Holiday Tickets Higher This Year

By Don Nadeau, on October 25, 2005, in Airfares

As you might expect with fuel costs up significantly this year, retail ticket prices are also significantly higher for the upcoming holiday period.
Priceline.com reports that average retail ticket prices for Thanksgiving are running about 12 – 15 percent more than last year and 15 – 25 percent higher for Christmas period tickets. (On the bright side, these increases run less than the increases in fuel prices.)
We suspect these increases also apply to priceline’s “name your own price” airfares, where you bid for your fare.