Anyone regularly fly to Seattle?

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How far in advance do you book- as soon as flights are released? Which airline would you recommend?

Flying out next June and would appreciate any tips please. I haven’t flown long haul for over 20 years!

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I HATE Sea-Tac airport with a passion, the immigration queues are awful, flying in and out and I can’t imagine it’s got any better since Trump! I expect to wait 3-4 hours in the queue.

My preference is to fly to Vancouver, which has a delightful airport and drive over the border instead! As our holidays usually involve a hiring a car and a roadtrip anyway, this really works as an alternative for us. And the land border into the USA is way less stressful and hours quicker than the airport. Possibly not what you were expecting to hear! Another alternative is to fly via US Immigration in Dublin and then you can just stroll off the plane the other end.

We always use BA, but that’s mainly because we have loyalty status and get cabin upgrades so usually fly Premium. I’ve been with Virgin on occasion and it was probably nicer in economy than BA and the food was better. We always fly from Heathrow as it’s super convenient for us.

@notimagainLondon

Thank you for this! I hadn’t considered this route but I’ll look into it. Thank you for taking the time

Take care with crossing the land border from Canada visa wise. You will need an ETA for Canada.
Then for crossing into the USA, strictly speaking an ESTA is not required as you will need to do I-94s to cross via land. However also having an ESTA is a good idea and then you can apply upfront on line for the I94 within 7 days before the crossing.
My DD crosses the border from Canada via land a few times a year and it takes much longer and can be a tad intimidating if you dont have an I-94 up front. In her experience of earlier this year.
Vancouver is a great airport.