US Preclearance Fast Track
Jul 17, 2022, 4:15 pm
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US Preclearance Fast Track
Heading to SFO in early Sept & with all the Dublin airport shenanigans I was wondering if there is a US Preclearance fast track for business passengers? Apologies if this was answered elsewhere?
Jul 18, 2022, 1:23 am
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It's not fast, I was there last Monday. Probably took about an hour in total to clear security and immigration - grand total of 3 out of about 8 lanes open.
Business pasengers can Fast Track through security but you can't Fast Track the queue which holds you at the upper level before going down to security, and it doesn't help you at immigration at all.
I had a 3 hour layover last Monday between my LHR-DUB and my connecting Newark flight and I still only got 20 mins in the preclearance lounge.
What went wrong was that they had started pulling people out of the queue who were missing their flights. However, there were more of these people than available agents, so the rest of us were actually getting continually pushed up the queue rather than down it. You could suddenly find you were further from the front than you were 10 minutes previously.
Business pasengers can Fast Track through security but you can't Fast Track the queue which holds you at the upper level before going down to security, and it doesn't help you at immigration at all.
I had a 3 hour layover last Monday between my LHR-DUB and my connecting Newark flight and I still only got 20 mins in the preclearance lounge.
What went wrong was that they had started pulling people out of the queue who were missing their flights. However, there were more of these people than available agents, so the rest of us were actually getting continually pushed up the queue rather than down it. You could suddenly find you were further from the front than you were 10 minutes previously.
Jul 18, 2022, 1:56 am
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As a business class passenger at Dublin
Fast track at the main security (if its open, limited hours currently)
Fast track at the TSA screening area
Then its US vs non US through CBP. Only Global Entry will help get through that faster
My record from entering the terminal, check in, security, TSA, CBP to the 51st lounge 18 minutes and I wasn't in business, nor do I have GE
Fast track at the main security (if its open, limited hours currently)
Fast track at the TSA screening area
Then its US vs non US through CBP. Only Global Entry will help get through that faster
My record from entering the terminal, check in, security, TSA, CBP to the 51st lounge 18 minutes and I wasn't in business, nor do I have GE
Last edited by ROKNA; Jul 18, 2022 at 2:11 am
Jul 20, 2022, 10:24 pm
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It's not fast, I was there last Monday. Probably took about an hour in total to clear security and immigration - grand total of 3 out of about 8 lanes open.
Business pasengers can Fast Track through security but you can't Fast Track the queue which holds you at the upper level before going down to security, and it doesn't help you at immigration at all.
I had a 3 hour layover last Monday between my LHR-DUB and my connecting Newark flight and I still only got 20 mins in the preclearance lounge.
What went wrong was that they had started pulling people out of the queue who were missing their flights. However, there were more of these people than available agents, so the rest of us were actually getting continually pushed up the queue rather than down it. You could suddenly find you were further from the front than you were 10 minutes previously.
Business pasengers can Fast Track through security but you can't Fast Track the queue which holds you at the upper level before going down to security, and it doesn't help you at immigration at all.
I had a 3 hour layover last Monday between my LHR-DUB and my connecting Newark flight and I still only got 20 mins in the preclearance lounge.
What went wrong was that they had started pulling people out of the queue who were missing their flights. However, there were more of these people than available agents, so the rest of us were actually getting continually pushed up the queue rather than down it. You could suddenly find you were further from the front than you were 10 minutes previously.
Jul 21, 2022, 6:09 am
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I used the CBP recently on business class, all good till I got the Immigration officers queue, 3 desks open and took an hour and, I was fairly near to the head of the queue, I can see how this could take a while!
Jul 21, 2022, 10:36 am
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presume they are referring to the stairs down to CBP in CBP with the overflow coming up them - I have seen elsewhere the queue snaked back past the Aer Lingus lounge on at least one occasion.
I used the CBP recently on business class, all good till I got the Immigration officers queue, 3 desks open and took an hour and, I was fairly near to the head of the queue, I can see how this could take a while!
I used the CBP recently on business class, all good till I got the Immigration officers queue, 3 desks open and took an hour and, I was fairly near to the head of the queue, I can see how this could take a while!
Jul 21, 2022, 4:28 pm
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The queue must be daily because the airport has a tensabarrier system in place - I’d say I started around 200 metres of tensa-snake away from the stairs to security.
Jul 21, 2022, 5:53 pm
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How many more Aer Lingus flights/passengers are there to the US from DUB on any given peak day this summer than in the summer of 2019?
May 11, 2023, 12:13 pm
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today i was flying dublin-london but my parents were flying dublin-dfw on AA and i had searched this forum for advice on how things were at DUB so I wanted to update how it was today for them.
they were on the 255pm departure from DFW (i was 2hrs later on BA from other terminal so walked w them to check in) and we were the ONLY people at check in at 1245pm. easy. the agent said there was pre-check available (which they have along with global entry).
so up to level 2 for security and i left them at fast trak (biz tix, exp). by the time i walked to the other terminal and went thru security my parents had cleared both security and CBP. they said there was indeed a pre check line for the TSA portion but for the 255pm departure, there were no lines anywhere--either security or CBP. the lounge near gate was quiet.
just FYI, and thanks for others for sharing recent experiences.
they were on the 255pm departure from DFW (i was 2hrs later on BA from other terminal so walked w them to check in) and we were the ONLY people at check in at 1245pm. easy. the agent said there was pre-check available (which they have along with global entry).
so up to level 2 for security and i left them at fast trak (biz tix, exp). by the time i walked to the other terminal and went thru security my parents had cleared both security and CBP. they said there was indeed a pre check line for the TSA portion but for the 255pm departure, there were no lines anywhere--either security or CBP. the lounge near gate was quiet.
just FYI, and thanks for others for sharing recent experiences.
May 13, 2023, 10:24 am
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I am due to try DUB shortly to the US, connecting from a UK airport.
It looks like you can buy fast track security on the airport website. Is that just for someone departing from DUB, or does it cover the TSA part of security when connecting to a US flight?
Although discussed upthread, there seems some disagreement as to whether the TSA part at DUB recognises pre-check. Do they? I have a two hour layover, wondered if that will require any need to rush. I have GE.
Thank you.
It looks like you can buy fast track security on the airport website. Is that just for someone departing from DUB, or does it cover the TSA part of security when connecting to a US flight?
Although discussed upthread, there seems some disagreement as to whether the TSA part at DUB recognises pre-check. Do they? I have a two hour layover, wondered if that will require any need to rush. I have GE.
Thank you.
May 13, 2023, 10:43 am
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I am due to try DUB shortly to the US, connecting from a UK airport.
It looks like you can buy fast track security on the airport website. Is that just for someone departing from DUB, or does it cover the TSA part of security when connecting to a US flight?
Although discussed upthread, there seems some disagreement as to whether the TSA part at DUB recognises pre-check. Do they? I have a two hour layover, wondered if that will require any need to rush. I have GE.
Thank you.
It looks like you can buy fast track security on the airport website. Is that just for someone departing from DUB, or does it cover the TSA part of security when connecting to a US flight?
Although discussed upthread, there seems some disagreement as to whether the TSA part at DUB recognises pre-check. Do they? I have a two hour layover, wondered if that will require any need to rush. I have GE.
Thank you.
No need to get DUB Fast Track. Two hours should be plenty of time once your inbound is on time.