Originally Posted by gcollett
I am (unfortunately) flying with Aer Lingus to JFK via DUB later in the year, I was in Dublin on Monday and noticed a US immigration sign at the airport, when flying through Dublin do I clear immigration in Ireland and therefore not have to go through immigration on arrival? presumably this means no immigration queing on arrival at JFK and therefore straight to luggage reclaim?
Also - given we are deprting T4 (I think) at JFK what lounges are there for a BA Gold member to use?
Thanks a million
G
At both DUB and SNN there are full US immigration facilities. To get to your boarding gate you follow the US Immigration signs downstairs into the US immigration hall. You complete the visa waiver form, head through the immigration check (not much of a queue usually) and then upstairs to your gate.
Note that there is no lounge access after clearing US immigration - you proceed directly to the aircraft.
On arrival at JFK you go straight to baggage claim - no immigration. You do still have to clear customs at JFK (i.e. hand in the customs card to the officer as you walk by).
Airports in Ireland have had this for as long as I can remember - a real bonus IMHO.
More from:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._border_preclearance