Pobeda Airlines, which calls itself a “low-budget” airline, has changed the rules for online check-in for its domestic flights. It has made online check-in available from all Russian airports and extended the deadline to 40 minutes before departure, our own correspondent reports. Travel.ru.
Previously, online check-in was only available from Moscow and St. Petersburg. In addition, it ended several hours before departure, which left no chance for those who did not expect to make it to the airport check-in on time or bought a ticket at the last minute.
At the same time, the restrictions on the time of purchase of baggage transportation remained the same. You can buy baggage transportation on the website only at least 4 hours before departure. After that, it is possible only at the airport at increased rates.
When departing from Russian airports, online check-in is still only available for those who have purchased a seat selection. The rest will have to check in at the airport (free of charge).
When departing from foreign airports, all types of check-in should be available to everyone free of charge (however, online check-in closes 4 hours before departure, and is not available at all from Dubai). Those who have not purchased a seat selection will be assigned a seat at the company's discretion (Pobeda's algorithm provides for the deliberate seating of all those flying together and who have not purchased a seat selection in different rows far from each other). Airport check-in from abroad closes 40 minutes in advance (but 60 minutes in advance at the airports of Istanbul, Berlin, Bergamo (Milan), Dubai, Karlovy Vary, Leipzig, Eindhoven, Cagliari, Genoa, Eilat and Riga).
In addition, several changes have occurred at Pobeda's base airport, Moscow's Vnukovo. First, it has suddenly become impossible to use mobile boarding passes there (for customers of all airlines). The boarding pass must be printed out in any case - either at home on a printer or at the airport on special printing machines (they are located at the entrance to pre-flight security control).
Secondly, the boarding deadline for Pobeda flights at Vnukovo has been adjusted – it has become more convenient for passengers. Now boarding ends not 25, but 20 minutes before departure. At all other airports, boarding for Pobeda flights still closes 25 minutes before departure.
Source: travel.ru