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Thank you everyone for your responses and advice. Our ship is actually docking back on Saturday but my expectation is that things should be pretty quiet traffic wise before 10a. I was in Seattle once about 7 years ago and flew out on a Saturday and traffic was not a concern that day but kcwingwalker that is a good idea to check for any possible events that could be happening.

Our group is myself, sister and our parents - sister and I in West Texas and parents in New Mexico. We checked flights out of Lubbock but Albuquerque was just so much cheaper.

May 31st sailing date is actually a pretty recent change - we were booked on the Jewel two weeks earlier and I had signed up on that roll call, but literally 5 days before final payment realized that our nephew/grandson is graduating high school that weekend (we had thought it would be after we got back). We couldn't not be there for that so we were lucky and were able to reschedule to this date, same cabin type and $300 less somehow. I will be sure to go and sign up on that roll call.

Thanks again.

Hi all - hope I can get some advice on booking my return flight after the cruise. We are cruising Alaska on the Jewel May 31 - June 7. This is our first cruise so I'm not sure how quick the deboarding (??) process can go - although it sounds like it can be pretty fast. There is a returning flight leaving at 11:35a out of SEATAC. This would be the preferred because this is a nonstop flight and would have us back to Albuquerque by 3:50. The other flights leave at 12:50 and then 3:05 but get in at 7:50 and 9:55. That is a big deal because we still have a four :( hour drive to actually get home. Is 11:35 a safe enough bet? Or should we book one of the later ones? Any advice is appreciated.