mailliW

Arriving into dub from France on a sunday evening with onward connection to lhr. Will I be able to use connections route or have to leave and go through security?

ROKNA

If you are arriving and departing with Aer Lingus then you can use connections. However this will likely be closed once the last long haul flights of the day have arrived/departed e.g. after 4pm

mailliW

Thank you for response

So no impulse buy at french duty free. I'll either have to lose it or check it in Dublin.

irishguy28

There are no duty-free sales in CDG for flights to DUB (but are in the EU Customs Union)

atcanobbio

I have VCE-DUB-SEA booked in in Y/J for July 2023. It seems a recent sched change shortened my connection in DUB to exactly 1hr. Based on EF, 0.45 is the min MCT at DUB for an EI to EI connection. So I'm guessing, I should be fine and the 1hr connection is legal, right?

irishguy28

You have taken the place of the "airline" here, so it no longer really matters what they think is "legal" - the question is, how are you set up, in comparison to that airline, and what is your risk level and tolerance for gambling on a connection of that short duration?

If you have the same resources behind you as an airline does, then you can just choose to set your own MCT as the airline does, because you have the same resources to book and pay for a new ticket if your connection goes awry. Recovering from a missed connection will be easy for you. You have access to industry rates on other carriers and can make a last minute replacement booking, as needed, at a negotiated rate that is not the same as the walk-up public fare that a regular passenger would be asked to pay.

If you don't have the same resources behind you as an airline does - meaning you won't be able to mobilise yourself to book a new, replacement ticket at a tolerable rate in a timely manner after your connection goes wrong, then it would behoove you to set yourself a much more stringent MCT which allows you a much greater chance of making your connection in case of disruption. Note that any other sectors on the same ticket as the flight you miss will also be cancelled.

Personally, I would never book two separate tickets with only 1 hour between them, even in DUB (an airport I know like the back of my hand) and even if travelling with only handluggage. I'd even be wary of booking an itinerary offered by an airline with just 1 hour to connect.

tkelvin69

Looking at opposite direction: SEA-DUB-FCO. Will have checked bags. Since DUB will be the first EU country, will I have to claim bags there? Connection is 2:10.

ROKNA

Bags go through all the way to FCO

atcanobbio

oh, what i have is part of a single reservation, not separate tickets. And when I booked it, it had a 2.5hr connection but it seems the SEA leg got pushed forward, leading to a 1hr connection now. Anyway, flight is until July so I'll just see how it plays out.

phh1998

I wasn't able to find a thread for Dublin Airport connections, so feel free to move this post if there is one that I missed.

In a few months' time, I will be taking a BA LHR-DUB positioning flight followed shortly after by the first leg of a DUB-LHR-SAN ex-EU ticket.

I have booked the LHR-DUB leg on BA 838 (Dep. LHR 1715, Arr. DUB 1845), though thanks to BA's free Same Day Change policy for Club Europe, I should hopefully be able to change this on the day for free to an earlier flight if needed, provided there is seat availability.
The DUB-LHR leg is then on BA 829 (Dep. DUB 2035, Arr. LHR 2150), with the LHR-SAN leg to follow the next day in the afternoon.

I am travelling without bags and with fast track (it is a Club Europe ticket) for the LHR-DUB/DUB-LHR flights. Would the scheduled 1h50m self-connecting layover be sufficient? I am aware that T1 at DUB does not have a connecting facility, and connecting usually requires going out through immigration to landside then coming back in airside through security and immigration as a normal departing passanger.

Additionally, I am neither an EU nor a UK citizen (and thus likely unable to use any automated entry machines that DUB may have), and I was wondering whether that would result in long immigration queues during an evening DUB arrival from London?

Finally, I assume there is not but thought I should check just to make sure: I have absolutely no idea about Dublin Airport layout, but I was wondering if departures and arrivals for LON-DUB flights share the same floor due to the Common Travel Area? If so, is there any way I could just walk out of the gate, stay airside, then simply get back on my DUB-LHR flight in an hour or two without leaving airside?

alserire

You won’t be able to stay airside.

There shouldn’t be a major queue for immigration but because you’re not an EU or UK citizen you will likely be questioned as to your reasons for visiting Ireland. And they may find your reason slightly odd. Have to say I do myself. So you need to hear that in mind. Having said that if they don’t let you through they just send you back on the next flight anyway, which you’re already on! Depends also how many other non EU people are trying to enter at the same time. With T1 being Ryanair terminal as well there could be more than you’d get at T2 as they fly to a few non EU destinations.

Having said all that, with fast track in DUB, once your flight is on time then 1hr 50 at that hour of the day should be fine.