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
Airport code
Allow home printed boarding pass?
Bahrain
BAH
Yes
Athens
ATH
Yes
Abu Dhabi
AUH
Yes
Addis Ababa ADD No
Ad en A DE No
Bangkok
BKK
Yes
Ba B SR No
Colombo
BKK No
Doha
DOH
Yes
Dubai
DXB
No
Frankfurt
FRA
Yes
Kuwait
KWI
Yes
Larnaca
LCA
Yes
London
LHR
Yes
Muscat
MCT
Yes
Riyadh
RUH
No
Dammam
DMM
Yes
Jeddah
JED
Yes
Cairo
CAI
No
Dhaka
DAC
No
Mumbai
BOM
No
Manila
MNL
Yes
Delhi
DEL
No
Kuala Lampur
KUL
Yes
Kathmandu
KTM
No
Amman
AMM
No
Beirut
BEY
No
Baghdad
BGW
No
Kochi
COK
Yes
Erbil
EBL
No
Islamabad
ISB
No
Karachi
KHI
Yes
Khartoum
KRT
No
Lahore
LHE
No
Chennai
MAA
No
Najaf
NJF
No
Peshawar
PEW
No
Sana'a
SAH
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 Falconflyer: If you are enrolled in our Falconflyer 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 Falconflyer number appear in the confirmation step?
The Falconflyer 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
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.