[Gogar]

1. Is the date of the trip ........ during a time when the salmon are running? Otherwise he should totally go get a salmon at the market, as mentioned.

2. I looked real quick and it seems like round trip Alaska cruises from Seattle are more expensive, so....

Does the price difference with an Anchorage cruise offset the flight difference enough?

I imagine a roundtrip cruise embarking in Anchorage is a fuller experience as far as 'seeing alaska' goes.

Maybe the Florida team could do an overnight layover for FIL.

Seems like your BIL has no group situation awareness.