Originally Posted by
Nightstop
As an experiment, and to save some money, I bought two FR tickets to get to ALC via DUB from LGW. I allowed myself about 2.5 hours in DUB hoping for a Guinness. On arrival one hour late during the afternoon into DUB I thought, no problem, I have another 1.5 hours to spare and I can use the Connections route into Departures. No such luck, the Security search area at Connections closed at 13:00! So, out through arrivals/Customs and back through Security, the queues for which were horrendous (25 minutes wait time). Fortunately my hand luggage wasn't pulled to one side for inspection, otherwise I would have missed my onward flight to ALC. Never again, DUB in the afternoon is totally unsuitable as a connecting hub
A connection to an FR flight is anyway not allowed to use the Flight Connections facility. After they refused to accept my valid boarding pass, I had a long exchange with DUB a few months ago on this because nothing was (still the case?) indicated on the flight connections board indicating this restriction.
It appears to be a Dublin Airport policy restriction (the connection fee is anyway lower than the normal passenger departure fee).
Dublin Airport absolutely do not make this clear on their website.