jaj

We are landing in Dublin on sunday March 2 at 9 AM from the USA. We bought some cheapie flights that can't be modified and we are looking into buying 1 way tickets to Shannon on the same day. We arrive at 9AM and have to go through all of the red tape...there are flights at 9:45, 11 and 2 that day...any chance we would make the 11 to Shannon?
Thanks.

jaj

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SiobhanP

If you are delayed you could be pushing it. I assume you are not taking Aerlingus over as they stop in Shannon on the way to Dublin. You also have to check in a certain amount of time prior to the takeoff for the Dub/shannon flight so I would say you should book the 2pm flight and go upstairs and have something to eat and relax. If you book an earlier one and are delayed then you will definately missi it, I would not take the chance.

celticdreams

jaj - you should be okay, assuming all goes well. Last month, i arrived at 8:15 and managed the 10am flight to Galway (I think that was the time) with no problem.

If you want to be really safe - buy the 2pm on, and then, if you're early enough, try to get on the 11. Most of the time - most airlines will let you get on if there's room.

jaj

Thanks for the opinions so far. Now I need a tiebreaker. What other airlines fly internal to the west. On the aerlingus website I only have the option of flying to Shannon or Cork. Who flies to the smaller airports in the west such as Galway?

SiobhanP

Aerlingus flies to Galway to my knowledge. My cousin was an aer hostess for Aer Lingus and flew to galway. A smaller airline to more rural airports would be arran air.

jaj

Thanks but for some reason I can't get anything but shannon/dublin/cork to come up on the website (from the US if that matters). I checked into Aer Arran but the baggage limit is 15kg only. We will each have one large suitcase and a carry on.