POE through Dublin?

[Mbrennan 15]

Is 2 hours from landing in Dublin to boarding the plane from Dublin long enough? It gets me in 5 hours earlier than a more expensive option.

[Rebecca Jo 1,962]

Is 2 hours from landing in Dublin to boarding the plane from Dublin long enough? It gets me in 5 hours earlier than a more expensive option.

Only if you are on a through ticket.

[Mbrennan 15]

Only if you are on a through ticket.

Yes I would be. (Well I'd book it as a single trip single ticket so I'd assume so)

[Rebecca Jo 1,962]

Yes I would be. (Well I'd book it as a single trip single ticket so I'd assume so)

We have flown out of Dublin only once since the new terminal was built. And while others here report that the lines are not usually long, on the day we flew out, they were. Incredibly long. It's all going to depend on how many outbound US flights there are. Also if there have been any flight delays. Our flight had been delayed so that may have been why there were so many passengers going through immigration at one time.

Even if I were on a through ticket, personally I would like a longer connection than 2 hours. This time you are entering on a visa, instead of just going through as a tourist. Your processing is gonna take longer.

Edited May 15, 2014 by Rebecca Jo

[Bjl73 12]

We are considering traveling from UK to US via Dublin with our cats. We were told our luggage would be forwarded to second plane but our cats would not. We would have to go claim them and recheck them ourselves. I wondered if OP parents have any info on this? From what I've read seems like you go straight to immigration and then to gates from first flight. How would you get the pets to recheck them in? How much time between flights would be recommended?

[Collie 122]

We are considering traveling from UK to US via Dublin with our cats. We were told our luggage would be forwarded to second plane but our cats would not. We would have to go claim them and recheck them ourselves. I wondered if OP parents have any info on this? From what I've read seems like you go straight to immigration and then to gates from first flight. How would you get the pets to recheck them in? How much time between flights would be recommended?

I think that the only way for my parents to fly will be through Dublin with the kitties.

Anytime I had flown my previous collie from N.Ireland to England/Scotland for Crufts and other shows, I always collected her at the over-size baggage part, so in theory that's what should happen.

When I flew nearly 9 years ago with my pup from Dublin to Chicago to Dallas/Fort Worth, I checked my pup in at Dublin and then I was supposed to claim her with over-sized baggage like at the side of the carousel in Chicago and recheck her in for the DFW flight. She didn't appear and I was tight on time for my connection. To cut a long story short, they lost her and couldn't even tell me if she had got on the plane at Dublin. I flipped the lid on them and eventually they tracked her down and found that she had been sent by mistake to the cargo building. I didn't get to see her again until we landed in DFW. Poor puppy was 7 mths old and crated for nearly 21 hours...fricking nightmare.

I would highly recommend to leave at least 2-3 hours between flights just in case something goes wrong.

[rhirhi 35]

Just went through Dublin as POE yesterday. It was the most ridiculously easy part of this whole process.

The only bad thing was the amount of people down there! There were quite a few flights taking off before mine, two of which should have gone hours before but had been badly delayed.

Security is now a bigger operation before POE. The queue was huge but constantly moving. I did have to go through to secondary when I got to immigration but after waiting 20mins I was asked two questions- am I going there to get married and do I have a date for the marriage.

This took a little over an hour, from the time I joined the queue for security to the time I left secondary. I was left with a little under an hour until the plane took off and about 20mins til boarding was due to start so the timings actually worked out pretty well.

Have done a review if you want a little more detail

[Hotter Otter 1,211]

Just went through Dublin as POE yesterday. It was the most ridiculously easy part of this whole process.

The only bad thing was the amount of people down there! There were quite a few flights taking off before mine, two of which should have gone hours before but had been badly delayed.

Security is now a bigger operation before POE. The queue was huge but constantly moving. I did have to go through to secondary when I got to immigration but after waiting 20mins I was asked two questions- am I going there to get married and do I have a date for the marriage.

This took a little over an hour, from the time I joined the queue for security to the time I left secondary. I was left with a little under an hour until the plane took off and about 20mins til boarding was due to start so the timings actually worked out pretty well.

Have done a review if you want a little more detail

Thanks for the info, will check out the review. Enjoy your new life in the US!

[Mbrennan 15]

Just went through Dublin as POE yesterday. It was the most ridiculously easy part of this whole process.

The only bad thing was the amount of people down there! There were quite a few flights taking off before mine, two of which should have gone hours before but had been badly delayed.

Security is now a bigger operation before POE. The queue was huge but constantly moving. I did have to go through to secondary when I got to immigration but after waiting 20mins I was asked two questions- am I going there to get married and do I have a date for the marriage.

This took a little over an hour, from the time I joined the queue for security to the time I left secondary. I was left with a little under an hour until the plane took off and about 20mins til boarding was due to start so the timings actually worked out pretty well.

Have done a review if you want a little more detail

Thank you! That's good to know. I fly through Dublin on the 16th.

Enjoy your new life

[rhirhi 35]

No problem. I hope it's coherent, turns out moving 3000 miles is a little bit tiring!

Thanks both for the good wishes

[2ndMessiah 184]

Rhirhi,

Get some rest. Be happy.

The learning begins.... First change the date format in your time line signature to US format.

Damn foreigners, they are everywhere in the US. they are even letting the Welsh in now....

Now get married and enjoy the next round of USCIS paper work.

[Clair.S 5]

Hi,

Sorry to hijack this thread, I was just wondering what the aer lingus planes are like, is there enough room for tall people? I haven't been on aer lingus for several years so was wondering how good it is for long haul flights!

[2ndMessiah 184]

I have not flown on an air fungus plane in years. I am slightly over 6 foot, so I found their planes just as uncomfortable as the others. Unfortunately if you are a tall/larger person, planes are never great.

[Hotter Otter 1,211]

If people do POE at Dublin please review it if you can in the POE review section like Rhirhi has done as Dublin is very light on recent POE reviews and it'll help other members. I'll be sure to do one myself when I fly in 4 weeks.

[Mbrennan 15]

If people do POE at Dublin please review it if you can in the POE review section like Rhirhi has done as Dublin is very light on recent POE reviews and it'll help other members. I'll be sure to do one myself when I fly in 4 weeks.

I'll do 1.

I fly on June 16th