Originally Posted by
corporate-wage-slave
1) I don't think you have a problem with the bags. You can by all means ask for them to be put under your name, but either way so long as you can collect all bags in DUB it amounts to the same thing. I theory you could be asked about your bags before leaving the carousels, but it happens very rarely, and if they belong to your wife I don't see an issue even that very rare circumstance, particularly if you share the same surname.
2) No problems with going through Arrivals instead of Flight Connections, happens all the time, and is quite normal. Often the fastest way to do things.
Thanks,
CWS. I must have misunderstood something. I thought bags wouldn't be on a flight if the passenger is not. Therefore if one is tagged with my wife's name it would be offloaded at LHR if she didn't make conformance. Incidentally we don't have the same surname. She's American and her indefinite leave to remain had to be in her passport name and it all got a bit complicated when we got married and we've never bothered to sort it out).