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toast25 May 15, 2013 11:11 pm

Global Entry and Connecting Flight in Ireland
 
Has anyone with Global Entry gone through US customs preclearance in Dublin after taking a connecting flight? I am considering booking a RT flight JFK--LHR via Dublin on Aer Lingus (much, much cheaper than a direct RT JFK-LHR for my travel dates!), and the return trip (LHR-Dub) has a layover of only about 90 minutes before the departure of the Dub-JFK flight. I can't imagine that they would deliberately book flights without enough time to make connections, but considering that I would be required to do preclearance in Dublin, and I've read some not-so-good stories about the wait, I want to know if this is real possibility, especially since I have GE.

Hobbes01 May 16, 2013 11:28 am

Have not gone through Dublin, but these two links strongly indicate that they have kiosks there:
http://www.globalentry.gov/locations.html
http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/newsroom/...07262012_2.xml

toast25 May 16, 2013 11:50 am

Thanks for the confirmation of GE kiosks!

My concern, directed to anyone who has taken a trip involving a connecting flight in DUB en route to the US, is whether that 90 minute transfer time is sufficient.

At JFK, when my GE has printed out an X, I was able to stand on a separate, short line for other people who had been "rejected" by the kiosk, so the wait time was but a couple of minutes. But if there is no such fast track in Dublin for GE kiosks rejects, I am concerned about the length of time it may take to snake through their regular line.

Hobbes01 May 17, 2013 8:47 am

If you get an X or if the kiosk is out of order you will be allowed to go to the front of the line: http://www.globalentry.gov/faq.html#b2

OrlandoFlyer May 17, 2013 1:16 pm

We have used GE Kiosks at DUB at they are very quick. The US pre-clearance area has never been very busy when we were there so 90 minutes should be more than enough for a connection.

stifle May 17, 2013 2:29 pm

90 minutes is enough to make the connection in the normal lines. DUB is far from busy as CBP posts go.

drewguy May 21, 2013 12:33 pm


Originally Posted by stifle (Post 20768188)
90 minutes is enough to make the connection in the normal lines. DUB is far from busy as CBP posts go.

I didn't connect, but boarded in SNN. They preclearance process was done just before flight time. My recollection is that they kept the door open to process the last few people - they weren't going to leave people in the preclearance area.


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