Empress - Earliest Flight to Book From Portland?

[Av8tor]

Going on our 1st AQV cruise this fall from Spokane to Vancouver.  Itinerary say we get to Vancouver at 5am on a Monday morning.  AQV "excursion" direct to PDX airport says it should arrive by 8:30.  The Alaska Airlines flight we're looking to book leaves at 10am.  We have TSA Pre...

 

Would any of you please relate your experience(s) on getting to the airport post-cruise. 

 

Are Ubers a viable option or should we just use AQV?

 

What's the earliest flight time you would book?

 

 

Thanks

 

[surmy555]

We had a 9:25Am flight out of Portland in 2018. We let the Empress folks know and they arranged a 7AM taxi to the airport. We were there by 7:30 and had no trouble making the flight

[Av8tor]

Thanks for that info.  I guess taxi or Uber will be available options, but I still wonder if anyone has experience utilizing AQ's shuttle service to PDX...

[captjohn]

We will be on the same cruise and wondering if anyone knows what time the bus leaves Spokane heading for the boat ?

[TinCan782]

1 hour ago, captjohn said:

We will be on the same cruise and wondering if anyone knows what time the bus leaves Spokane heading for the boat ?

I was on that cruise in 2016 and IIRC the bus(s) departed Spokane early to mid-afternoon. There are several buses and passengers are assigned. We wound up on one of the later buses.

[captjohn]

3 hours ago, TinCan782 said:

I was on that cruise in 2016 and IIRC the bus(s) departed Spokane early to mid-afternoon. There are several buses and passengers are assigned. We wound up on one of the later buses.

Thanks