Traveling for the holidays? Here's how to dodge high prices and crowded flights
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Thanksgiving and Christmas airfares are shaping up to be some of the most expensive of the year. Domestic airfare for Thanksgiving is now averaging $281 roundtrip – up 25% from last year, according to Hopper. Christmas will be even more expensive, with prices averaging $435 roundtrip, 55% more than what tickets cost during the 2021 holiday.
And prices are increasing at the rate of about 4% per week — so for each week you wait to book a flight, expect the fare to go up.
The best time to book flights for the holidays was two months ago — or four months before travel. But there are still a number of great holiday deals throughout the U.S and the Caribbean — especially if you want to get away instead of see family.
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