Travel experts say people driving to see family this Thanksgiving will pay less for fuel this year, but people flying are paying more for plane tickets.
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00:00 from the freeway to the runway. More Americans are traveling this
00:05 Thanksgiving and hammer time starts pretty early, probably one or two o'clock
00:09 in the afternoon. Triple A says drivers should expect packed highways the day
00:14 before Thanksgiving. More than 49 million people are expected to drive 50
00:19 miles or more. 4.6 million will fly. Another 1.5 million will take a bus or
00:26 train to their Thanksgiving destination. Gas prices are down, but plane tickets
00:31 are costing more and last minute deals are hard to come by. I would set those
00:36 google flight alerts now and if you see a deal, grab it because those deals go
00:40 very fast these days. The TSA is gearing up for a record breaking holiday
00:45 travel season. Clint Henderson with the points guy says airlines have made
00:49 investments to avoid a repeat of last year's holiday travel headaches. I
00:54 talked to the transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg recently and he told me
00:59 he thinks things are in better shape this year than they were last year. So
01:04 hopefully we won't have the meltdowns we saw last year. After the family
01:07 feast, expect travel delays on the weekend after Thanksgiving as millions
01:12 return home. Sunday is going to be bad. I'm starting about one or two o'clock
01:17 in the afternoon and I've seen major traffic jam stretch on into the evening
01:21 from six p.m. Until midnight. The travel pros say slow down on busy
01:25 highways. Don't use cruise control on wet or slick roads and look out for
01:30 deer for Accuweather. I'm but Waddell
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