I'm considering purchasing a ticket from Chicago O'Hare to Rome with Aer Lingus. The tickets are less than $800 per person. However, the layover in Dublin is only 1 hour 5 minutes.
I have searched the forum for this topic and out-of-date posts seem to indicate this will work. Any recent experiences with this type of connection?
Clarification-are we likely to make the connection?
Thanks- Sharon
I think Sharon is trying to determine if 65 minutes is enough time to connect, not do something else.
If it's one one ticket they should accommodate you if you miss your connection. I've never done it so I can't say for sure.
I booked a similar connection time from Boston To Rome via Dublin. Unfortunately, our flight from Boston to Dublin was re-routed due to a storm and it took 7 hours 40 minutes to Dublin, which is way longer than it usually takes. Of course, I missed the flight to Rome. I arrived on Sunday, September 25, and l was directed to the departures terminal amongst a large crowd of others from our plane to Aer Lingus desk to rebook. It was before 7am but the next flight to Rome was leaving at 3:45 pm ...
I was actually headed to Orvieto immediately upon arrival to Rome, and the thought of sitting in Dublin aeroport for 8 hours wasn't appealing. I asked the agent to send me to another place in Italy and she put me on a flight to Venice, leaving in 45 minutes. It didn't cost me anything as it wasn't my fault to miss the connecting flight. She was very nice to call a young man to take me to the gate and through security fast as there wasn't much time. From Venice I took trains to get to Orvieto and I didn't have a checked bag, so that helped too.
There was added cost for the trains ( 47 euro. Venice to Florence and 16 euro on a slow train from Florence to Orvieto). And the stress. But it was better then sitting at the aeroport.
This is my story just from a few weeks ago.
It is very tight, but Aer Lingus shows it as a legal connection. Last year we did a connection at Dublin coming off the O'Hare flight and we made it to our connecting gate just after 6:00. Our flight was at 7:00, so we had plenty of time. However it looks like if you miss it, it will be 16:00 until the next flight to Rome.
Sam, Irene, and Rocket,
Thanks for the information! Will likely go ahead and book those tickets.
Sharon
The good thing about being stuck in Ireland en route to Rome (or elsewhere in Europe) is that you have various ways of getting to your desired destination. In contrast, if you fly Icelandair (generally the other budget choice) you could get stuck in Iceland -- which, if you're intrigued by Iceland, isn't bad in itself, but if you have reservations and other commitments in, say, Rome, you want to get there with as little delay as possible.
Suppose all air traffic throughout Europe is suspended for some bizarre reason; you can still get on a ferry from Ireland and make your way to the continent.
We'll be flying Aer Lingus to Venice via Dublin next May, with 2 hours between flights each way. Last year, we also flew Aer Lingus to London, with a bit less than two hours for connections. Our flights arrived on time in Dublin and we had PLENTY of time. An hour should be fine as long as your arrival flight is close to on time.
If we would have been delayed arriving in Dublin last year, there would have been multiple flights to London the same day, so worst case is we would have arrived there a bit later in the day.
After booking our trip for next May, I realized that Aer Lingus has only one flight per day to Venice. So if something happens to delay us, we're stuck in Dublin for the day. And that's how I'm approaching it. The worst that happens is we're stuck in Dublin for the day, so let's make the most of it. We'll see a little less of Venice and cut it a little close arriving for our RS tour, but we'll get a totally different experience while shaking off our jet lag in Dublin. In other words, I'm determined to roll with it if things don't go totally according to plan.
stoutfella and epltd,
Thanks alot for your input. I will adopt a flexible attitude and make it work!
Sharon
