Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Barcelona, London, on a plane
Programs: IB+ Gold, TK E+, Hyatt Globalist, Marriott LTP, IHG Diamond
Posts: 14,182
Aer Lingus, Delta and United all fly direct from New York to Dublin.
VS Premium Economy is hardly worth turning a 6 hour direct flight into 7 + 4-5 connection + 1. Even if you are desperate for some kind of elite status credit, the DL flight should do the trick.