Airfares Soar Significantly for Thanksgiving Travel, New AAA Survey Shows.Business, News & Travel Editors ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 23, 2000 Air travelers who haven't made their reservations for the busy Thanksgiving Thanksgiving annual U.S. holiday celebrating harvest and yearly blessings; originated with Pilgrims (1621). [Am. Culture: EB, IX: 922] See : America Thanksgiving national holiday with luxurious dinner as chief ritual. [Am. Pop. holiday will need to be even more flexible than usual to find discounts as fares have risen an average of 13 percent in the last year, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. AAA AAA: see American Automobile Association. (Triple A) A common single-cell battery used in a myriad of electronic devices of all variety. Like its double A (AA) cousin, it provides 1.5 volts of DC power. When used in series, the voltage is multiplied. . A survey by AAA Travel of roundtrip round·trip or round-trip also round trip n. A trip from one place to another and back, usually over the same route. leisure airfares in 20 major U.S. destinations shows prices have increased in 14 of those markets. The largest increases were reported in the following roundtrip routes: St. Louis-Washington, up 209 percent; San Francisco-Los Angeles, up 69 percent; and Philadelphia-Miami, up 44 percent. Biggest decreases were reported in these routes: Philadelphia-Seattle, down 29 percent and Denver to Boston, down 26 percent. "With Thanksgiving only a month away, many travelers may have to scramble To encode (encrypt) data in order to make it indecipherable without having a secret key to "unlock" it. The term came from the early days of cryptography which camouflaged analog transmissions with secret frequency patterns. to find the seats they want at the price they want to pay," said AAA Travel Vice President Sandra Hughes, who cites soaring fuel prices as a major reason for the jump in prices. "Airlines have raised prices five times so far this year, including twice for fuel surcharges," Hughes said. "In addition, the fact that air travel is up 6 percent this year with planes flying more than 72 percent full has made it easier for the airlines to raise fares." Hughes advises that seats still are available for Thanksgiving but since most airlines have set blackout A complete loss of power. See brownout. dates travelers can expect to pay a premium for those heavily traveled days. Peak holiday travel dates include Tuesday, Nov. 21; Wednesday, Nov. 22; Sunday, Nov. 26; and Monday, Nov. 27. For the upcoming Christmas holiday, peak travel times are Friday, Dec. 22; Saturday, Dec. 23; Tuesday, Dec. 26; Wednesday, Dec. 27. "Although discounts still may be available on certain routes, travelers looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. the lowest prices and for the most available flights should avoid travel during these peak times," Hughes said. "However, airlines in the past have offered some last minute fares to fill seats during off-peak times such as the afternoon and evening of Thanksgiving day and the Saturday after Thanksgiving," Hughes added. The Thanksgiving and Christmas-New Year's holidays are the two busiest air travel periods of the year. Fares valid for travel during the last two weeks of November were surveyed. Leisure fares require an advance purchase, most often a minimum stay (such as a Saturday night) and are capacity controlled. The fares are subject to change and are not guaranteed until a ticket is issued. AAA is the largest leisure travel agency in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. with more than 1,000 accredited accredited recognition by an appropriate authority that the performance of a particular institution has satisfied a prestated set of criteria. accredited herds cattle herds which have achieved a low level of reactors to, e.g. , full-service travel agency offices serving more than 43 million members and the public. Travel services include worldwide air, cruise and rail tickets; tour packages; hotel and car rental reservations; and a variety of travel insurance programs. AAA news releases are available from http://www.aaa.com/news |
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