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Urgent need to get to Dublin today

122 replies

ItsAllFun · 29/03/2018 13:03

Missed flight. Next cheapest is 380. Can anyone find a way to get me to Dublin by 8pm today? Plane, train, automobile?

OP posts:
YourWanMajella · 29/03/2018 14:48

This is what credit cards are for. I am not being facetious. Sometimes you need to be able to act in an emergency and sort out the financial stuff later

Not everyone has a credit card though, do they?

Bexter801 · 29/03/2018 15:03

Flights to cork are usually atrocious. What about Shannon?

YourWanMajella · 29/03/2018 15:05

Any flight will be expensive last minute. Thats how it works.

I don't think OP is coming back anyway.

Butterymuffin · 29/03/2018 15:06

Hopefully OP has got herself on the next flight from the airport she was already at.

RB68 · 29/03/2018 15:15

Wish I had been on earlier - flights from Birmingham are cheaper and more frequent and train to Brum from London not to bad either. ALl a bit late now

AnnieAnoniMouser · 29/03/2018 15:18

I need to know why she had to be there by 8 now!

I hope she made it.

TatianaLarina · 29/03/2018 15:21

Everyone needs a credit card for emergencies like this. Even if you don’t use it much.

bibliomania · 29/03/2018 15:22

Could also get to Belfast and take the coach to Dublin from there.

YourWan, it is Ryanair policy that they'll put you on the next flight for £100, but the time limits are strict. See here:

Missed Departure Fee: Only available at less than 40 mins before and up to 1 hour after flight departure time. Also available to customers who arrive at the ticket desk up to an hour after their flight departure to move to the next available flight. The fee is charged per passenger per sector.

TatianaLarina · 29/03/2018 15:23

I posted a flight to Cork earlier for £300.

Perhaps she’s on it...

Trinity66 · 29/03/2018 15:24

flights are €35 London-Dublin with Ryanair

Trinity66 · 29/03/2018 15:25

oh wrong date, ignore me

Maryz · 29/03/2018 15:25

RB68, flights from Birmingham today weren't much cheaper. In fact nothing from UK to Ireland today were less than about £250.

It's Easter - loads of Irish people coming home for Easter. The other way (Dublin to UK) are much cheaper today.

I hope she made it.

WhatchaMaCalllit · 29/03/2018 15:34

I wonder if the having to be in Dublin for 8pm is to do with appearing on the Late Late?

#GuessWhy

jaminthemiddle · 29/03/2018 15:41

Are you hoping to see a play OP?

YourWanMajella · 29/03/2018 16:01

I wonder if the having to be in Dublin for 8pm is to do with appearing on the Late Late?

That would be tomorrow though?

OhCalamity · 29/03/2018 16:18

Why would she be on the Late Late?

PerryPerryThePlatypus · 29/03/2018 16:48

The Late Late is tomorrow night.

Shednik · 29/03/2018 16:56

Not everyone can get a credit card, tatiana

TatianaLarina · 29/03/2018 17:06

I’m aware of that. But for many who don’t have them it’s a choice rather than a necessity.

Bexter801 · 29/03/2018 18:12

Maybe something to do with the March today

CircleSquareCircleSquare · 29/03/2018 18:21

Maybe they still have chocolate eggs in Thornton’s in Dublin?

Bexter801 · 29/03/2018 18:51

Ah of course,think she'll be able to bring back eggs on plane?Confused

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