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When using Check-in at www.aircanada.com, you can choose to receive an Electronic Boarding Pass directly on your mobile device. Learn more | ![]() |
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Web check-in is simply the best way to check in for your flight! You can check in from your computer, as early as 24 hours before your flight*, and print your boarding pass.
Don't have a printer? No problem. After completing your web check-in online, you may print your boarding pass at the airport using a Self-Service Check-in Kiosk, or choose to receive an Electronic Boarding Pass directly on your mobile device.
Check-in now... and get your boarding pass
At any time within the 24-hour period* prior to departure of all your flights; and
- at least 30 minutes prior to departure for flights within Canada
- at least 1 hour prior to departure for flights between Canada and the USA
- at least 1 hour prior to departure for flights between Canada and other countries
- if you have a connecting flight, up to 24 hours prior to departure time of your final connecting flight
Web Check-in FAQs
- print your boarding pass at the airport using a Self-Service Check-in Kiosk or
- choose to receive an Electronic Boarding Pass directly on your mobile device (learn more).
- The Aeroplan number included in your reservation, or
- The booking reference (either a six-digit Air Canada reference number or the booking reference number provided by your travel agent),
- Your passport and any other required travel documents, including your address in the U.S. (if travelling to the United States)
- Select a seat.
- Indicate the number of bags you wish to check.
- Pay applicable additional checked baggage charges (a discount may apply).
- Stand by for an earlier flight (if eligible).
- Request an upgrade (if eligible).
- Make a same-day change to your flight (if eligible).
- Add, renew or change a frequent flyer number (i.e. Aeroplan).
- Cancel your check-in* (you may cancel your check-in within the same time frame that Web/Mobile Check-in is available).
- Receive an electronic boarding pass on your mobile device. Learn more
- Purchase last minute upgrade (if eligible) - NEW

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Select the Web Check-in link at aircanada.com |
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On the Web Check-in home page, enter required information:
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Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the Web Check-in process |
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Print your boarding pass or Choose to receive it directly on your mobile device or Wait to print it once you arrive at the airport by using a Self-Service Check-in Kiosk or by seeing an Air Canada agent at the check-in counter |
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* Customers may now take advantage of self-tagging by printing and attaching their own baggage tags, and carrying their baggage to the Baggage Drop-off. This is a new service offered by Air Canada at the following airports: Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, Paris and London.
NOTE: The Web Check-in process will issue a boarding pass that can be printed on a home or office printer. If you are unable to print your boarding pass, you must print it once you arrive at the airport by using a Self-Service Check-in Kiosk or by seeing an Air Canada agent at the check-in counter.
- Exclusively on Air Canada and Air Canada Express (operated by Jazz only). Flights operated by other airlines are not eligible);
- For connecting flights: your first flight must be operated by Air Canada or Air Canada Express (operated by Jazz only).
- With or without baggage
- Wheelchair
- Medical assistance
- Unaccompanied minor assistance
- at least 30 minutes prior to departure for flights within Canada
- at least 60 minutes prior to departure for flights between Canada and other countries (including the USA)
- if you have a connecting flight, up to 24 hours prior to departure time of your final connecting flight
NOTE: All baggage must be deposited at the baggage drop off counter before the check-in deadline for your flight. No baggage will be accepted at the baggage drop off counter after the check-in deadline. See check-in and boarding gate deadlines as they apply to your flight.
Failure to respect these deadlines may result in the reassignment of any pre-reserved seats, the cancellation of reservations, and/or ineligibility for denied boarding compensation.
