Thanks for this, a really useful video. I'm flying Manchester-Dublin-Washington DC next spring with Aer Lingus (my first trans-Atlantic trip!) so I'll be sure to rewatch this before then. Some good tips and it's good to get an idea of the flight itinerary and the pre-clearance procedure.
Did this in 1990. The technology didn't exist to capture the experience. It's emotional as the journey differs not from my 35 year odyssey. Thanks man.
You’re very welcome. Glad you enjoyed it. I’ve not done an airline review for little while but am travelling this weekend. Aer Lingus again. Different route though.
Once United stop flying from Birmingham UK to Newark USA i was looking for a new way to get to the USA. I still wanted to go from Birmingham UK as we lived 10 mins from the airport. Now i fly to Dublin and then onto the USA. Pre Clearance is great as i have flow to JFK a few times and even with the extra flight i am no later in New York as i do not need to queue at the other end. Just another note the flights come out 1 year before and if you book as soon as the come out you get some good discounts for Business Class.My flight to Orland has a 3 hr lay over, the extra i payed to go next year was less than the extra food and drink at the airport.
Cheers Andy. They are grand. I still wish they threw in a few free drinks but hey-ho! We are actually using them to fly to Orlando via Manchester later this month. I’ve been saving up to buy myself a few drinks on the flight lol! When are you away next?
@@thekennafamilyadventures5 Not until next year, was thinking of flying from Bristol via Dublin to San Francisco and being able to do pre clearance, we live near Bristol.
@@mars2100 I’ve seen a few people do that with Aer Lingus who are from the mainland. Pre-clearance is a game changer. Never been to San Francisco- looks so good!
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13:31 Pre clearance is so volatile. Went through in June, no queue and took literally 3 mins. Saw photos from a couple of weeks before this and the queue snaked under the escalators with long waits. I’d always recommend people to assume it’s gonna be busy just in case 🤞
Thanks Scott. Yeah, last few times it seems they are only putting US citizens through full security again, whereas non-US travellers bypassed it and went straight to border control. How was your epic US trip by the way?
@@thekennafamilyadventures5 loved it! Definitely not a relaxing trip, but those aren’t my style anyway! Drove just shy of 3500 miles between me and my dad and saw all sorts of landscape, met loads of different people and experienced 110°F heat 🥵 Used every form of transport too-car, plane, bus, train and boat 🤣
Hi Luke , turned out better than my previous Aer Lingus experiences. We’ve actually flown with them again recently to Orlando and really enjoyed it. We just took a budget for drinks 😂
Great video, thanks for the review. Yes this plane, the A321neo us also used by easyjet, this is just a modified version for long haul flights and they're becoming the future of long haul air travel with variants of this being made for even longer flights to places like florida from Europe
Thank you for watching and for your comment. It seems so. That’s twice I’ve been in one now transatlantic. It’s fine but not lots of room. I was lucky there was no one in the middle seat so I could move my bag.
Hi, for hold bags it’s a self service system. Scan your boarding pass, put the bag on the scales and print the bag tags. You then drop them at the desk, which is also self service. Put the bag in the belt and the tags are scanned automatically. The bag goes down the belt and you get a receipt. It’s a great system. Sometimes, if the flight is full they will ask you to check your cabin bags for free. I’m never too keen to do this as I normally have things in my bag I need access to during the flight. I hope I answered your question. Thanks for watching and I hope the video was useful.
Can I ask you a question? I’m flying from Dublin to Chicago soon and want to take my friends some home made tablet and packets of sweets too. Would this be allowed? Thank you
Thank you so much for subscribing and for your question. You should have no issue taking those with you. Either in hold or cabin baggage. We travel with kids a lot and would go crazy without taking sweets with us! We’ve never had an issue taking any kind of food items with us. Enjoy your trip!
I don’t think you would have to declare it. It would depend on exactly what it was, I suppose. We’ve just downloaded that app too- looks like a game changer to reduce waiting the other side. Hope you have an amazing trip!
Shocking shakeup footage , it’s an Airbus a321 Neo , has 6500km range , few year old and in mint condition, they do have a policy to not film any staff that’s what the gate agent was trying to say, it’s 100% against Aer lingus policy to film any crews faces , even that fact you filmed people so personally women in business cabin could feel your camera should be mindful, nice video all the same
Thanks Stephen. Yeah it’s hard to find the balance between getting genuine footage to help others and not capture others in the back ground. Fully aware of not filming the staff rule, they are very vocal about it anytime they see the camera.
You’d be a rich man Andy! As you can probably tell, I’m all about the food. Especially after a 5am alarm and a 2.5 hour drive to Dublin. I was ready for it! Hope you enjoyed the video.
Thanks for this, a really useful video. I'm flying Manchester-Dublin-Washington DC next spring with Aer Lingus (my first trans-Atlantic trip!) so I'll be sure to rewatch this before then. Some good tips and it's good to get an idea of the flight itinerary and the pre-clearance procedure.
@@craigpenny289 glad you enjoyed it. I’ve flown Aer Lingus again in August and had a great experience! Enjoy your first trip to the US!
Did this in 1990. The technology didn't exist to capture the experience. It's emotional as the journey differs not from my 35 year odyssey. Thanks man.
You’re very welcome. Glad you enjoyed it. I’ve not done an airline review for little while but am travelling this weekend. Aer Lingus again. Different route though.
