Booking a return flight same day as Liveaboard disembark?

[Dan]

so only challenge is how to spend the 3-4hrs before 1230pm Airport arrival.
Any suggestions? If the coffee shops and restaurants at MLE airport are not too exorbitant then that’s one option - just head straight from LOB to Airport and browse the duty free stuff. But if not the airport - What other alternatives do you folks recommend? Do airports allow arrivals 7-8 hrs before the flight? Or do they stop you to prevent overcrowding? I’ve always been a “Just-In-Time” traveller guy so not sure…

Just spend the 3-4hrs at MLE airport meeting center. There are gift shops, restaurants and coffee shops in that meeting center building. Some of the shops include free WiFi.

LOB Dhoni will drop you off at marina dock, across the street to MLE meeting center building (as shown by the Dropped Pin at Google Earth of MLE, below). After you disembark from Dhoni, the crew will drop your bags at the dock, just drag your bags to MLE meeting center building a few meters across the street from the marina dock.

 

[Pearlman]

Just spend the 3-4hrs at MLE airport meeting center. There are gift shops, restaurants and coffee shops in that meeting center building.

Fantastic! Everything looks close by. Will do. Problem solved.
Thanks!