✈️ GREAT NEWS FOR AIR TRAVELERS STARTING DECEMBER 1ST!
If you frequently fly domestic routes with just carry-on luggage, get ready for some exciting news: starting December 1st, 2025, you can check in for your flights without visiting the airline counter! Here's how you can do it quickly and easily:
✅ 1. Check-in via the VNeID App (Biometrics – FaceID Boarding)
- Install the VNeID app (Identity Level 2).
- Go to: Other Services → Aviation Services → Online Check-in.
- Enter your booking code and name → agree to share data → the system will redirect you to the airline's app.
- Perform eKYC: Take a photo of your face for verification.
- Once successful, at the airport, you only need to scan your face at security and the boarding gate (no need to present your ID/passport).
📍 Currently available at: Noi Bai, Da Nang, Tan Son Nhat.
📍 Applicable to: Vietnam Airlines, Pacific Airlines, Vasco, or Vietjet Air.
👉 Advantages: Fast, convenient, no need for many documents.
👉 Disadvantages: If the system fails, you still need to present your ID/passport.
✅ 2. Check-in on the Airline's Website / App
- Go to the airline's website or app.
- Enter your booking code and passenger's last name.
- Select your flight → choose your seat (the system assigns one for free by default; you can pay to choose a different seat).
- Confirm → download your boarding pass to your phone or print it out.
- At the airport:
- If you only have a regular boarding pass → you still have to present your ID/passport at security.
- If you have already eKYC verified within the app → you can use FaceID Boarding like with VNeID, no documents needed.
👉 Advantages: Familiar, easy to use, can be done remotely.
👉 Disadvantages: You still need to present documents if you haven't done eKYC.
✅ 3. Check-in at Airport Kiosks
- Go to the airline's self-service kiosk area (usually located near the check-in counters).
- Select language → enter your booking code / ticket number / membership card number.
- Select the passenger's name to check in → choose a seat.
- You can purchase extra luggage or meals (if needed).
- Print your boarding pass right at the kiosk.
- Then go directly to security (but you still need to present your ID/passport).
⏰ Check-in times at kiosks:
- Domestic flights: from 6 hours – 45 minutes before departure.
- International flights: from 6 hours – 60 minutes before departure.
⚠️ Some cases where you cannot check in at a kiosk:
- Traveling with children under 2 years old.
- Groups of 4 or more passengers (domestic).
- Needing special services or information that needs verification.
⚠️ IMPORTANT NOTES
- Always update the latest version of VNeID & the airline's app.
- Always carry your ID/passport in case of system issues.
- FaceID Boarding technology is currently only available at 3 major airports: Noi Bai – Da Nang – Tan Son Nhat.
- When going through security, if you have successfully checked in + eKYC → just go straight through, no need to wait in long lines at the counter.
Source: VNExpress.
Credit: Minh Minh
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