Online Check-in

Online check in lets you select a seat or purchase pre-paid extra bags via the Air NZ mobile app or online. It can also save you time at check-in when you're travelling with checked in luggage.

Check-in is now easier than ever on your computer or web-enabled phone. With online check-in you can select your seats, manage your checked baggage and receive your boarding pass*, before you get to the airport. If you are travelling on a flight operated by another airline, please check in with that airline.

There are three easy ways to check in online:

Online check-in is open 24 hours before the scheduled departure of your flight and closes:

  • 30 minutes before domestic New Zealand flights
  • 90 minutes before international flights
Do you need to check in?
 
Domestic New Zealand flights

Use your e-ticket or mobile boarding pass, in the Air NZ mobile app, to board

Or check in online to select a seat or purchase pre-paid Extra Bags

 Check in at a kiosk and drop your bags

Or check in online to save time at the kiosk, select a seat or purchase pre-paid Extra Bags

30 minutes before scheduled departure

 
International flights

Check in at a kiosk or counter to receive your boarding pass

Or check in online to select a seat, purchase pre-paid Extra Bags and receive your boarding pass*

Check in a kiosk or counter to drop your bags and receive your boarding pass

Or check in online to save time at the kiosk, select a seat, purchase pre-paid Extra Bags and receive your boarding pass*

60 minutes before scheduled departure

75 minutes prior to departure for flights departing from
- Sydney
- London Heathrow
- All US airports
- All Canadian airports

You can use online check-in, if your journey starts on an Air New Zealand operated flight. Online check in is not available for unaccompanied minors and some passengers requiring special assistance.

If your booking has more than 9 passengers, you will be unable to check-in from your mobile.

Things you will need handy:

  • Your booking reference
  • Passport details (for international flights) for all passengers you have selected to check in
  • Frequent flyer program membership numbers, if applicable


To check in online retrieve your booking. Please note, not all bookings are able to be accessed online. Find out more information on what you can do with your booking online.

How to check in online:

  • Select passengers from your booking you would like to check in (for groups of more than 9 passengers you will be required to enter the passenger’s names as shown on their passport)
  • Upgrade on eligible flights if you wish to
  • Manage checked baggage
  • Select seats
  • Pay for any purchases (upgrades, pre-paid Extra Bags available on Air New Zealand ticketed and operated flights and seat selection)
  • Enter passport details and other entry and transit requirements. Note: Ensure that the passport entered is the passport the passenger will be flying on

Receive your boarding pass electronically
If you have completed online check-in successfully you will be issued with your boarding pass for eligible flights which you can:

  • Download and save for printing later
  • Have emailed to you for printing
  • View in the Air NZ mobile app
  • Pick up at the airport from a kiosk or online check-in counter

Express check-in on your mobile
Already selected your seat and don’t have any bags to manage? Use the Express check-in option, available for eligible bookings, to skip bags and seats and speed up the online check-in process on your mobile.

Accepted boarding passes
Home printed and mobile boarding passes are not accepted for travel from some airports. In this instance you will need to collect your boarding pass from a kiosk or check-in counter at the airport.

Find out what boarding passes are accepted at the airport you are flying from.

Meeting entry and transit requirements


Please note: If you are required complete check-in at the airport to collect your boarding pass or failed to check-in, please arrive at the airport before normal check-in closes for your flight. You will need to check-in at an Air New Zealand kiosk or online check-in counter. If you meet all the entry requirements, your boarding pass will be issued.

At the airport
If you need to collect your boarding pass, please complete check-in at a kiosk or online check-in counter.

All passengers travelling on international flights must present their passport to an Air New Zealand representative for face to passport checks. If you have proceeded to the gate via one of our self-service check-in options, please present your passport at the gate counter prior to boarding. Alternatively your name will be called at the gate counter for face to passport checks.