What is ‘Web Check-in’? Web Check-in is a self service check in available online.The service is available from 24 hours until 90 minutes before your flight departure time.
This service enables you to:
Check-in for yourself and the passengers travelling with you
Complete your personal details required by the customs services
Select your seat on the plane
Print your boarding pass Who can use web check-in?
You can check in online when your journey begins with a Gulf Air scheduled flight or includes a connecting flight on Gulf Air.
This service is offered for flights departing from several airports.
The web check-in services is not available for the following categories of passengers at this time:
Unaccompanied minors Passengers with an extra seat Passengers with a duplicate booking Passengers on a wheelchair or stretcher Passengers with paper tickets Rebate passengers with staff and duty tickets How to check-in online?
To check-in online you have to follow these steps:
Identification
Booking selection
Passenger selection
Confirmation
Personal data update
Boarding Pass printing Do all airports accept the home printed boarding passes? No, some airports do not allow the home printed boarding pass. However, web check-in speeds up the check-in process and eliminates the need of standing in long queues. The below table specifies each airport policy:
Airport
Web Check-in availability
Allow home printed boarding pass?
Amman (AMM)
YES
NO
Beirut (BEY)
YES
NO
Baghdad (BGW)
YES
NO
Mumbai (BOM)
YES
NO
Cairo (CAI)
YES
NO
Kochi (COK)
YES
YES
Dhaka (DAC)
YES
NO
Delhi (DEL)
YES
NO
Dammam (DMM)
YES
YES
Erbil (EBL)
YES
NO
Islamabad (ISB)
YES
NO
Jeddah (JED)
YES
YES
Karachi (KHI)
YES
YES
Khartoum (KRT)
YES
NO
Kathmandu (KTM)
YES
NO
Kuala Lampur(KUL)
YES
YES
Lahore (LHE)
YES
NO
Chennai (MAA)
YES
NO
Manila (MNL)
YES
YES
Najaf (NJF)
YES
NO
Riyadh (RUH)
YES
NO
Peshawar (PEW)
YES
NO
Sana'a (SAH)
YES
NO
Note: For airports which do not allow home printed boarding pass, you can finish your check-in process online and collect your boarding pass from the check-in area at the airport.
How to complete the Identification step?
The Indentification step requires you to retreive your booking, you can do so by entering the following information:
Family name: as it is written on the booking confirmationDeparture Airport: The airport name where you take the first plane of your journeyA form of identification: One of the following:
Gulf Air Booking reference: a 6 letter code you find on the booking confirmation. Example ABCDEF. Please note it must be the Gulf Air booking reference, not the travel agent’s reference.
ticket number: A 13 digit number starting with 072 (e.g. 0722422475859)
Gulf Air Frequent flyer: If you are enrolled in our Frequent flyer programme and it is mentioned in your booking, then enter all 11 digits without spaces or dashes. Example 14659811002.
The identification step will be successful only if the form of identification is present in the booking. The booking reference and the ticket number are the best choices, as they are always present in the booking.
What is "I want to check additional passengers in" used for?
If you are traveling with friends or family, by ticking this box, you can check-in together even if you have different booking codes. Please note that a maximum of 9 passengers, can be checked-in at one go.
Some passengers cannot be selected, why is that?
Either the passenger is already checked-in, or requires extra-services which is only available at the airport. These passengers are displayed for informational purposes, but no modification can be made for these passengers.
What is "add another passenger" functionality?
If you are traveling with other people, that are on the same or different bookingcode. You can add them in order to check-in at the same time and select seats together. These passengers must have the same journey and class of travel as you.
Why doesn't my Frequent flyer number appear in the confirmation step?
The Frequent flyer number is only displayed if it already included in the booking. If you cannot see it, it means that it is not in the booking. You can add it by clicking on the "add frequent flyer" button.
Why can't some flights be selected?
Some flights are on different airlines and cannot be checked-in online. You need to go to the airport to check-in these flights.