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Cheap Flight Deals from Zurich to Seattle (ZRH-SEA)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Zurich to Seattle that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.

Recent round-trip flight deals from Zurich to Seattle

KAYAK's recommended round-trip deals from the most popular airlines that fly from Zurich to Seattle.
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Icelandair Logo
2:00 pm - 11:25 amZRH-SEA
30h 25m1 stop
Icelandair Logo
7:00 pm - 1:05 pmSEA-ZRH
33h 05m1 stop
$495Icelandair
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Tue, Jun 3 - Wed, Jun 25
Icelandair Logo
2:00 pm - 5:50 pmZRH-SEA
12h 50m1 stop
Icelandair Logo
3:45 pm - 1:05 pmSEA-ZRH
12h 20m1 stop
$497Icelandair
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Sun, May 11 - Sun, May 18
Delta Logo
11:50 am - 8:50 pmZRH-SEA
18h 00m2 stops
Delta Logo
6:35 pm - 6:35 pmSEA-ZRH
15h 00m1 stop
$509Delta
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Sun, May 11 - Sun, May 18
Delta Logo
7:00 am - 6:50 pmZRH-SEA
20h 50m2 stops
Delta Logo
6:45 pm - 6:35 pmSEA-ZRH
14h 50m1 stop
$515Delta
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Sun, May 25 - Sun, Jun 1
American Airlines Logo
11:45 am - 10:26 pmZRH-SEA
19h 41m1 stop
American Airlines Logo
1:30 pm - 10:45 pmSEA-ZRH
24h 15m1 stop
$540American Airlines
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Sat, Aug 23 - Wed, Sep 24
United Airlines Logo
9:30 am - 4:59 pmZRH-SEA
16h 29m1 stop
United Airlines Logo
7:00 am - 7:55 amSEA-ZRH
15h 55m1 stop
$559United Airlines
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Fri, May 30 - Thu, Jan 1
United Airlines Logo
1:35 pm - 9:11 pmZRH-SEA
16h 36m1 stop
United Airlines Logo
3:51 pm - 9:45 pmSEA-ZRH
20h 54m2 stops
$564United Airlines
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Fri, May 30 - Thu, Jan 1
American Airlines Logo
11:45 am - 10:15 amZRH-SEA
31h 30m2 stops
American Airlines Logo
1:22 am - 8:15 amSEA-ZRH
21h 53m2 stops
$632American Airlines
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Thu, May 29 - Tue, Dec 30
British Airways Logo
7:15 am - 11:35 amZRH-SEA
13h 20m1 stop
British Airways Logo
3:43 pm - 6:50 pmSEA-ZRH
18h 07m2 stops
$634British Airways
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Sat, Aug 9 - Sat, Aug 23
British Airways Logo
7:40 pm - 11:35 amZRH-SEA
24h 55m1 stop
British Airways Logo
1:30 pm - 10:45 pmSEA-ZRH
24h 15m1 stop
$652British Airways
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Wed, Jun 11 - Wed, Jun 18
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Expert advice for your flight from Zurich to Seattle

 
Snippets provided in this section are AI-generated based on a summarization of KAYAK-commissioned articles. The articles are presented as-is, for general informational purposes only, and may not be up-to-date. The opinions contained in the articles are original to the author and reflect their authentic experience, which may vary significantly from the experience of others.
KAYAK teamed up with top travel experts to share the best tips for your journey.
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ZRH

Zurich Airport's security is efficient. Lines can be long but move quickly. Follow instructions and have liquids ready in a clear plastic bag.

Read more about ZRHby Emily Zemler
SEA

For a cost-effective trip from SEA to downtown, take the Link light rail. It takes about 40 minutes and avoids high ride-hailing fares.

Read more about SEAby Harriet Baskas
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Emily Zemler

Emily Zemler

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Emily Zemler

Emily Zemler

Emily is a freelance writer and book author based in London covering entertainment and travel. Her work has appeared in Los Angeles Times, Observer, and Conde Nast Traveler She has ventured to more than 40 countries and all seven continents, always in search of a great art museum. She has written extensively about hotels, luxury travel, and aviation.

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Harriet Baskas

Harriet Baskas

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Harriet Baskas

Harriet Baskas

Harriet is an award-winning journalist who is happiest in an airport or an unusual museum. Her stories about airports, air travel, and the business of travel have appeared on NBC News, CNBC, USA TODAY, The Points Guy and other outlets. She is the creator of the StuckatTheAirport.com blog and the author of nine books. When not out on the road or exploring the latest airport amenities, she’s home in Seattle getting ready for the next adventure.

