Originally Posted by
guv1976
…if you fly MAD-DUB-SEA, note that you will pass through U.S. Immigration and Customs at DUB, not SEA. So take that into account in determining how much time to allocate between the two flights.
this really depends on how many U.S.-bound flights are departing DUB in, say, a 45-min window either side of your scheduled departure
the SEA flight is one of the last to leave in the afternoon, so when we did this in Dec the backup was minimal
Originally Posted by
frankvb
As well, you'd need to check if EI allows checking on your bags to the final destination on separate PNRs. Many airlines don't do that, and in that case you would have to pick up your bags in Dublin and check them in again.
EI will not check bags thru across two PNRs, even if both flights are on EI
< there *might* be an exception if both are
ticketed by EI, but I wouldn’t count on that >