Flying EX-DUB the night before our VS flight. Flight departs DUB at 20:40 on BA839.
Trying to work out which positioning flight to book - would you go for:
(a) the BA838 which gets into DUB at 20:05 and should presumably be the plane that will return to LHR on the BA839 at 20:40 (benefit is that if the 838 is delayed then 839 should be too ... but might be tight if long passport queues at DUB and would be near impossible if they decided to change to another plane for the 839)
OR
(b) an earlier Aer Lingus flight - benefit is that we should get to DUB earlier, but risk is that it could be delayed and we'd then miss the BA flight. Would also be less convenient as we'd need to leave LHR earlier and leave work earlier.
Thanks for any advice!
Trying to work out which positioning flight to book - would you go for:
(a) the BA838 which gets into DUB at 20:05 and should presumably be the plane that will return to LHR on the BA839 at 20:40 (benefit is that if the 838 is delayed then 839 should be too ... but might be tight if long passport queues at DUB and would be near impossible if they decided to change to another plane for the 839)
OR
(b) an earlier Aer Lingus flight - benefit is that we should get to DUB earlier, but risk is that it could be delayed and we'd then miss the BA flight. Would also be less convenient as we'd need to leave LHR earlier and leave work earlier.
Thanks for any advice!