Ryanair - Changing Flight Question

jArgHA

Hope this is in the right forum...

I am coming back from Norway next week and have a flight which comes into Dublin, then hoping to take another Ryanair flight from Dublin to Cork (about an hour after scheduled touchdown of the flight from Norway).

I was wondering if anyone knows whether I'll be OK to come off Flight A, and walk straight to boarding gate for Flight B (with boarding pass printed out)? Or does one need to go all the way out and go back in through the security gates?

MOH

I don't think you can? Think you get routed out through passport control and baggage reclaim once you get off, don't think there's alternative 'flight transfer' route at Dublin.

Colm R

I was wondering about this actually. Are you bringing bags? If so, then you will have to collect them in Dublin and go back out.

If not, if you arrive in Pier A, you are mixed with Outgoing passengers and are free to roam within Pier A.

But if you arrive in Pier D, you are not mixed with outgoing passengers. However I have seen signs with for transferring passengers, perhaps a possible route for you.

Now technically speaking, with Ryanair, you have to leave, and come back through. However, seeing as you will already be checked in online and have your boarding pass with you, I don't think there is anything to stop you from just walking to the gate.

Which brings about another question. When you print off your boarding pass, DAA security scans it and if you look at the screen, you will see your name pop up. Does this system let the airline know that you are in the airport?

Therefore, if the OP arrived at the gate and boarded the plane, which he should get away with as they do not scan at the gate, then when they double check, will they know he did not go through security and ask hm to leave the flight?

jArgHA

I will not have any bags so that will not be an issue - but yeah the questions raised by Colm would give me some concern.

When you go through security the printed out boarding pass is scanned - but I don't know whether this is necessary for boarding the flight or whether it is simply to ensure that people aren't going through with bogus boarding passes...

Thanks for the info on arriving at the different Piers. I'm reluctant to call Ryanair on this as I expect I would probably end up speaking to a robot for 15 hours before getting an answer.

dmeehan

your "boarding card" does get scanned when you go through the security gate in dublin airport

im not sure though if this is a requirement to allow you to board - best option is contact ryanair themselves.

Colm R

I'm thinking the safest thing to do is exit through the baggage hall into the main arrivals hall.

Then go upstairs. There are two security points in the departures area. One at the far right and the other at the far left.

The one at the far right has a Domestic/Business Class queue on the left hand side of the main queue. I have used this to fly to Cork a few times and its great. You are through in minutes.

However I had one problem with this before. And it was the fact that the DAA decided to close the far right security area for all passengers including this fast track area. I've seen this happen a few times and but only caught me out once. What it causes is unreal. You see hundreds of people running accross an already over crowded check in area to the other side.


You've got an hour. So this is what you need to know.

1. All Ryanair flights arrive into Pier A or D. I would recommend if possible getting a seat near the front in Norway and being prepared to run when you arrive in Dublin.

2. Have all documents reaady to show to the Garda at immigration.

3. Come out to the baggage hall and through customs on your left.

4. Once out into the public area, swing left. And head for the nearest stairs going up.

5. The stairs over at this side will bring you up to the Check in area. Looking with the outside windows to your back, the back wall of the check in area will have the security queues. If its busy, the queue will snake to the front. There is one queue at this side, and one at the other end of the terminal.

6. To the left of the security on this side there is a small door with a red sign over it.
"Domestic/Business Fast track"
I forgot to mention that you pray that this one is open at this time.

7. Once through security, check the board at the other side, if its going to be A or D.
If A, run. If D, run faster.

Best of luck with it. Let us know how it works out. At least at this stage, you will be in the country and be able to make your own way if things don't work out.

Victor

Moved from Commuting & Transport.

Pete4779

it's no problem, and there is no requirement to exit to the arrivals hall and then go through security again. If you are in a pier that doesn't connect to your new departures lounge, you will have to, and that is simply due to the old ignorant Dublin Airport design where everyone just got on a single flight once per day to heathrow or back, which will hopefully be rectified in the new airport building.

You will easily make it in one hour, as Ryanair will want that plane back in the air making money ASAP. The smallest window I have done such a change is 15 minutes (between landing time of first flight and scheduled departure of the second). The scan of the boarding is as you would think: a check to see if you have a valid boarding pass. The confirmation of who you are is at boarding; anyone could print out a boarding pass and wander the departures area but would get stopped at the passport check. I.e., DAA or security don't care who you are or where you are coming from or going to. You are already within a security cleared zone and have travelled from another security cleared zone and that is what matters.

steve-o

Pete4779 wrote: »

it's no problem, and there is no requirement to exit to the arrivals hall and then go through security again.

Arriving and departing passengers are completely segregated, except in Pier A. Unless both flights just happen to use Pier A, then the OP will need to go through immigration and security. Colm R's advice is spot on.

Warning to the OP: if your incoming flight is delayed and you miss the Cork flight, Ryanair will do nothing for you.

jArgHA

Thanks Pete, Steve and Colm for the very useful information. Hopefully I'll be OK but chances are that I will be switching Piers between flights so will be taking Colm's advice on exiting and then re-entering through the FastTrack for domestic travellers (if open).

If all else fails I will have to race into town to try and get last train to Cork to be back for work the following day... I'll let ye know how I get on next week.

Thanks again

lynchie

Can you not use the transfers / connections route at the end of the baggage hall at carousel 1?

gordies

coming in to Dublin from Birmingham and want to return on the same aircraft back to Brum.

Will be a breeze if we get to Pier A.

If we end up at Pier D can anyone give us hints and tips to get out and back in very quickly to catch the return?

We will have checked in online and printed our own boarding cards.

thanks.

BuffyBot

There is no "quick" way in Pier D. You have a long walk from Pier D -> Immigration -> baggage hall. You could try the connecting flights option when you reach the baggage hall, but it's the opposite end of the airport from Pier D. It may be less busy, however. You then have to walk/run all the way back to Pier D.

You can also exit the baggage hall and re-enter via the normal security check, but the queues may be long. Personally, I don't fancy your chances of making it back on to the same plane with Ryanair's quick turnarounds.

fifib

if you have to go out through the arrivals you can go straight through security without queuing because its an internal flight.
happened to me in march came into dublin from NY and was getting connecting flight to shannon.went out through arrivals and got some breakfast upstairs to pass the time but when we came back down to go through security the queue was huge so i asked the girl there did we have to queue again and she said no. was huge relief cos we would surely have missed connectign flight with size of the queue!