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Old Feb 16, 2009 | 8:49 pm
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Originally Posted by stifle
I'm new here, so apologies if this is the wrong forum.

Last year I flew EI119 (DUB-IAD) and was disappointed to discover that some Aer Lingus US-bound flights now don't use the preclearance facilities in the airport. I'm going on EI105 (DUB-JFK) shortly and am wondering should I prepare for the same again? I flew SNN-JFK a while back and was relieved to skip a huge immigration line on arrival.
Which flights preclear in Dublin depends on which gates they depart from. The US preclearance facility is in the B-terminal/gates, and is fully subscribed. As the number of US bound flights has increased greatly over the years, there are now more flights than can be accommodated in the facility. So, the answer can be found by checking which gates your flight departs from - if B-gate then yes, if not, no. Of course you should also be able to get the answer even more simply by asking EI....
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