Priceline gives weekly updates on Thanksgiving and Christmas air travel

If you are still waiting for a good deal to book your holiday travel, we suggest you tune into Priceline’s travel blog. Brian Ek is giving a weekly update on flight costs for travel around Thanksgiving and Christmas.

Earlier this month we talked with Ek about holiday airfare prices and concluded that if you had to pick between traveling during one of the holidays, Thanksgiving was going to be cheaper. However, in this week’s analysis, prices are going up for Thanksgiving and coming down slightly during Christmas.

“At the macro level, Thanksgiving airfares increased to an average $372, while December holiday airfares dropped to an average $423. Thanksgiving is still the better deal, but Christmas is looking better,” Ek writes.

These averages are based on flights booked by Priceline customers. So, what does it mean for SoCal travelers?

Ek said that airfares between Los Angeles and Chicago were down 9% for winter travel and up 20% for Thanksgiving. However, fares between Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., were down 8% for Thanksgiving travel and unchanged for winter travel.

For more end-of-the-year  travel booking advice, read “Holiday travel planning tips from the experts.”

—Jen Leo, Los Angeles Times Travel & Deal blogger

Image: Priceline logo. Credit: Priceline.com

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