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Dublin airport - enough time between connections?

Posted by charlottelibrarian on 02/27/19 05:21 PM

We are planning our trip to Germany and Austria, and will be flying internationally round trip into Dublin since that's the cheapest connection from Charlotte - taking British Airways.

Our BA flight into Dublin arrives at 7:50 am on June 4, and we want to immediately travel to Germany - either Munich or Stuttgart (depending on flight times and costs) and are booking the intra-Europe flights separately.

Would it be too ambitious to have a flight from DUB to MUC departing at 10:35 am (on Lufthansa, if that matters)? I'm assuming we have to go through customs before checking into the second flight. How much time should we allow??

Next available flight looks like 5:50 pm, which would be fine, too, although we'd rather get to Germany earlier if possible.

Thanks for your advice as we plan our first European trip!!

Posted by charlottelibrarian OP

02/27/19 05:24 PM

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P.S. Also considering a 2:10 pm flight on Ryanair to Stuttgart and either spending the night there before heading to Munich the next morning, or taking the train from Stuttgart to Munich that evening.

Posted by Laurie Beth

Twin Cities, Minnesota

02/27/19 05:28 PM

2001 posts

I went through Dublin airport twice last June and they seemed very efficient. The only wait I recall is to pick up luggage. Also, planes going west to east can often be early. Will it be on two separate tickets so you have to recheck your bags? I think it depends on how willing you are to risk missing your flight. The airport is small, so it isn't like going through LAX or O'Hare or Heathrow.

Posted by charlottelibrarian OP

02/27/19 05:36 PM

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Yes, two separate tickets. We originally had hoped to leave CLT on June 2, but those tix suddenly skyrocketed, so we lost a day, which is why we were trying to quickly hop to Germany. (We have to be home by June 13 and couldn't extend on the other side.)

Posted by Trotter

02/27/19 06:34 PM

1585 posts

Since you’re on two tickets alot depends on how many other flights arrive at the same time. It takes about an hour to clear immigration at 13:00 in Dublin with 2 US originated flights and one Emirates flight landing then.

Edit: You might want to look at a website like flightaware or flightstats to see what the on-time record is for your trans-Atlantic flight. That might help you determine whether you would have enough time to catch the 10:35 flight.

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