Originally Posted by
enapace
Thanks I didn't even know they had a contact centre fee reason never called to book a flight before. I'm considering Newark as last time I was in New York I was in a nice Hotel near Madison Square Gardens and one of the other guests said that Newark was easier to get to then JFK for that part of New York I went Via JFK so not sure how true that is. I didn't realise Preclearance adds time not quite sure what you mean by contingency though.
Ah, well Madison Square Gardens area is one of my regular spots, and JFK is about the same as EWR, so long as you use the Airtrain to Jamaica and then the Long Island Railroad. It's also cheaper, with a combination of contactless payment and the LIRR TrainTime app to get their $5 off peak tickets. The Airtrain is currently $4.25 until Labor Day then it reverts to the usual $8.50. With that single change at Jamaica you can get to Penn Station in around 40 minutes, and Penn Station is under MSG. EWR is a bit more clunky.
My reference to contingency is that if you imagine going through DUB Preclearance, this typically is fast and efficient, maybe 20 minutes. But in reality passengers tend to allow 2 or more hours to get through it. That's not necessary but the airlines recommend it, and effectively you are building in 2 hours to get through CBP, whereas it may well only take 30 minutes at EWR on a bad day. So you add in 90 minutes contingency unnecessarily.
Thanks for checking as well I defo will give them a ring maybe BA just doesn't want you doing this route prefer you fly from Gatwick or Heathrow now they don't offer direct flights from London City to New York.
I would say most travellers would prefer a single trip and BA.com won't offer this alternative since it's longer and slightly more expensive as you have to pay Dublin's transit fee. Otherwise some passenger will buy this by mistake not aware of the modest hassle that DUB airport can bring.