- From anywhere in Canada;
- From selected US airports (with electronic ticket)
View US airports- Albany, New York (ALB)
- Allentown/Bethlehem, Pennsylvania (ABE)
- Anchorage, Ted Stevens Anchorage Int'l, Alaska (ANC)
- Atlanta, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Int'l, Georgia (ATL)
- Baltimore, Maryland (BWI)
- Boston, Logan Int'l, Massachusetts (BOS)
- Chicago, O'Hare Int'l, Illinois (ORD)
- Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky, Ohio (CVG)
- Dallas, Dallas Ft Worth, Texas (DFW)
- Dayton, James Cox Dayton Int'l, Ohio (DAY)
- Denver, Colorado (DEN)
- Fort Lauderdale, Florida (FLL)
- Fort Myers, Southwest Florida Int'l, Florida (RSW)
- Grand Rapids, Gerald R. Ford Int'l Airport, Michigan (GRR)
- Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (MDT)
- Hartford, Bradley Int'l, Connecticut (BDL)
- Houston, G. Bush Intercont., Texas (IAH)
- Kona/Kailua, Keahole, Hawaii (KOA)
- Las Vegas, Mc Carran Int'l, Nevada (LAS)
- Los Angeles, California (LAX)
- Manchester, New Hampshire (MHT)
- Maui/Kahului, Hawaii (OGG)
- Memphis, Tennessee (MEM)
- Miami, Florida (MIA)
- Nashville, Tennessee (BNA)
- New York, John F. Kennedy, New York (JFK)
- New York, La Guardia, New York (LGA)
- New York, Newark, New Jersey (EWR)
- Oahu/Honolulu, Hawaii (HNL)
- Orange County, John Wayne, California (SNA)
- Orlando, Florida (MCO)
- Phoenix, Sky Harbor Int'l, Arizona (PHX)
- Portland, Maine (PWM)
- Providence, Theodore Francis, Rhode Island (PVD)
- Richmond, Virginia (RIC)
- Rochester, Monroe County, New York (ROC)
- San Diego, Lindbergh Field, California (SAN)
- San Francisco, California (SFO)
- Sarasota, Florida (SRQ)
- Syracuse, Hancock Int'l, New York (SYR)
- Tampa, Florida (TPA)
- Washington, R. Reagan National, Washington, DC (DCA)
- West Palm Beach, Florida (PBI)
- From selected international airports (with electronic or paper ticket);
View international airports- Antigua, V. C. Bird Intl, Antigua and Barbuda (ANU)
- Aruba, Reina Beatrix, Aruba (AUA)
- Athens, E. Venizelos, Greece (ATH)
- Barcelona, Spain (BCN)
- Beijing, China (PEK) *
- Bermuda, Bermuda (BDA)
- Bogota, Eldorado, Colombia (BOG)
- Bridgetown, Grantley Adams Int'l, Barbados (BGI)
- Brussels, Luchthaven Brussel, Belgium (BRU)
- Buenos Aires, Ministro Pistarini, Argentina (EZE) *
- Cancun, Mexico (CUN)
- Caracas, Simon Bolivar Int'l, Venezuela (CCS)
- Copenhagen, Denmark (CPH)
- Cozumel, Mexico (CZM)
- Dublin, Ireland (DUB)
- Fort-de-France, Lamentin Airport, Martinique (FDF)
- Frankfurt, Germany (FRA)
- Geneva, Genve-Cointrin, Switzerland (GVA)
- George Town, Exuma Int'l, Bahamas (GGT)
- Grand Cayman, Owen Roberts Int'l, Cayman Islands (GCM)
- Grenada, Point Salines Int'l, Grenada (GND)
- Hong Kong, Hong Kong (HKG)
- Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo, Mexico (ZIH)
- Kingston, Jamaica (KIN)
- La Romana, Casa de Campo International, Dominican Republic (LRM)
- Liberia, Daniel Oduber Int'l Airport, Costa Rica (LIR) *
- Lima, Jorge Chavez Int'l, Peru (LIM)
- London, Heathrow, United Kingdom (LHR)
- Madrid, Barajas, Spain (MAD)
- Mexico City, Benito Juarez, Mexico (MEX)
- Montego Bay, Sangster Int'l, Jamaica (MBJ) *
- Munich, Franz Josef Strauss, Germany (MUC)
- Nassau, Bahamas (NAS)
- Paris, Charles de Gaulle, France (CDG)
- Pointe--Pitre, Ple Carabes, Guadeloupe (PTP)
- Port-au-Prince, Mais Gate, Haiti (PAP)
- Providenciales, Turks And Caicos Islands (PLS)
- Puerto Plata, La Union, Dominican Republic (POP)
- Puerto Vallarta, Ordaz, Mexico (PVR)
- Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (PUJ)
- Rome, Leonardo da Vinci Int'l (Fiumicino), Italy (FCO)
- Saman, Saman El Catey Int'l, Dominican Republic (AZS)
- San Jos, Juan Santamaria Int'l, Costa Rica (SJO) *
- San Jos del Cabo, aroport int. Los Cabos, Mexique (SJD)
- San Juan, Luis Muoz Marin Int'l, Puerto Rico (SJU)
- Santiago, Arturo Merino Benitez, Chile (SCL)
- Sao Paulo, Guarulhos Int'l, Brazil (GRU) *
- Seoul, Inchon Int'l, Republic of Korea (South Korea) (ICN)
- Shanghai, Pu Dong, China (PVG) *
- St Lucia, Hewanorra, Saint Lucia (UVF)
- St Maarten, Princess Juliana Int'l, Netherlands Antilles (SXM)
- Sydney, Kingsford Smith, Australia (SYD) *
- Tel Aviv, Ben Gurion Int'l, Israel (TLV)
- Tokyo, Narita, Japan (NRT)
- Zurich, Flughafen Zürich-Kloten, Switzerland (ZRH)
- The Aeroplan number included in the reservation, or
- The booking reference number (either a six-digit Air Canada reference number or the booking reference number provided by your travel agent),
- The first and last names of all passengers (entered individually for security purposes)
- The total number of bags to check for each passenger
- APIS information for travel to Canada, to/from the U.S. and other countries:
- Gender, date of birth, nationality and country of residence
- Travel document or passport number, country of issue and expiry date
- Destination address in the U.S. (if applicable)





