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KAYAK's insights & trends for Zurich to Seattle flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Zurich to Seattle to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Zurich to Seattle?

The average price of all round-trip flights from Zurich to Seattle clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
If your flying dates are flexible, you should consider flying to Seattle on a Sunday, as we generally find the cheapest rates on that day for this route. On the other hand, Thursday is the most expensive day to fly from Zurich to Seattle. For your return ticket, we recommend flying on a Sunday and avoiding Saturdays for the best deals.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Zurich to Seattle?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Zurich to Seattle, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.
The cheapest month for flights from Zurich to Seattle is May, where tickets cost $538 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are July and November, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $829 and $700 respectively.

Can I save money by flying with a layover from Zurich to Seattle?

The average round-trip price for all non-stop flights, flights with one layover, and flights with two layovers for the route found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.
Yes, flying with a layover may cost you more time, but you can also save money on the route, with a 1 stop layover the cheapest option at $1,292 on average.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Zurich to Seattle?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Zurich to Seattle, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each week.
To get a below average price on the flight from Zurich to Seattle, you should book around 5 weeks before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 16 weeks before departure.

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Low season

February

High season

July

Cheapest flight

$448
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 13% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 26% increase in price.
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When to book flights from Zurich to Seattle

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Zurich to Seattle based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
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FAQs for booking flights from Zurich to Seattle

  • What is the cheapest flight from Zurich to Seattle?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Zurich to Seattle was $448 for a one-way ticket and $495 for a round-trip.

  • Do I need a passport to fly between Zurich and Seattle?

    A passport is required to fly from Zurich to Seattle.

  • Which airlines offer Wi-Fi service onboard planes from Zurich to Seattle?

    Lufthansa, and United Airlines offer inflight Wi-Fi service on the Zurich to Seattle flight route.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Zurich to Seattle?

    The Airbus A340-300 is the aircraft model that flies most regularly on the Zurich to Seattle flight route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Zurich to Seattle?

    Star Alliance is the only airline alliance operating flights between Zurich and Seattle.

  • On which days can I fly direct from Zurich to Seattle?

    You can catch a nonstop flight from Zurich to Seattle on on Monday.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Zurich to Seattle, Delta or United Airlines?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Zurich to Seattle are Delta and United Airlines. With an average price for the route of $547 and an overall rating of 8.0, Delta is the most popular choice. United Airlines is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $596 and an overall rating of 7.4.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Zurich to Seattle?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights from Zurich to Seattle.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Zurich to Seattle?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Seattle from Zurich is likely to change within 7 days, so travelers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from Zurich to Seattle?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional round-trip ticket. You could then fly to Seattle with an airline and back to Zurich with another airline. Booking your flights between Zurich and SEA can sometimes prove cheaper using this method.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Zurich to Seattle?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying to Seattle from Zurich up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

KAYAK’s top tips for finding a cheap flight from Zurich to Seattle

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found flights on this route for $710 or less one-way.

Prefer to fly direct from Zurich to Seattle?

Find which airlines fly direct from Zurich Airport to Seattle/Tacoma Intl Airport, which days they fly and book direct flights.

Direct departures

Zurich to Seattle/Tacoma Intl

Monday

Edelweiss Air, SWISS

Edelweiss Air, SWISS

Saturday

Edelweiss Air, SWISS

Edelweiss Air, SWISS

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Direct returns

Seattle/Tacoma Intl to Zurich

Monday

Edelweiss Air, SWISS

Edelweiss Air, SWISS

Saturday

Edelweiss Air, SWISS

Edelweiss Air, SWISS

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Top 5 airlines serving from Zurich to Seattle

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Zurich to Seattle. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Zurich to Seattle? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
8.0
DeltaOverall score based on 7927 reviews
7.9Entertainment
7.9Comfort
8.2Boarding
7.3Food
8.5Crew
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Delta is my preferred airline. I've traveled with them for years. On time in most cases, good communication, easy to use app. Most planes are pretty nice. I was on a CRJ 700/900 however, which was pretty badly aged inside and needed a refresh. No infotainment, unreliable wifi, best to download before boarding or bring a book. Food choices are really just snacks on this flight, nice variety but about what you'd expect. Great staff and prompt in departure and early arrival too. Overall quite satisfied.

