Rhodes Airport Check-In

[muriman]

I don't know whether this bit of information could be of interest to anybody, but it might.............when checking in at Diagoras this October (2013), I assumed that what had happened in the past up to 2011 would apply - ie, that even when travelling with cabin baggage only, you had to check in at the normal check-in desk. This involved a trek to one end of the concourse, where we were told that we did not need to check in, so had to trek back again. This was for a Ryanair flight. I guess the same thing may now be the case with EzyJ? Perhaps things changed in 2012, when I didn't pass through Rhodes. In October - when the airport was as uncrowded as I've ever seen it - checking-in would have been fairly quick anyway, but during busier periods there may now be an added incentive for keeping to the cabin baggage limit if possible.

[Kinygos]

Just to clarify Muriman's posting.
1) Ryanair require you to check-in online, and you print your own boarding pass.
2) You have to use the baggage drop if, and only if, you have hold luggage.

Diagoras Airport can be a tad eccentric with regard to check-in; of which more later.

Generally I leave Diagoras with Aegean because I return in November, but in 2012 I did a quick return Ryanair trip to the UK in July with just hand baggage, and my printed boarding pass was accepted and used. I did not go to a desk. These passes have one of those square quick response optical codes (QR codes) which are scanned. They are designed to have a portion to be torn off and retained by the staff at the gate and by the passenger. (Why)

Possibly three years ago I used the online check-in option with Aegean for a November return. I think I had hold luggage. Anyhow I went to a desk and my boarding passes were taken and replaced with the old fashioned type. (Why?)
Last year both my QR code passes were used and the paper torn in half. (Again why?)
This year I had hold luggage and I was only able to check-in for the Diagoras - Athens flight online (Why?) I went to the desk and I was asked if I wanted them to check me in for the second stage Athens - Heathrow. (Why not??) I then had a QR boarding pass and an old fashioned one. This time the QR one was scanned and not torn; I retained the whole thing (Logical)

Lest it be said that this is a criticism of Greek practice I have to say that a UK practice baffles me. I can book airline flights and print a QR boarding pass. I can do the same for "National Express" and "Heathrow Express", but not for the London Underground, or rail tickets. I have to go to a ticket machine to get those. This is fine if they are not busy, otherwise it is easy to miss the train. If ticket inspectors on the Heathrow Express can scan QR codes why not a scanner on the ticket barriers and one for rail ticket inspectors?
Having said that there was no ticket inspector on the trip from London Liverpool St. to Norwich. Or if there was he/she could not have inspected anything as the train was jam packed (cattle class) as far as Colchester! This was the worst part of my journey home.

It seems with public transport being a bit random is part of the fun!