for the first leg opens.
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