8.0 ExcellentFredrick, Apr 2025GSO - DTW
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Delta is my preferred airline. I've traveled with them for years. On time in most cases, good communication, easy to use app. Most planes are pretty nice. I was on a CRJ 700/900 however, which was pretty badly aged inside and needed a refresh. No infotainment, unreliable wifi, best to download before boarding or bring a book. Food choices are really just snacks on this flight, nice variety but about what you'd expect. Great staff and prompt in departure and early arrival too. Overall quite satisfied.

Crew was friendly Love the entertainment in the seat head rest.

Delta flight was on time, seats were comfortable, and crew was nice.

This had nothing to do with Delta… The flights were on time and flawless. The service was excellent. We purchased seats in (aisle/middle) comfort plus since this was a cross country flight. Unfortunately, the woman seated at the window was 300+ pounds and, as might be expected, covered up about a third of the middle seat also. there was absolutely nothing that Delta could have done about that… I just don’t know what the answer should be. If you purchase a seat, you should should be able to use the entire seat and not just the portion that someone else is not sitting/oozing in. Disappointing…there should be something that could be done….I'm just not sure what solution could be.

Delayed take-off. Very small plane so very scary with lots of bumps during the flight. Would never fly Delta on short flights in small 80 seaters plane again! Felt relieved when landed.

Delta is a cut above the others in customer service.

The worst part was I was NOT allowed in the lounge even though I was holding a first class ticket and have a premium American Express card. I have flown Business or First Class with many airlines. Delta is the ONLY one who does not extend this courtesy to anyone except people who hold the very expensive American Express card. As a result, I won’t fly Delta if I have any other choice.

A little bumpy ride . No food was being provided due the the turbulence. That was ok it was a short flight to my standards.

Simply outstanding. Their new lounge for Delta One customers is a cut above the rest.

I love the free WiFi!! Crew was nice. Bathroom was decent. First time flying delta in a long time and I enjoyed it. Will definitely look into booking with Delta more but I think Delta is a little more expensive than the other airlines.

Our flights got changed from United to Air Canada and our purchased seats did not get transferred so we had to pay for seats twice. I brought it up with Air Canada and they stated I had to go back and chase it with United. The united seats were $21 Canadian each and Air Canada were $56 each so we have paid $77 for each seat. Very unhappy

A bit rush for transit. Food and entertainment are not available

So far so good but food and entertainment are not available for this flight

Multiple delays and not straight answer from the United team

Stewardess spilled orange juice on my clothes/seat no help no apology just threw napkins at me to clean the mess up. Not Happy.

Smooth flight. Boarding was chaotic. Could not hear the gate agent over the intercom. People were lined up in the wrong lines. Groups one and two were told to board through line one and group 3 through line 2. All very confusing. Once in the air, the flight was smooth. There was no entertainment option on this aircraft, even though it was a larger aircraft.

The plane pushed back from the gate on time. However, it stopped on the ramp, and we waited for over 20 minutes before the aircraft pulled back to the gate. Apparently, something of importance had to be removed from the aircraft by the gate agent. I found this to be odd. The delay was not significant, but I felt that whatever was on the aircraft that had to be taken off, should’ve been done before we pushed back from the gate.

Electric plugs didn't work. Entertainment system wasn't working

The design of the light switch on the arm rest is ridiculous.

Smooth boarding process. Early departure, smooth flight, early arrival. The entertainment package has very good recent movie options. The flight crew were friendly and professional.

Several delays. Next flight was worse. Did not arrive home until 2am PT

Very helpful ground crew after an earlier flight delay and being rebooked on a different flight.

Everything about the flight was lovely…We left early, arrived early, cabin crew were efficient and helpful. Flight was easy and most pleasant.

First world problems, but still… We were seated in first class and asked for a cocktail on a very short, 50 minute flight. After our drink order was taken, a half hour went by, and we noticed that every other person in the small plane had been served except for us. We got up to ask about it, the drinks finally came, then were taken away three minutes later since the flight was so short. Really strange situation, on the other hand, we were in Utah.

We missed our flight. The boarding pass had the wrong gate and by the time we received the text from Kayak, our flight was already gone. I’ll never use Kayak again and will go direct to the airlines in the future.

Boarding took forever, the plane was cramped and cold, and the seatbelt song came on constantly throughout the red eye flight with a loud pre-recorded message playing each time

Cabin felt crammed Snacks are lame But crew was super efficient getting us out on time despite delay

Flight was delayed bc of mechanical issue. New plane had different configuration so some seats had to be switched. They called all passengers who needed new boarding cards. They did not call us so we thought our seats were the same and fine. When we boarded they informed us our receipts had changed and we are now all sitting separate and in the back row. Both my daughters had meltdowns and started to cry and once we got on the flight, we figured out how we could sit closer to each other, but this was very upsetting.

