Airline executives say that based on bookings, they expect huge demand for flights beginning with Thanksgiving and extending through New Year’s. Travel experts say the best deals for airfares and hotels are already gone.
Jet fuel prices have been dropping dramatically since May, yet airfares for Thanksgiving and Christmas will be the highest in years.and there is growing concern about a potential recession. That isn’t showing up in travel numbers, however.
U.S. airlines operated only 84% as many U.S. flights as they did in October 2019 and plan about the same percentage in December, according to travel-data firm Cirium. On average, airlines are using bigger planes with more seats this year, which partly offsets the reduction in flights. Travel experts offer tips for saving money and avoiding getting stranded by a canceled flight, although the advice hasn’t changed much from previous years.Are delays in visa approvals keeping international travelers — and their tourism spending — from the U.S.?
Fly early in the day to lower your risk of a delay or cancellation. “If something goes wrong, it tends to progress throughout the day — it gets to be a domino effect,” said Chuck Thackston, general manager of Airlines Reporting Corp., an intermediary between airlines and travel agents. Accountable US, an advocacy group critical of corporations, linked airline delays and cancellations this summer to job cuts during the pandemic and poor treatment of workers. “But generally, we would say the airline industry is not currently at the same level as big food, oil or retail in terms of gross profiteering,” said Jeremy Funk, a spokesperson for the group.
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