I tried searching this forum and tripadvisor but I'm still confused. I'm flying out of the USA to Dublin arriving at 5:15am with no checked luggage. My flight to Venice leaves at 7:20am from Terminal 2. Arriving in Dublin I'm assuming I'll land at Terminal 2 since it's an international flight. Both flights are on Aer Lingus but they are on separate tickets. I've been to the Dublin Airport website but I'm still getting confusing information from the comments. One comments says I do not need to go through security/passport control until I get to Venice because I flying on the same airline another comment says I do because I purchased separate tickets. Which is correct and if I need to go through security/passport control in Dublin am I correct that passport control is in Terminal 2? I've been told that 2 hours should be enough time if all flights are on time? It's makes sense to me that I'd need to go through security and passport control in Dublin and then again in Venice.
Posted by
Green Bay
21153 posts
Without luggage, I can't remember if there was a passport check. If there was, it was quite quick. There was a point in the hallway where you went one way to connect to other European destinations and another way to enter Ireland and get to the luggage carousel. No security checks. You will go through Schengen zone immigration and customs (walk out the "nothing to declare" door) at Venice airport.
Posted by
Portland, Maine
2916 posts
I've flown twice from the US to France through Dublin on Aer Lingus on one ticket. In Dublin there was no passport control for us, but we had to go through security for the 2d leg. Then Customs in France.
Posted by
Freedonia
16278 posts
Look at this: Dublin Airport Flight Connections Guide
However, there may be a problem. Self-Connecting Passengers are not allowed to use the flight connection facility.
If you use "flight connections" you don't go through passport control. If you can't, you will.
What I would do is find someone from Aer Lingus when you get off the plane. Explain your situation and see what they say. Since you are switching from one of their flights to another of their flights, they might be able to help.
Or they might not.
And what does TSA have to do with anything?
Posted by
Houston
3522 posts
In Dublin, you go through a real TSA check prior to boarding your return flight to the US after going through all the regular checks everyone else does. Other than that, they have nothing to do with anything else within the Dublin airport.
Posted by
OP
Portland, CT
276 posts
Thank you all for your input. I think I just need to ask for help when I land.
Frank II: What does TSA have to do with anything? Nothing really. All part of the alphabet soup trying to confuse this feeble brain.
Posted by
East Peoria, IL
800 posts
Just curious, when are you flying? We arrive in Dublin on Aer Lingus at 5:15 a.m. May 17 (leaving ORD May 16), en route to Venice at 7:20.
We flew through Dublin en route to London in 2015 and had to go through security and passport control before boarding our connecting flight. I'm pretty sure we have to go through security again this time for the connecting flight, even though we're on the same ticket. I think we don't do passport control until landing in Venice. I admit to still being somewhat confused by the process, as this will only be our second international trip.
If you're flying home on Aer Lingus, you'll definitely go through security, passport control and U.S. customs in Dublin. Which means that when you land, exhausted, in the U.S., you can just exit the terminal with no stops.
Posted by
OP
Portland, CT
276 posts
Stoutfellow: I land in Dublin April 20th. Nice thing about my return home is that I will be going from Rome to Dublin and staying there for 4 days before going home and my return flight is direct.