Once United stop flying from Birmingham UK to Newark USA i was looking for a new way to get to the USA. I still wanted to go from Birmingham UK as we lived 10 mins from the airport. Now i fly to Dublin and then onto the USA. Pre Clearance is great as i have flow to JFK a few times and even with the extra flight i am no later in New York as i do not need to queue at the other end. Just another note the flights come out 1 year before and if you book as soon as the come out you get some good discounts for Business Class.My flight to Orland has a 3 hr lay over, the extra i payed to go next year was less than the extra food and drink at the airport.
Thanks Mark. Good tip on booking flights early. We have flown indirect many times as it’s much more cost effective.
Great video, we have been thinking of flying with Air Lingus
Cheers Andy. They are grand. I still wish they threw in a few free drinks but hey-ho! We are actually using them to fly to Orlando via Manchester later this month. I’ve been saving up to buy myself a few drinks on the flight lol! When are you away next?
@@thekennafamilyadventures5 Not until next year, was thinking of flying from Bristol via Dublin to San Francisco and being able to do pre clearance, we live near Bristol.
@@mars2100 I’ve seen a few people do that with Aer Lingus who are from the mainland. Pre-clearance is a game changer. Never been to San Francisco- looks so good!
AERLINGUS FFS 😅
Very helpful!
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13:31 Pre clearance is so volatile. Went through in June, no queue and took literally 3 mins. Saw photos from a couple of weeks before this and the queue snaked under the escalators with long waits. I’d always recommend people to assume it’s gonna be busy just in case 🤞
Thanks Scott. Yeah, last few times it seems they are only putting US citizens through full security again, whereas non-US travellers bypassed it and went straight to border control. How was your epic US trip by the way?
@@thekennafamilyadventures5 loved it! Definitely not a relaxing trip, but those aren’t my style anyway! Drove just shy of 3500 miles between me and my dad and saw all sorts of landscape, met loads of different people and experienced 110°F heat 🥵
Used every form of transport too-car, plane, bus, train and boat 🤣
Sounds amazing Scott. Great memories made no doubt.
If you pay for a seat at the time of booking, you can check-in on-line up to 14 days before you travel.
Thanks Enda. I didn’t know that. App only said check-in opened 24 hours before. Hope you found the video useful.
Hopefully u had a good flight 😊
Hi Luke , turned out better than my previous Aer Lingus experiences. We’ve actually flown with them again recently to Orlando and really enjoyed it. We just took a budget for drinks 😂
Great video, thanks for the review. Yes this plane, the A321neo us also used by easyjet, this is just a modified version for long haul flights and they're becoming the future of long haul air travel with variants of this being made for even longer flights to places like florida from Europe
Thank you for watching and for your comment. It seems so. That’s twice I’ve been in one now transatlantic. It’s fine but not lots of room. I was lucky there was no one in the middle seat so I could move my bag.
Great video. Shame BFS isn’t great. I think they need to knock it and rebuild a new terminal😅it’s so old
I agree. They are actually building a new terminal at the minute but there still isn’t any flights to the US from there.
What's the cabin baggage drop off at the check-in thing at Aer Lingus? Please help.
Hi, for hold bags it’s a self service system. Scan your boarding pass, put the bag on the scales and print the bag tags. You then drop them at the desk, which is also self service. Put the bag in the belt and the tags are scanned automatically. The bag goes down the belt and you get a receipt. It’s a great system. Sometimes, if the flight is full they will ask you to check your cabin bags for free. I’m never too keen to do this as I normally have things in my bag I need access to during the flight. I hope I answered your question. Thanks for watching and I hope the video was useful.
Can I ask you a question? I’m flying from Dublin to Chicago soon and want to take my friends some home made tablet and packets of sweets too. Would this be allowed? Thank you
Thank you so much for subscribing and for your question. You should have no issue taking those with you. Either in hold or cabin baggage. We travel with kids a lot and would go crazy without taking sweets with us! We’ve never had an issue taking any kind of food items with us. Enjoy your trip!
@@thekennafamilyadventures5 thank you for your reply. I’m from Scotland so would like to take some traditional things over for them to try.
@@thekennafamilyadventures5 forgot to ask, I would have to declare that? I have downloaded the CBC MPC app to help getting through customs
I don’t think you would have to declare it. It would depend on exactly what it was, I suppose. We’ve just downloaded that app too- looks like a game changer to reduce waiting the other side. Hope you have an amazing trip!
Shocking shakeup footage , it’s an Airbus a321 Neo , has 6500km range , few year old and in mint condition, they do have a policy to not film any staff that’s what the gate agent was trying to say, it’s 100% against Aer lingus policy to film any crews faces , even that fact you filmed people so personally women in business cabin could feel your camera should be mindful, nice video all the same
Thanks Stephen. Yeah it’s hard to find the balance between getting genuine footage to help others and not capture others in the back ground. Fully aware of not filming the staff rule, they are very vocal about it anytime they see the camera.
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H Nigel, this was recorded a little while back (May) but I hadn’t had the chance to post it until now. Hope you enjoyed the video.
I wish I had a pound for how many times you said breakfast
You’d be a rich man Andy! As you can probably tell, I’m all about the food. Especially after a 5am alarm and a 2.5 hour drive to Dublin. I was ready for it! Hope you enjoyed the video.
Really informative. I fly with them next week to nyc and his gave me some good insight