Took off on time and successfully avoided weather that looked to be a problem along the way

There were five broken seats on the plane. The crew was very rude in telling people they had to get off the plane and get a flight the next day. No call for volunteers, but telling people they had to get off. One woman was flying with her elderly mother and daughter and was told she had to leave or all three had to leave. Fortunately, a volunteer offered to stay. The situation was handled poorly.

Smooth efficient airline. Think they should have their own bag drop as the queue took 30mins to bmscan and drop

Good. Lacking overhead bin space. No food offered but you can order online or in flight and pay for snacks.

No food was served for 7.5 hrs flight. When our flight changed to other airlines due to wether issue, our seats booked with no checked in luggage when I already payed for. We end up to pay 90 euro per suitcase.

The flights were in time and the bags arrived. well done

Booked with Kayak… Economy Class it said. I had filtered for 1 checked bag. Get to boarding and it says I have Economy Light w/ no checked bags. $136 each way for baggage now. Do not use smartfares.com. Very misleading and a terrible start to this trip.

Overall good. I was surprised how easy it was to get from plain to plain in such a short time. Food choices were not so great and quite expensive. Entertainment was ok. Flights were smooth.

Horrible. The flight was delayed by over 3 hours but updates were barely provided. Boarding started 3 hours late then stopped because their system crashed. So now, passengers were standing for 15 minutes in the open waiting to get boarding passes scanned and get on a bus. Duty-free closed around 4-4:30. Only 1 food outlet was open and it was super slow and busy since it was serving passengers from multiple flights. So a number of passengers couldn't buy meals at the terminal. Since the flight was delayed by over 3 hours, we could have been offered snacks on-board. Nothing. The seats barely reclined. In-flight entertainment options were pitiful. Overall, a miserable experience. Never flying on Icelandair ever again. :(

Bad. Flights were late, by hours. No clear information was provided even until the delayed boarding time.

Again, lines for boarding are a problem in iceland. The flight itself was fine and very smooth. No complaints. We would definitely fly icelandair again.

take snacks and food. purchase options in flight are not great

Too much long line at the TSA and Security. Prepare for long walk for baggage claim.

Crew very helpful and friendly. Food is so so. Main meal is not always the best. Did have a choice of a snack part way which was either a cookie, corn snack, or similar. Second kind of meal was basically like a pizza pastry that really wasn’t a favorite but probably a European snack? Screens and selections of movies, tv and such were good. No WI-Fi unless you buy so no free texting or such on the long flight but I think that might be any overseas flight.

The boarding process was quite loud and chaotic. The flight attendants kept barking over the PA system about people needing to only stow large items in the overhead bins. During the one and only service, I was hit by the service cart. At the same time, a passenger was returning from the bathroom and the crew definitely saw him but stopped a few seats short of allowing him to sit down before starting service and made him wait a good 10 minutes before passing his seat and allowing him to sit down, after which he had to ask for his snack and beverage or he would have been passed over. Neither flight attendant thanked passengers as they left; in fact, I did not see them again once the plane door was opened.

Flight Attendant Karen Lynn was an absolute delight. She assisted in every portion of the services provided throughout the flight, aided with any and all concerns expressed by passengers, and even helped comfort an upset child who was one of five of a traveling family. This quality of service is what keeps me coming back to American. Thank you!

The worst, flight cancelled because the aircraft was not full. Heathrow ground crew totally not helpful and arrogant. Lady proposed us flight with 40min layover instead of direct and said it is our problem of course she was unable to do anything as everything was beyond her control she claimed. after calling on hotline another flight was booked. Flight was cancelled last second so we could not take direct from Zurich but we had to stay overnight in London.

The seats in row 31 are terrible and small and uncomfortable. Don't ever sit there. The window seat is so close to the curve of the plane is so annoying. I paid extra for this seat and I hated all 10 hours in it.

Food was terrible , crew were excellent , IFE was dire . Overall comfortable seat and cabin. Nothing special .

If my tv wasn’t broken and I wasn’t in a seat that didn’t allow for sleeping

Delayed flight due to lack of crew caused me to miss my connection

Please make sure the number of seats matches the number of overhead bins and passengers don't carry on more than one bag.

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