Can't get online boarding pass for one way or multi airline flight
Airline apps block online check-in when an itinerary lacks a clear return flight or spans separate partner airlines. Travelers are forced to wait in long airport lines to have an agent manually verify their travel documents or print paper boarding passes for downstream legs.
What the numbers show
Counted from the threads quoted below. How we count
- People have been saying this in most months since September 2026.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
Found another way around this?
Share your steps and trade-offs so fellow engineers don't have to reinvent the wheel. No account required.
- 1Waiting to resolve the check-in issue at the airport check-in counter.Did this help you?
- 2Asking the origin airline at check-in to print all connecting flight passes.Did this help you?
- 3Visiting a United check-in desk during a European layover.Did this help you?
- 4Heading to the connection desk or main terminal check-in counter after clearing customs.Did this help you?
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“I am trying to check in in the app for a turkish airlines flight from europe to malaysia but it said it needs to be a return flight for this destination and it wont give me a boarding pass in the app.”source ↗
“I do not use airline apps, I will not have mobile data in the US, I cannot rely on airport Wi-Fi, and I cannot use a self-service check-in kiosk. I need a physical paper boarding pass issued by an agent.”source ↗
“My concern is how I get the boarding pass for the domestic ORD–MLI flight.”source ↗
“I’ve received conflicting information about whether Lufthansa can print the boarding pass for the domestic United Express leg when I check in in Budapest.”source ↗
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