Dublin Airport, enter Terminal 1 for flight from Terminal 2?

vektarman

can I enter through terminal 1 at Dublin airport and then make my way to terminal 2 after the security check, or to put it another way, will I be told that I have to use the relevant terminal entrance for my flight.

Victor

I suspect only transfer passengers (people arriving in Dublin Airport and then departing on another flight) are allowed do this.

vektarman

Thanks Victor, I should have explained it more clearly, I'm going to be dropped off at the airport but want to do some shopping in terminal 1, I want to avoid a walk from terminal 2 to terminal 1 and back to terminal 2 if possible as I might be under a bit of time pressure.

qb123

I've done this before - there's no issue at all and it's a simple 5 minute walk up to T2. Would only note that if you've a bag to check in, you'll have to do that in T2.

LXFlyer

Absolutely no issue with using the security in T1 for a flight departing T2 or vice versa, provided you have only hand baggage.

If security person suggests otherwise, ask them that, as you want to visit a shop in this terminal, do they expect you to go walk over to the other terminal landside and then walk back airside.

The distinction between terminals is primarily for baggage handling purposes.

I generally always use T2 security when flying from Dublin.

trellheim

you can walk from t1 to t2 and vice versa both landside and airside .

LXFlyer

trellheim wrote: »

you can walk from t1 to t2 and vice versa both landside and airside .

Exactly, which makes a mockery of anyone at security in one terminal telling you that you would have to use the security at the other.

BabySlam

You can go through security in either terminal and fly from the other, no bother at all.

Carawaystick

lxflyer wrote: »

Exactly, which makes a mockery of anyone at security in one terminal telling you that you would have to use the security at the other.

A lot of the security is mockery any way...

hardCopy

Must remember this next time I fly EI to Germany. I always seem to end up departing from a gate in T1 after clearing security in T2.

trellheim

t2 security lines normally go faster IMHO, t1 is a circus since they dropped it to a single area rather than 2

( and don't get me started with DAA fkology with putting shops right in peoples walklines as in T1 recently, I swear sometimes that place is a shopping centre and carpark that happens to do air transport as a sideline )

L1011

T1 security always seems to have more people who haven't got a clue about what you're allowed / not allowed bring. Its not like the fluid rules are particularly recent, even if they are pointless.

I note that the EC still intends to lift the regulations on liquids entirely in January - but their attempt to raise it to 200ml a few years ago was stopped by the yanks, so we'll see about that.

Fred Swanson

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Spanish Eyes

I've never seen any obvious signs showing the way to T1 from T2 and vice versa. It must be a State secret!

It is certainly not advertised much AFAIS.

How do I get from T1 to T2, and why is it so mysterious!!

LXFlyer

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

I've never seen any obvious signs showing the way to T1 from T2 and vice versa. It must be a State secret!

It is certainly not advertised much AFAIS.

How do I get from T1 to T2, and why is it so mysterious!!

Airside, you follow the very clear signs for gates 401 to 426.

If in T2 you follow the signs for the 100, 200 and 300 gates to get to T1.

Nothing mysterious at all.

Landside there is a corridor from T1 to T2 again clearly signed at the eastern end of terminal 1 near the entrance to the security checks.

VG31

I did this for an EI Regional flight. I went through T1 security even though the flight is T2. There was no problems. They have the gates where you scan your boarding pass in T1 so no one is going to say anything to you.

T1 is closer to gates 332-335. I thought before gates 332-335 were in Pier 3 since they were 3xx gates but they are actually in the old Pier C. I didn't know this area was still in use!

cobham

The airside pedestrian route is bit shorter than the other one. To find the link from T2 to T1 follow the signs for the business lounges, then continue along this corridor to the end and you will be in T1. I do it regularly to get the 'mealdeal' from Boots outlet in T1. Dietary probs means airplane food no good for me.

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Never knew you could walk between terminals airside.
Another enlightening period of my life on boards.